We write regularly on topics including public engagement, innovation, the environmental review process, transportation, infrastructure, urban planning, and our experience running a software company.

Today, almost all the tasks and processes performed by most government agencies have become automated. Based on the results recorded by these agencies, automation appears to have paid off. As has happened with sectors that have reaped the benefits of digitizing their...

Nowadays, almost all tasks and processes are automated – and so far, automation has paid off. Like other sectors that have benefited from going digital, so can the regulatory sector that handles the public comment process. In some cases, the public comment process can...

The importance of engagement in the digital period is more in the limelight than ever before. Public engagement is how a company interacts to promote their company. Society moved towards a digital form of communication years ago. As time goes by, it's more so, every...

Since the US existed as colonies of Great Britain, constituents desired input into the government and rule and law making. When the colonies became the US, the government ensured that it included the ability to provide public comment any time a major change in law or...

A good local government is one that works in concert with its citizens. That may be common sense, but it doesn’t mean that it’s easy to pull off. Even a small municipality will have to listen and speak to a population hundreds of times larger than the staff available...