Louisville, Ky.,’s Metro Council unanimously voted to codify the city’s open data practice and portal into law more than a decade after it was established via executive order.

Later on the show, Mayor Vince Williams of Union City, Ga., explains how he’s approaching the smart cities movement in the Atlanta suburb.

In the news this week:

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration awarded more than $630 million in tribal broadband grants this month.

https://statescoop.com/tribal-broadband-programs-got-634m-this-month/

Officials in Lexington, Kentucky, said the city lost about $4 million in federal housing assistance funds to an email fraud scheme.

https://statescoop.com/lexington-kentucky-4-million-housing-funds-bec/

Mesa County, Colorado Deputy Clerk Belinda Knisely plead guilty to three misdemeanor charges based on her participation in a May 2021 incident.

https://statescoop.com/tina-peters-deputy-clerk-knisely-pleads-guilty-colorado-election/

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