State & Local Government Policy, Business and Technology

Balancing Needs of Urban, Rural Residents Key in Establishing Washington

Government Technology: Trying to balance the needs of rural and urban residents is no easy task. Different demographics have inherently different needs and resources available to them. And although the conversation surrounding smart tech largely centers on cities, Snohomish County is working to establish itself as the state of Washington's first smart county.

Snohomish's recently released RFI is looking for input from anyone and everyone about how to improve services delivered by the county that, according to the document, may include, “integrated information and communications technology, Internet of Things (IoT) devices and data, publicly deployed infrastructure, rural broadband capacity, urban informatics and data analytics, mobile/civic applications, sensor-based networks, and/or urban wireless networks (including 5g).“

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