New technologies are raising a wide range of uncharted digital rights and digital governance issues, while also challenging long-established processes, sectoral relationships, and power structures in municipalities. This research brief tackles the long-standing problem of ensuring that technology procurement leads to long-term public value to city governments and residents. It does so by framing technology procurement as a space of defining future public value, while also identifying tactical issues for communities that are adapting to a new landscape of technologies and business models.
About the Research Brief series
This series of research briefs has been produced for the Community Solutions Network, a community-centric platform for communities to connect and build a national centre of excellence in Open Smart Communities. As the project lead, Evergreen works with its lead technical partner, Open North, and other partners to provide valuable information, learning opportunities, advisory and capacity building services to Canadian communities in key areas of data and technology, helping to improve the lives of residents.