Local Government | Just Society Technologies

For cities, counties and the agencies inside them

You buy a decision you can defend in public.

Most of what a city needs to decide well already exists somewhere. It sits in departments that cannot see each other and in residents nobody asked. JST joins the two and hands back a ranked answer with the reasoning attached.

12–20 wksScoping to first decision
70–85%Resident reach, JST program data
6Red lines in the contract
8Departments commonly sponsoring
01 / Use cases by department

City leaders buy through budgets.

Select the line the work would sit on.

The problem on your desk

What you receive
    Typical situation

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    02 / What a city keeps
    A government adopting the suite does not buy a study. It builds a capacity it keeps.

    Trained researchers in the place, a seated review board and an instrument the city can commission again as conditions change. Illustrative examples on this page are representative, not specific engagements.

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    03 / What we need from you

    Light on your team.

    No department is asked to run the research.

    A sponsor and a decisionOne department willing to act on what comes back, and a decision with a date on it.
    Access to data you already holdAdministrative and spatial data your departments already maintain. We handle joining and standardization.
    Introductions, not labourYour relationships with local institutions. We train and pay the researchers ourselves.
    A review windowTime for the Data Stewardship Board to review before anything publishes. Built into the timeline.
    04 / Procurement readiness

    What your reviewers will ask for.

    Request any of these and we send them. No briefing required first.

    Security

    Security overview

    Hosting, access control, encryption posture and the certification roadmap.

    Governance

    Data governance summary

    Ownership, retention, deletion, export and the six red lines as contract language.

    Accessibility

    Accessibility statement

    Conformance status and the remediation plan against WCAG 2.2 AA.

    Scope

    Sample scope of work

    A representative statement of work with milestones and acceptance criteria.

    Vendor

    Vendor pack

    Insurance certificates, W-9 and standard implementation requirements.

    Contracting

    Contracting routes

    Direct, cooperative purchasing or sponsored pilot. We will tell you which fits your threshold.

    Security and data governance Request the procurement pack

    Start with the decision you have to make.

    Tell us the geography and the deadline. We will tell you honestly whether the tools fit.

    Request a briefing