Global Community Technology Challenge (GCTC) Establishes Online Resource for Smart Cities and Communities

Since its formation at NIST in 2014, the Global City Teams Challenge (GCTC) has evolved to become a collaborative platform for cities, communities, industry, academic, and government stakeholders to jointly develop and deploy emerging technologies for smart cities and communities. NIST is supporting the ongoing transition of GCTC activities to the private sector, including through a GCTC partner non-profit, OpenCommons, which has a goal to serve as an information portal and library/archive for smart cities documents, frameworks, and guidebooks.  Members of the GCTC have worked with NIST and collectively published a series of frameworks and blueprints for smart cities and communities, and this information will be available through the OpenCommons online resource to ensure that public access is maintained for future smart cities and communities, and that the work of NIST and its partners continues to serve the public good.