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Baltimore's Acting CIO Resigns as Search for 'Visionary' Replacement Ramps Up
Evette M. Munro, who was elevated in late February from deputy CIO in the Baltimore Mayor’s Office of Information Technology (MOIT) to acting department head, has resigned her position after less than...
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Small, Lightweight Thin Client Is Highly Secure, Easy to Manage
Mighty Thin Client Dell announces its light, small and power-efficient Wyse 3040 thin client. Compatible with Citrix, Microsoft and VMware virtual workspace environments, the 3040 provides a...
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How Indianapolis' Naloxone Data Is Driving Policy, Building a Social Service...
Opioid abuse is a national epidemic. Some 2 million people abuse prescription pain relievers and 591,000 use heroin, according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine. There were more than...
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Alabama Governor Appoints New IT Office Lead
The leadership within Alabama’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) has shifted. After more than a year-and-a-half under the leadership of Dr. Joanne Hale, recently sworn-in Gov. Kay Ivey has...
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Public Safety Investors at Responder Ventures Pursue First Official Fund
Body cameras, broadband and big data — there’s a lot happening in public safety tech right now, and Responder Ventures wants to get in early. The Florida-based venture capital firm, now about two...
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What's New in Civic Tech: Harvard Students, U.S. Government Partner to...
A nonprofit organization aimed at inspiring young people to use tech for social good is partnering with the U.S. Census Bureau to provide fully-funded data science and technology internships within...
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Following Audit, State Agencies Update Policies Around Noncompetitive Bidding
The Department of General Services (DGS) and the California Department of Technology (CDT) — the state’s two agencies that oversee contracts for goods and services — are changing policies and...
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Help Wanted: Building the Next-Generation Workforce
Government CIOs across the board are being forced to confront the retirement wave that’s about to decimate their ranks. But does the next generation of IT pros want the jobs their parents and...
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3 Ways to Stop Business Email Compromise
Once again, the FBI is warning enterprises to be on the lookout for sophisticated online scams involving the most popular of legacy technologies — email. The term “business email compromise” (BEC) has...
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Why Offering Bug Bounties Will Be Widespread, Even in Government
With the worldwide shortage in cybersecurity professionals, more public and private sector organizations are turning to new ways to find and fix security vulnerabilities in their systems and networks....
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How Automating Victim Restitution Helps Agencies Maximize Revenue Streams
Like so many areas of local government, automation has long been part of court systems across the nation — primarily to notify defendants, plaintiffs and prospective jurors of looming court dates. But...
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Where Is State and Local Government Spending the Most on Tech?
According to Government Navigator, the Center for Digital Government’s database, health and human services (HHS) makes up the single largest area of state and local government’s technology spending at...
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The IT Workforce Continuum
When it comes to workforce management, government technology professionals are getting squeezed on all sides. IT recruiting is famously difficult, with more than 200,000 unfilled jobs just in...
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Missouri Governor Signs Executive Order to Create Statewide Prescription...
After more than a decade of legislative efforts have proven unsuccessful, leaving Missouri as the only holdout without a statewide prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP), its highest elected...
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San Jose, Calif., Taps the Expertise of Retired Silicon Valley Execs
In its efforts to extend the scope of its IT workforce, San Jose, Calif., has tapped into a sometimes overlooked source of skills. In October 2016 the city teamed up with Encore.org, an organization...
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6 Recommendations for Bringing Solar Power to Low-Income Households
The declining cost of solar energy is creating opportunities for all Americans to save money on their energy bills. And no one needs to save money more than low-income consumers, who pay a much higher...
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The Cost of Government Bans on the Sharing Economy
Recently, some state and local governments, often at the urging of the hotel industry, have passed laws aimed directly at short-term rental sites like Airbnb. Most notably, New York passed a law last...
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California's GoMentum Station Forges International Partnerships
The GoMentum Station in Concord, Calif., is expanding its reach and forging new partnerships across international borders. This month, the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA), which oversees...
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7 States Partner with SANS Institute to Offer Free Training, Grow...
Extending its collaboration with the SANS Institute, the cooperative research and education organization that trains security professionals worldwide, Virginia will join six other states to host...
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Civic Data Startup LiveStories Pulls in $10M Series A Round
Latching onto a growing trend of public agencies seeking to tell stories with data rather than simply publishing it for citizens to see, the startup LiveStories has raised $10 million in a Series A...
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