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Market Niche Focus: Who Helps Government Take Online Payments?
Amazon has become the perpetual pariah of government technology. Public-sector chief information officers, startup founders and investors alike all point the finger at the e-commerce giant again and...
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Car Crash Reporting Guidelines Prepare for Self-Driving Vehicles
Officials from many corners of the automotive and technology industries, along with government, see the era of self-driving cars arriving in the not-too-distant future. The National Highway Traffic...
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Seattle Increases Financial Commitment to 20-Year-Old Digital Equity Program
Seattle is upping its financial contribution to a program that for the past 20 years has helped community groups provide technology, as well as the skills needed to use technology, to residents who...
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With Indiana's First IoT Lab Rising, Fishers Seeks to Become a Tech City
Northeast Commerce Park in Fishers, Ind., is getting closer to hosting the one business that might truly cement a reputation for economic diversity: the state’s first Internet of Things lab. The...
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How Cities Should Plan and Prepare Their Transportation Infrastructure for...
When it comes to the future of transportation in cities, change is increasingly being driven by technology. At the Resilient Cities Summit in Stowe, Vt., in July 2017, I interviewed Harriet Tregoning,...
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Startup Seeks Cities to Test Bonds that Put a Twist on Pay-for-Success
It can be difficult for government to try new things. If one is spending taxpayer dollars, and under constant public scrutiny, and has an enormous legal broadside, it tends to make one risk-averse. So...
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Tampa Bay, Fla., Seeks Toll-Road Drivers to Volunteer for Its Connected...
Tampa Bay commuters now have a chance to lower their toll-road payments, while also receiving important highway driving warnings — right to their rear-view mirror. The central Florida city is...
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CityBase Acquires Department of Better Technology
CityBase is acquiring the Department of Better Technology (DOBT), bringing together two companies focused on helping governments provide digital services to citizens and automating back-office...
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Los Angeles Launches Cybersecurity Lab to Aid Local Businesses
In an average day, Los Angeles’ municipal government analyzes more than 1 billion cybersecurity-related events, automatically blocking about 4 million attacks on its own systems as a result. Now, city...
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Total Solar Eclipse 2017: How Data, Mapping Technologies Are Helping State,...
Celestial events may have inspired fear and wonder in ancient man, but in Oregon — the first U.S. region to see the total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21 — readiness is the watchword for state and...
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What’s New in Civic Tech: Hawaii Launches Month-Long Innovation Competition
Hawaii is preparing to welcome hundreds of programmers, software developers and innovators to the state’s month-long innovation competition inspired by hackathons. The primary difference between...
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Gwinnett County, Ga., Officials Hope Smart Water Meter Pilot Can Help Other...
Officials in north central Georgia's Gwinnett County say they don’t have a problem with water leaks today. No one knows what tomorrow will bring, though, and so they want to be ready. With a smart...
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Smart City Competition Seeks Startups, Companies with Eye on Public Sector
Entrepreneurs and others from the tech community are gearing up for the Smart City Fall 2017 Cohort session in Herndon, Va., next month. The event, organized by the Center for Innovative Technology...
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Verizon to Build Public Safety Communications Network to Rival FirstNet, AT&T
On Aug. 16, Verizon announced that it plans to build and operate a private network dedicated to public safety communications, targeting the same customers AT&T gains under the First Responder...
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Chicago Looks to Fill New Digital Experience and Design Director Position
The city of Chicago is looking to fill a new type of position within its executive ranks: a digital experience and design director. The idea is that whoever is picked for the role will be able to...
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Study: Government Should Think Carefully About Those Big Plans for...
Government is always being asked to do more with less — less money, less staff, just all around less — and that makes the idea of artificial intelligence (AI) a pretty attractive row to hoe. If a...
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Austin GigaTECHs App Competition Bridges Gap Between City and Local Innovators
In an effort to foster a new generation of apps that use ultra-fast connections to bolster municipal government, Austin, Texas, is hosting its first GigaTECHs App Competition, an event for which it...
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Seven Keys to Strengthen Your Cybersecurity Culture
While running on my treadmill on Thursday morning, August 17, 2017, I was watching CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box,’ as David Novak, co-founder and former CEO of YUM Brands, came on the show as a guest. He was...
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Colorado DOT Launches Autonomous Vehicles to Improve Worker Safety
Colorado is putting a moving barrier between its highway workers and the cars whizzing past them. The Colorado Department of Transportation unveiled its first Autonomous Impact Protection Vehicle...
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Florida Tests Cybersecurity Defenses with Hurricane Scenario
The annual state-sponsored cybersecurity training for agency staffers by the Florida Agency for State Technology (AST) — which survived another defunding attempt this spring — has doubled in...
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