The document discusses the White House Smart Cities Initiative which has invested $160 million in federal research and supported over 25 new technology collaborations to help cities solve problems. It lists various federal agencies and the smart city activities they are involved in, such as the Department of Energy's work on smart building technologies and connected vehicles. It concludes by posing questions about how communities can align on goals, share knowledge, connect civic hackers to smart cities, facilitate moving pilots to scale, and integrate approaches across domains.

1. Tackling Local Challenges through
Smart Cities
Dan Correa
Senior Advisor for Innovation Policy
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
dcorrea@ostp.eop.gov
November 12, 2015

2. Global City Teams Challenge
Collaborations Pilots
Sustainable
Models

3. A Strategy for American Innovation

4. White House Smart Cities Initiative
Summary: $160 Million in Federal research investments
and more than 25 new technology collaborations to help
cities solve problems.
“Every community is different, with different needs and
different approaches. But communities that are making
the most progress on these issues have some things in
common. They don't look for a single silver bullet; instead
they bring together local government and nonprofits and
businesses....”
– President Barack Obama

5. NSF: Cross-
Cutting
Research
NIST: Cyber
Physical
Systems
Standards
NIST: Global City
Teams Challenge
Examples of Federal Smart Cities Activities
TA / Capacity Building /
Financing
Built Environment
Energy
Government Ops.
Health
Human Services
Public Safety
Public Engagement
Telecommunications
Transportation
Climate
Water
SmartCityApplicationAreas
DOE: Smart Building Technologies
NSF: U.S. Ignite
NSF/HHS: Smart and Connected Health
DOE: Connected and Automated Vehicles Research
EPA: Air Monitoring
EPA: Water Resilience and Security
Research Testbed
R&D
DOE: Smart Grid
HHS: Community Health IT Adoption
Pilot Scale
Deployment
DHS: Urban Security
NTIA: Community Broadband
HUD: Block Grants
DOT: Connected Vehicle Research

6. What’s next?
• How does the community align on realistic, self-evidently
important goals?
• What is the best vehicle for knowledge sharing across
communities and replication of best practices?
• How do we seed connections between the civic hacking
community and the “smart city”/IoT community?
• How do we facilitate the pathway from pilot to scale?
• How do we move to a world of integrated approaches across
domain areas?

7. To continue the conversation,
please find me today or by email at:
dcorrea@ostp.eop.gov
Dan Correa
Senior Advisor for Innovation Policy
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy