December 20, 2018 – In the December 2018 issue of the What Works Cities newsletter, we’re taking a look back at some of the exciting milestones we celebrated over the past year—from announcing the first nine cities to win WWC Certification to receiving $42 million in renewed funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies to deepen and expand our work with cities across the U.S. We’re also sharing a taste of what’s ahead in 2019 in a Q&A with the Behavioral Insights Team’s Head of Research, Emily Cardon, who will be helping cities to improve results through evaluations in our first-ever Sprint, a brand-new learning opportunity from WWC.
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November 30, 2018 – In the November 2018 issue of the What Works Cities newsletter, we’re encouraging all U.S. cities with a population of 30,000 or more to participate in WWC Certification and learn more about the program from our Certification Standard Committee. We’re also celebrating a new $12 million investment in WWC to help 10 U.S. cities increase economic mobility for their residents.
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October 28, 2018 – In the October 2018 issue of the What Works Cities newsletter, we’re highlighting an appearance from WWC Executive Director Simone Brody, WWC Senior Fellow Michael Nutter, and Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh at the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Forum, WWC Director of City Solutions Clarence Wardell’s presentation on scaling solutions at the Heartland Summit, and Government Performance Lab program director Hanna Azemati’s feature in GOVERNING on performance-based contracting.
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September 28, 2018 – In the September 2018 issue of the What Works Cities newsletter, we’re highlighting WWC Senior Fellow and former Mayor of Albuquerque Richard Berry’s piece in GOVERNING, WWC’s inclusion in GovTech‘s roundup of organizations making a big impact on smart cities, Los Angeles’ Kiana Taheri’s inclusion as a finalist for the Route Fifty Navigator Awards, and two new resources from our partners: GovEx’s Ethics & Algorithms Toolkit and the Sunlight Foundation’s Open Data Policy Hub.
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August 30, 2018 – In the August 2018 issue of the What Works Cities newsletter, we’re highlighting Results for America’s new partnership with the National League of Cities, a GOVERNING piece by WWC Certification Standard Committee Member Stephen Goldsmith on San Jose’s smart city vision, and highlights from our cities’ participation in #CityHallSelfieDay.
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August 17, 2018 – The ACCGOV was selected in October 2017 to be one of 100 cities partnering with Bloomberg Philanthropies’ national What Works Cities initiative. ACCGOV has received expert technical assistance in its partnership with the Center for Government Excellence at John Hopkins University and Results for America in developing an organizational performance management program that will measure and communicate our progress towards achieving Mayor and Commission strategic priorities by focusing initially on our strategic commitment of Economic Prosperity.
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July 31, 2018 – In the July 2018 issue of the What Works Cities newsletter, we’re celebrating Seattle’s successful results-driven contracting model, Louisville’s strategic procurement system, and new open data dashboards in Corona, Lewisville, and Milwaukee. We’re also highlighting an episode of ELGL’s GovLove podcast with WWC Certification winner the City of Boston.
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June 29, 2018 – In the June 2018 issue of the What Works Cities newsletter, we’re highlighting a Q&A with five civil servants we sent to the Code for America Summit, Simone Brody’s fireside chat with Sidewalks Lab CEO Dan Doctoroff at the Chicago Forum on Global Cities, and two Fast Company features on our work in Anchorage and Saint Paul.
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May 31, 2018 – In the May 2018 issue of the What Works Cities newsletter, we’re celebrating Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s $42 million investment in What Works Cities, which will allow us to expand our work and continue growing our community of cities committed to using data to address their pressing challenges. We’re also remembering our founding Director of Communications, Sharman Stein, a true champion for American cities.
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April 27, 2018 – In the April 2018 issue of the What Works Cities newsletter, we’re celebrating three years of the What Works Cities initiative! Across the partnership, we couldn’t be more inspired by and grateful for the cities and practitioners we get to work with.
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