The City of Portland Surveillance technologies Policy has been submitted to the City revision process. You can download the proposed policy and additional materials in this blog post.
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This Zine is an educational material to learn more about surveillance technologies and Digital Justice. e Smart City PDX
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This is the public invitation for the participatory policy making process that the City of Portland’s Smart City PDX program and the Office of Equity and Human Rights are organizing. The goal of these events is the development of a draft of the City’s surveillance technologies policy.
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Smart City PDX submits comments to the US Office of Science and Technology Policy RFI on use of biometric information in government.
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The Smart City PDX team and the Office of Equity and Human Rights coordinated a Portland City Council work session on surveillance technologies. The work session included how the cities of Seattle and Oakland manage surveillance technologies. Community members shared some impacts and recommendations on how the City can protect residents’ and visitors’ digital rights.
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A co-design event organized last December 13, 2021 tried to be a space for open discussion and collaboration to understand how surveillance technologies impact Portlanders. This post is a general summary of the findings and comments. Detailed analysis and raw comments are also accessible to download.
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This blog post releases a series of videos from the participation of community advocates on digital justice discussing surveillance technologies impacts. Direct links to the videos are provided.
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The City of Portland is centering impacted community voices in the development of the City’s comprehensive surveillance policy using participatory policy making. Twenty three community members from a diverse set of local organizations provided City staff with input and feedback towards a more equitable public engagement in a community discussion held in June of 2021. This blog post summarizes some key takeaways from this event.
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The Smart City PDX team is searching for community leaders to bring their community and voices into the Digital Justice movement. This cohort model is preceded by two innovative models: the Equity Consulting Advisor model piloted in 2019 and the Digital Divide Work Group model developed in 2020.
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The City of Portland's leadership opposes the use of face recognition to collect biometric information from international travelers.
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The City of Portland leads the way on the topic of digital justice as a strategy to enhance human and civil rights of all Portlanders in the digital age. This is a draft definition and we are asking the public for feedback and suggestions for improvement.
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