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Urban Innovation

Diversity in Urban Tech Procurement

8 recommendations for what city governments can do to increase the number of “smart cities,” “civic tech,” or “urban tech” procurements awarded to companies led by women and people of color.

BY Center for Urban Innovation

Publication

11.19.2020
Urban Innovation

A Procurement Path to Equity

Local governments are big buyers. But for too long, how and with whom our local governments spend their money has reinforced economic inequities in our country.

Event

10.28.2020
Employment and Jobs

Buy American? Let's Buy a Future for American Workers

Business practices change when money talks. Let's pull procurement dollars off the sidelines and into the action for change and progress.

BY Maureen Conway & 1 more

Blog Post

07.24.2020
Urban Innovation

Procurement During a Pandemic

Never before has it been more important for our local governments to get public procurement right. How our local governments respond to the current crisis will lay the foundation for more equitable communities in the recovery to come.

BY Kaye Sklar & 1 more

Blog Post

04.29.2020