Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to promote smart technologies and systems to improve community livability, services, communication, safety, mobility, energy productivity, and resilience to natural and manmade disasters, to reduce civic costs, traffic congestion, and air pollution, and to promote equity, economic growth, and opportunities for communities of all sizes by— (1) improving Federal Government coordination and outreach with respect to smart city or community technologies; (2) promoting the quality and performance of smart city or community technologies while protecting— (A) the security of data and systems; and (B) privacy; (3) demonstrating the value and utility of smart, local government-owned and -operated services through the development and implementation of performance standards; (4) providing assistance to local governments interested in implementing smart city or community technologies; (5) developing a workforce skilled in smart city or community technologies; and (6) expanding international cooperation and trade in smart city or community technologies.