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UPCOMING & RECENT EVENTS
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Ku to present paper at ASPA conference
March 18-22, 2016
Seattle, WA
CTG Postdoctoral Associate Minyoung Ku will attend the 77th Annual Conference of the American Society of Public Administration to present a paper she co-authored with CTG Research Director, J. Ramon Gil-Garcia. The paper is entitled "Fighting Urban Blight Through Networked Governance: A Cross-Network Approach to Information Sharing" and will be presented during the conference's local government panel.
Pardo to keynote at ICEGOV
March 1-3, 2016
Montevideo, Uruguay
CTG Director Theresa Pardo will delivery a keynote speech entitled "Evidence-based Policy and Sustainable Development: the Role of Open Data" at the 9th Annual International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance. In addition to presenting a keynote, Pardo will participate in a panel discussion, and present a paper she co-authored with CTG Research Director J. Ramon Gil-Garcia and CTG Program Associate Megan Sutherland. Pardo is also an organizer of the conference's "Leading Change: A Conversation Among Women Leaders in Digital Government" networking breakfast.
Also at ICEGOV, members of the Smart Cities Smart Government Research Practice Consortium (SCSGRPC) will gather to share ideas and new knowledge. The SCSGRPC, which is based at CTG, is a robust global Smart Cities research community that focuses on innovations in technology, management and policy that change the fabric of the world's cities.
Cook presents at NYCOM's Winter Legislative Meeting
February 08, 2016
Albany, NY
CTG Program Director Meghan Cook participated in a panel discussion entitled "Innovative Solutions to Dealing with Distressed, Vacant, and Abandoned Properties" at the 2016 Winter Legislative Meeting of the New York State Conference of Mayors. In addition to featuring a discussion about CTG's work helping to develop a regional code enforcement program, the panel provided an overview of land banking and innovative practices being used throughout the country.
Canestraro presents at NYSAC Legislative Conference
February 02, 2016
Albany, NY
CTG Program Director Donna Canestraro presented "Strategies for local government: Keeping the cost of social media low" at the annual Legislative Conference of the New York State Association of Counties. Each year the conference brings together hundreds of county officials to participate in training programs, learn abuot cutting edge solutions, and hear from state leaders. Donna's presentation will took place during the conference's "Tweet it! Social Media 101 for County Officials" workshop.
CTG Happy to Welcome New Team Member
 Monica Meissner joins CTG as a Program Assistant. In her role, Monica provides critical support to several CTG teams conducting sponsored research and problem solving projects. Monica is currently enrolled in UAlbany's Ph.D. in Informatics program.
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| UAlbany & Albany Law Students Work Together to Combat Urban Blight |
Together with UAlbany's Department of Informatics, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, and Albany Law School, CTG is proud to announce that the Capital Region Urban Blight Experiential Learning Project is well underway in the cities of Schenectady and  Albany. Students, who are cross enrolled in the 'Law & Social Innovation: Creative Problem Solving' course at Albany Law, are working with officials from both cities to help identify and acquire the critical information needed regarding blighted properties, including identifying legal intervention options and data driven solutions regarding urban blight. Experiential learning opportunities like this are designed to have lasting effects on students' future careers by providing real-world, practical experience to supplement classroom education. At the end of this semester, the students' work will culminate with a presentation of their findings to members of the New York State Conference of Mayors.
This Experiential Learning Project is an outgrowth of CTG's work  with four Capital Region cities on addressing the problem of urban blight through regional information sharing, and is based on the belief held by many experts that the cycle from blighted to vacancy can be interrupted if there is access to adequate information combined with an understanding of the underlying causes of blight in urban areas. With funding from the New York State Department of State's Local Government Efficiency Program, the cities of Schenectady, Troy, Amsterdam, and Gloversville have partnered with CTG to address the code enforcement information needs throughout the region in order to support the programs that target urban blight. Read more about this project.
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UAlbany CEAS Students Working to Enhance Shared Service, Open Government
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Students from UAlbany's College of Engineering and Applied Sciences have been busy interning at the Center for Technology in Government, working on CTG's project with Digital Towpath to help small and medium local governments throughout New York State operate more efficiently, easily comply with records management laws, increase public records access for citizens, and be more open.
Digital Towpath, a nationally recognized digital government shared service comprised of small and medium local governments throughout New York State, sought CTG's expertise in addressing the challenges many of their member governments are facing in managing records created in digital form (known as 'born digital records'). Many small governments are currently forced to rely on paper records and manual processes that consume staff time, slow down operations, increase costs, and ultimately affect citizens' ability to access government services and information. This is where CTG and the skills of four UAlbany students come in.
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| CTG Says "See You Later" to Two Visiting Scholars |
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CTG regularly hosts Visiting Scholars from around the world who come to share their research and collaborate with us on shared research interests. After a year-long stay at CTG, we now say "see you later" to Lili Fan and Shaohui Wang, both Professors at Wuhan University in China. We wish the best of luck to Lili and Shaohui in their future endeavors and look forward to continued collaboration! Pictured L-R: Faculty Fellow Luis Luna-Reyes, Lili, Director Theresa Pardo, Shaohui, and Research Director Ramon Gil-Garcia.
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CTG Director to be Recognized as UAlbany Distinguished Alumni
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 We are proud to announce that our Director, Theresa Pardo, is being recognized by the University at Albany Alumni Association as the 2016 Distinguished Alumni.
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Pardo Delivers Keynote at World Internet Conference
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CTG Director Theresa Pardo presented a keynote speech at the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, China. The Conference facilitated strategic-level discussions on global internet governance, cyber security, and the internet industry as the engine of economic growth and social development. Theresa spoke about "Innovation, the Internet, and the Public Sector: Key elements of enabling policy" during the conference's Digital China Forum. Speakers at the conference included the President of China, the Prime Minister of Russia, the co-founders of LinkedIn and Airbnb, and many others.
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