On the first floor of City Hall, 60 employees handle 800,000 cases a year. There’s “a lot of room for growth” on how the city can put that data to work, says Executive Director Graham Quinn.

Mark Wheeler's version of a “smart city” is one that better understands the needs of its citizens. Here are a few takeaways from a Tuesday discussion hosted by the Knight Foundation.

Payroll, benefits and other software platforms written in obsolete code will get rolled into a single new platform by year's end. Might it help stem the city's spending mishaps?

You can even win some cash doing so. It's democracy, gamified.

“We want to crowdsource getting these medals back where they belong,” said Treasurer Joe Torsella.

Technical.ly spoke to Wheeler about his vision for the tech department and how he plans to bring top talent into city government. “Think of it like the Peace Corps,” he said.

This Sept. 18 webinar with SEPTA's Elizabeth Smith has all the details.

Beta no more: The new site has improved mobile usability and a simpler content structure. It's also cloud-based. “This not a big reveal, but rather a compilation of small reveals” said Chief Data Officer Tim Wisniewski.

Sales from underdog T-shirts and other contributions helped Philly FUNDamentals exceed its first-year goal by 3x.

Over the past seven weeks, the Tech Industry Partnership — a group of about 30 tech stakeholders — has been meeting with the city's Office of Workforce Development. Here's their mission (and how they want to get there).