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Hackers May Have Breached System Containing Government Email; Deloitte Says...
It appears that hackers who targeted Deloitte breached systems containing emails from four U.S. government agencies, though the consultancy is maintaining that no public-sector clients were “impacted”...
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Social Media's Problem-Solving Power
Social media can be used in sophisticated ways to support your agency’s mission and get real results. But are leadership and departments that have problems to solve taking advantage of it? We must...
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L.A. Has a Streetlight That Can Charge Your Car
Sometimes streetlights are so much more than just a source of lighting. The Los Angeles Bureau of Street Lighting — which manages some 215,000 streetlamps — is exploring a whole new generation of...
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FirstNet 90-Day Window Ups Ante for Undecided States
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) recently took another step forward toward the creation of the nation’s dedicated broadband first responder network. FirstNet has delivered official...
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NASCIO Demonstrates Public Sector Technology Best Practices
As I travel around the country and the world, I am often asked where government technology professionals and business leaders can turn to find current best practices demonstrating projects that solve...
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Exclusive: New York City Hires Quiessence Phillips as Deputy CISO to Help...
New York City’s effort to consolidate its cybersecurity operations into one enterprisewide command center has just taken a major step forward with the appointment of Quiessence Phillips as deputy...
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Wyoming's Approach to Cybersecurity
At the annual NASCIO conference in Austin earlier this month, Wyoming Chief Information Officer Tony Young addressed the most pressing issue on his mind and on the minds of his peers. Recent breaches...
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A Harbinger of Fire and Flood, Hydromet Helps Residents, First Responders
When Hurricane Harvey locked its sights on Texas in late August, residents and authorities along the lower Colorado River found the information they might need to make life-or-death decisions online....
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Doing Away with Government Forms
Few would consider forms a particularly exciting area of opportunity for government innovation. And yet, here’s a solution that would probably spark the interest of anyone who’s ever waited in line at...
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Census Data Reveals Where State Government Employment Is Shrinking
Even as the total number of people working in state government inches upward, a few state workforces and specific employment sectors are shrinking. That’s according to new 2016 data from the U.S....
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Analytics, Blockchain and Cybersecurity at NASCIO
Listen using the player above and subscribe on iTunes and Stitcher so you can take it with you. SHOW NOTES The ABCs of NASCIO 2017 — analytics, blockchain, and cybersecurity — dominated the...
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University Labs Put Cybersecurity Under the Microscope
2016 was a banner year for cybersecurity events: the hacking of the presidential election by Russia; the theft of NSA cybertools; the revelation of Yahoo’s data breach with 1 billion accounts exposed...
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CivicPlus Acquires BoardSync, Launches Agenda Management Solution
After buying up another company, CivicPlus is getting into agenda and meeting management. CivicPlus has acquired BoardSync and is fitting its technology into a new product it calls CivicClerk. The...
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Cubic Overhauls Transit Information Software, Embracing the Cloud and...
Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), an international transit software maker, is moving its real-time passenger information system to the cloud and working in machine learning capabilities. Cubic’s...
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Transportation in Tempe: How One Arizona City Is Going All-In on Autonomous...
For two officials in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe, Ariz., which is taking the lead on new technologies, collaboration and sustainable systems are key. Mayor Mark Mitchell was elected in May 2012, and...
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States Compete for Top Data Science Talent
States have long competed for jobs and investment, and this dynamic is now playing out in the race to be the state with the most data scientists — the highly sought-after professionals who combine the...
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Washington, D.C.'s Bike-Sharing Goes Dockless and Electric
In Washington, D.C., you now have the option of renting a bicycle that can be picked up and dropped off anywhere. There's no need to try and find a docking station. And the bike you rent might be...
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What New Tech Holds the Most Promise for Colorado?
Colorado Chief Technology Officer David McCurdy wishes he’d had the foresight to invest in bitcoin in the early days. Speaking with Government Technology at the NASCIO conference in Austin earlier...
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Code for Philadelphia Hosts Hackathon Aimed at Reducing Recidivism
Civic technologists in Philadelphia are working with public servants, journalists and recently-paroled residents, among others, to collaborate on a hackathon that aims to reduce recidivism rates in...
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Seeing Shootings, Murders Decline, Chicago to Double Down on Predictive...
Having seen shootings and murders decline this year with new technology partly in place, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) will double down on its use of predictive and analytics tools, Mayor Rahm...
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