On June 14, CTG UAbany will host the Smart Cities Smart Government Research Practice Consortium Symposium, an online event about smart cities and communities. The symposium will include the following three presentations: 1) Decolonizing Digital Government and Smart Cities Benchmarking, 2) Global Assessment of Responsible AI in Cities, and 3) A Public Participation System for Stakeholders’ Living Context Identification and Improvement in Smart Cities. If you are interested in attending, please contact CTG UAlbany Research Director Mila Gascó-Hernández at mgasco@albany.edu  

CTG UAlbany Director and Rockefeller College Professor J. Ramon Gil-Garcia served as a Subject Matter Specialist on a recently released report from the US General Accountability Office (GAO). The report, titled Government Performance Management:Leading Practices to Enhance Interagency Collaboration and Address Crosscutting Challenges provides eight leading practices that could help agencies collaborate more effectively, such as bridging organizational cultures—e.g., putting compatible policies in place or agreeing on common terminology. 

CTG UAlbany Researcy Director and Rockefeller College Associate Professor Mila Gascó-Hernández was part of the first cohort of 10 UAlbany faculty fellows who graduated from the Provost’s Leadership Academy. The Leadership Academy is designed to serve associate professors and early full professors in order to facilitate the success of the University's emerging leaders. 

In 2023, the Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany (CTG UAlbany) is celebrating 30 years of collaboration and innovation as a key research institute at the State University of New York (SUNY).

Study on perceptions of telework by CTG UAlbany Research Director Mila Gascó-Hernandez and UAlbany Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Policy Hongseok Lee published in Public Performance & Management Review.   

CTG UAlbany Research Assistant and Rockefeller College Doctoral Student Tzuhao Chen featured in UAlbany story about his research interests, work at CTG, and plans for the future. 

Center for Technology in Government Director and Rockefeller College Professor J. Ramon Gil-Garica along with researchers from Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México have conducted a study on how artificial intelligence techniques can be used to boost government decision-making by gearing public spending toward increasing GDP, decreasing inflation and reducing income inequality.

Researchers at the Center for Technology in Government have been working with the New York State Board of Elections (NYSBOE), Albany Law School, IDC, and the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy on U.S. voter registration practices.