Confronted with a shrinking budget, Washington D.C. Chief Technology Officer Lindsey Parker on Friday proposed merging the city’s digital connectivity and “smart city” programs into a single, community-based project.
Parker said her proposed #TechTogether Partnership would intertwine the city’s “SmarterDC” and “ConnectDC” programs by gathering industry partners, philanthropists and community organizations to support programs in both. The project is Parker’s way of doing “more with less by working smarter together,” she said in her testimony to city council during its 2021 budget hearing.
