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Responsible AI for Civic Teams: Your Questions, Your Standards
Apr 23, 2026 2:12:03 PM
Responsible AI for Civic Teams: Your Questions, Your Standards
by Stephen Hardy on Apr 23, 2026 2:12:03 PM
When I talk with local government and nonprofit partners, the question I keep hearing isn't whether to use AI. It's: how do we know we can trust it?
The First Draft Doesn't Have to Be Perfect
by Sara Delong, Director of Customer Success, mySidewalk on Apr 6, 2026 3:35:38 PM
In 2020, I was on the communications team for the COVID-19 response at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Our data teams were building charts and visualizations on critical COVID data, sometimes hours or just minutes before the Governor's press conferences. The …
Why Public-Sector AI Must Show Its Work
by Matt Barr on Feb 17, 2026 3:30:19 PM
In a recent post, we explored why AI hallucinations are a governance problem, not just a technical flaw. The real risk isn't that AI makes mistakes. It's that those mistakes can slip into public decisions.
Why AI Hallucinations Are a Governance Problem, Not a Tech Problem
by Matt Barr on Feb 12, 2026 11:02:16 AM
If you work in public sector, you’ve likely heard a version of this by now: AI makes things up. AI hallucinates. AI can’t be trusted.
How Can Public and Nonprofit Teams Overcome the Data Capacity Crisis?
by Stephen Hardy on Jan 30, 2026 8:55:16 AM
Data work is still too hard, too manual, and too disconnected from action. That's the data capacity crisis—and in 2026, we're done just talking about it. Whether it’s a planning department juggling strategy or reporting requests or a local nonprofit trying to tell a better story with …