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What really moves the curve, without opening earlier or hiring.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Budget 2027: serving residents better while freeing up room in the budget</title><link>https://www.hellospot.com/en/blog/budget-2027-town-halls-service-and-savings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.hellospot.com/en/blog/budget-2027-town-halls-service-and-savings/</guid><description>About one request per resident per year, and nobody counts them. Where a town hall wins back staff time, from front desk to mayor&apos;s office, with figures.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Op-ed in Décideur Public: AI has already entered town halls through the window</title><link>https://www.hellospot.com/en/blog/decideur-public-op-ed-ai-town-halls-through-the-window/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.hellospot.com/en/blog/decideur-public-op-ed-ai-town-halls-through-the-window/</guid><description>In Décideur Public, Dominique Péré urges town halls to frame the AI their staff already use with a sovereign AI built into their business tools.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Heatwaves: how to modernize your municipality&apos;s register of vulnerable people</title><link>https://www.hellospot.com/en/blog/heatwave-register-vulnerable-people/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.hellospot.com/en/blog/heatwave-register-vulnerable-people/</guid><description>A legal obligation since 2003, the register of vulnerable people is still too often kept in Excel. Here is how to modernize it, free of charge.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Archimag: HelloSpot makes the relationship between local authorities and citizens easier with AI</title><link>https://www.hellospot.com/en/blog/archimag-hellospot-local-authorities-citizens-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.hellospot.com/en/blog/archimag-hellospot-local-authorities-citizens-ai/</guid><description>Archimag profiles HelloSpot, a citizen relationship management platform with sovereign AI: digital one-stop shop, chatbot and request handling.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>France 3 Bretagne: an AI to better handle citizens&apos; requests at town halls</title><link>https://www.hellospot.com/en/blog/france-3-bretagne-ai-citizen-requests-town-halls/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.hellospot.com/en/blog/france-3-bretagne-ai-citizen-requests-town-halls/</guid><description>France 3 Bretagne profiles HelloSpot, the Rennes platform using Mistral AI to guide residents and track requests in 700 local authorities.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI Experience podcast: AI in town halls, saving time without losing control</title><link>https://www.hellospot.com/en/blog/ai-experience-podcast-ai-town-halls-local-democracy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.hellospot.com/en/blog/ai-experience-podcast-ai-town-halls-local-democracy/</guid><description>On the AI Experience podcast, Ludovic Diligeart explains how town halls can use AI without giving up control over their data or their decisions.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Le Parisien: how AI is changing daily life for town hall staff in Brittany</title><link>https://www.hellospot.com/en/blog/le-parisien-ai-town-hall-staff-brittany/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.hellospot.com/en/blog/le-parisien-ai-town-hall-staff-brittany/</guid><description>Le Parisien visited Brest town hall to see how HelloSpot&apos;s AI-powered citizen relationship management helps staff handle residents&apos; requests.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2026 municipal elections: how to keep public services running in the face of the budget wall</title><link>https://www.hellospot.com/en/blog/municipal-elections-2026-public-service-budget-wall/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.hellospot.com/en/blog/municipal-elections-2026-public-service-budget-wall/</guid><description>12 days before the municipal elections, see how AI and HelloSpot make up for staff shortages and protect your budget from the start of the term.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:32:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Municipal services and elections: automating safely, according to Solutions Numériques</title><link>https://www.hellospot.com/en/blog/pre-election-period-automating-municipal-services/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.hellospot.com/en/blog/pre-election-period-automating-municipal-services/</guid><description>How can town halls adopt AI without weakening services before elections? 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