A former employee of the software company SAP alleges he was fired as retaliation for warning his colleagues about how a contract was awarded.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said the expansion is part of an effort to close the city's digital divide and give all its residents "a chance to succeed."

San Diego's public performance data hasn't been updated since 2019, but the city's new innovation officer told StateScoop that will soon change.

San Diego's director of performance and analytics, Kirby Brady, will add chief innovation officer to her job title, expanding the city's work with data.

A group of telecommunications companies and the nonprofit U.S. Ignite want city governments to look beyond open data and begin using what they call a "data-sharing exchange."

Andrell Bower, formerly the city's open data program coordinator, takes over as CDO, where she says issues like homelessness and infrastructure take precedence.

Civil-liberties and religious groups say cameras and audio sensors could be used to spy on people, but officials say such concerns are overstated.

Winners will receive one year of access to specialty planning tools, workshops and the Smart City Council's network of experts.

As cities accumulate more data than ever before, questions emerge of whether they should charge third-party developers who want to use it.