PTI member governments are invited to apply for recognition as an Innovation Lab, a mark of excellence for the proven, successful deployment of a technology program, practice or strategy.

The Innovation Lab program is different from the annual Solutions Awards because the Lab designation recognizes programs that are broad and comprehensive in scope and requires the applicant to submit a publication-quality case study. Read on for application information.

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The following is a successful application for Innovation Lab recognition.

Montgomery County, MD: Implementing Configuration Management Practices in GIS

Members: Read more    04-23-2009

April 23, 2009—Public Technology Institute (PTI) has named Montgomery County, Maryland an Innovation Lab for the county’s implementation of configuration management practices in a geographic information systems (GIS) environment.

PTI’s Innovation Lab program - a “mark of excellence” - recognizes a local government for the successful deployment of a technology solution or practice.

Read more    04-23-2009

November 12, 2008—Public Technology Institute (PTI) has recognized the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) as an Innovation Lab for its Broadband over Power Line (BPL) in-building network proof of concept.

PTI is a national, non-profit technology research and development organization created by and for cities and counties. Its Innovation Lab program – a “mark of excellence” - recognizes a local government for the successful deployment of a technology solution or practice.

Read more    11-12-2008

August 2, 2007—The City of Tallahassee, Florida has been recognized by Public Technology Institute (PTI) as an Innovation Lab for its efforts to use technology to improve the effectiveness of its public safety agencies.

Read more    08-10-2007

The following is a successful application for Innovation Lab recognition.

City of Tallahassee, Florida Public Safety Systems Integration Project

Members: Read more    08-01-2007

In December 2006 the City of Corpus Christi, Texas celebrated the completion of the City’s 147-square-mile multipurpose wireless broadband network at a PTI seminar.

Corpus Christi (population 293,000) began work on this innovative project in 2003 while investigating how to improve its meter-reading system. The project grew as City officials identified uses for municipal wireless networks and established partnerships with private industry to develop and bring it to fruition.

One outcome from the seminar is the PTI publication Wi-Fi Done Right: Experiences from the Field. It describes more than twenty Wi-Fi applications that Corpus Christi has tested, developed and/or implemented via its wireless network.

PTI served as the City’s primary consultant for the project. Build-out took 18 months to complete. Now the single largest municipal-scale wireless network anywhere in the world, its users include public and city personnel, public safety officers, building inspectors and other departments.

Corpus Christi also received a PTI Innovation Lab recognition, awarded for both completing the wireless network, and for sharing the results of the application testing and pilot demonstrations with other local governments as the network was being developed.

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