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Legislation Makes Data-Driven Decision-Making Part of Indiana’s Cultural...
Indiana is no stranger to using data to the benefit of its citizens and agencies. The state’s Management and Performance Hub (MPH) has been an integral part of state operations since 2014, but now,...
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Arkansas Bolsters IT Agency with Two Key Leadership Roles
Arkansas' state IT agency has filled two key positions as of July 31. The first was the deputy director role left empty when Yessica Jones stepped into the director and chief technology officer post...
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Philadelphia's Procurement Overhaul Includes Reverse Bidding, Open Data...
As recently as last year, Philadelphia required any vendors interested in working with the city to submit bids by physically bringing in a box with three paper copies. When it came to sealing...
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Massachusetts Governor Creates Executive IT Secretariat
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito announced the creation of a new executive-level IT office aimed at centralizing IT infrastructure and overhauling policies and procedures...
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Santa Clara, Calif.'s 3 Tech-Transit Plays Seek to Improve Local...
Officials in Santa Clara, Calif., say a deployment of real-time digital transit signage didn’t deliver the desired result. Now they’re taking a second bite at the apple. Earlier this year, the city...
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How Kansas City, Mo., Is Snuffing Out Potholes Before They Appear
Street conditions in Kansas City, Mo., are bound to improve in coming years thanks to the development of “pothole prediction” technology. Using various data streams, work crews are able focus on more...
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Report Reveals Potential Inflection Point in Systems Modernization
A new survey of more than 1,200 public-sector IT officials nationwide reveals a loss of confidence as agencies grapple with issues around IT operations, but may also document an inflection point in...
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Former DoD CIO Teri Takai to Lead Center for Digital Government
Teri Takai, former CIO for the U.S. Department of Defense and two of the nation’s largest states, will lead the Center for Digital Government (CDG)*, e.Republic’s national research and advisory...
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FiscalNote Acquires Advocacy Platform VoterVoice
FiscalNote, a startup that builds tools to help companies track government actions, has acquired the advocacy-focused company VoterVoice. The move brings together two companies working in the same...
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Increased Attendance at Special Events Prompts Ithaca, N.Y., to Streamline...
College towns have always been sounding boards for social discourse, but not since the Vietnam War have they seen the number of politically charged demonstrations as ushered in by the presidency of...
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States Take a Comprehensive Approach to Improving Cybersecurity
Governors are not traditionally known for their vast knowledge of IT systems or the importance of cybersecurity, but that stereotype seems to be giving way and leading to progressive discussions and...
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What’s New in Civic Tech: DataSF Updates Long-Term Plans, Reviews Annual...
DataSF, San Francisco’s open data initiative, has posted its annual update for its goals and workplan, vowing to increase efforts in data use among other more nuanced objectives. In a blog post on its...
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Munetrix Sues Socrata for Allegedly 'Screwing' it Out of Michigan Contract
Socrata is facing a lawsuit in Michigan after the open data company allegedly under-bid its own partner on a response to a state contract worth $2.5 million. Munetrix, a government data and analytics...
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Rise of the Government Chatbot
A robot uprising has begun, except instead of overthrowing mankind so as to usher in a bleak yet efficient age of cold judgment and colder steel, this uprising is one of friendly robots (so far)....
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10 Cities Taking a Nature-Driven Approach to Innovation
It’s not enough for the country’s most advanced and sophisticated cities to be at the forefront of technological innovation with “smart” parking meters or informational kiosks. They also need to be...
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Report: Funding, Focus Are Issues as Agencies Eye Internet of Things
State, county and local agencies weren’t on a Top 10 list of early adopters in a recent Internet of Things (IoT) survey, but government officials and a dean at the university behind the report...
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Rural Broadband: Taking a Broad-Scope Look at State Legislation
Lawmakers seem more aware than ever that the Internet is a key component to building healthy economies and educational systems. In rural areas, where access to certain utilities and Internet can be...
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‘No More Ransom’ Program Grows: Initiative Helps Global Organizations Deal...
Over the past few years, ransomware cyberattacks have increasingly impacted public and private-sector organizations. The recent outbreaks NotPetya and WannaCry are only two of the many different...
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How School Districts Use Data Dashboards
What does one do with all one's data? The answer to that question, as more governments have begun making data more accessible, has evolved over time. But a fairly consistent move, following the lead...
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Army of Air-Quality Sensors to Offer Lafayette, La., and Baltimore Glimpses...
Like temperature, air quality is hardly static, and can swing widely from one day to another — or even from neighborhood to neighborhood. Baltimore, Md., and Lafayette, La., will soon have detailed...
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