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Communication, Collaboration Are Key to Effective Procurement
AUSTIN, Texas — It’s relationships between IT and procurement agencies, as well as between government and vendors, that are essential to effective public-sector purchasing. That was the theme at a...
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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Begins During Year of Major Breaches
October marks the beginning of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which is likely to draw increased attention this year in the wake of the Equifax breach and other recent high-profile hacking...
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What Is Government's Responsibility When a Breach Hits?
AUSTIN, Texas — Some of the criticism of Equifax's handling of its recent data breach centered around the time that passed between when the company first became aware of the incident and when the news...
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Opioids, Customer Experience and Workforce Grab Attention at NASCIO, Day Two
Day two of the NASCIO annual conference on Tuesday, Oct. 3, offered a number of sessions spanning many pressing concerns on the minds of CIOs. Participants heard about Georgia's new strategy for...
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Cybersecurity: Lessons from 5 States
AUSTIN, Texas — Cybersecurity was perhaps the most consistent thread running through all the programming at the annual NASCIO conference this week. It’s on the minds of state CIOs, and many have...
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City of Austin IT Exec Will Become Travis County's New CIO
Paul Hopingardner, deputy director of communications and technology management for the city of Austin, has been named Travis County’s new chief information officer, a position he will begin later this...
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National Governors Association Forms Tech Division
Technology is getting a prominent seat at the table of one of the nation’s top associations representing state executives. The National Governors Association recently launched NGA Future, a division...
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Innovation on the Horizon in New York
AUSTIN, Texas — State chief information officers have plenty on their plates managing the technology infrastructure of sizable organizations charged with delivering critical services to citizens. But...
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ClearGov Opens Nationwide Database to Compare Government Revenue and Spending
In 2013, the tiny industrial city of Vernon, squeezed into a five-square-mile nook south of downtown Los Angeles, spent nearly nine times as much per capita on its police department than any other...
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Smart Cities Week Conference to Focus on Infrastructure
In an era of aging infrastructure — where cities across the country are plodding along with long-outdated water lines, traffic signals, transportation systems and you-name-it — the upcoming Smart...
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OpenGov Launches Performance Measurement Toolset
OpenGov has launched a performance measurement product meant to help governments track progress toward goals, and even compare their metrics to similar agencies in other jurisdictions. The tool,...
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How Beaverton, Ore., Is Preparing for the Onslaught of Autonomous Vehicles
Denny Doyle has served as Beaverton, Ore.'s mayor since January 2009 after spending 14 years on the Beaverton City Council. Beaverton has a strong mayor form of government, so Doyle also acts as the...
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Sensor Network Boosts Efficiencies at Cincinnati International
Technology to study the queueing and wait-times at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) has resulted in shorter lines. The airport installed BlipTrack technology in 2014 — a...
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What’s New in Civic Tech: Data from USASpending.gov Contributed to Reporting...
Open data about government spending was a foundational element of reporting that led to the September resignation of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, according to a detailed account from...
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Louisiana Embarks on App Modernization
Louisiana's move from a federated IT environment to a central IT office three years ago brought needed savings and efficiencies to the state. At the time, CIO Dickie Howze admitted that change...
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Driverless Shuttle Pilot Enters Final-Phase Testing in California
Small, self-driving shuttles are set to enter a final round of testing in California, this time taking to public streets. The Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) in Walnut Creek, Calif.,...
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Farm Giant John Deere Acquires Artificial Intelligence Startup
John Deere Aquires AI Startup for $305 Million Farm equipment giant John Deere paid over $300 million to acquire artificial intelligence (AI) startup Blue River Technology. The 60-person company based...
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Is Cybersecurity Encryption Ready to Break?
TODAY'S CRYPTO DILEMMA From mismanaged encryptions keys and system errors to eventual crypto cracking, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) encryption has increasingly become more difficult to maintain as...
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Memphis Welcomes CIO Mike Rodriguez to Lead First Open Data Policy
Memphis CIO Mike Rodriguez began working for the city about two months ago, and on one of his first days walking out of city hall he was stopped by a citizen who asked when the municipal government...
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