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Las Vegas AI Pilot Improves Highway Patrol Response Times
A poster in the elevator at the Las Vegas Traffic Management Center warns Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) officers to drive safely as they respond to calls, but a new solution — in pilot since September —...
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Anne Roest Retires, NYC Hires Atlanta CIO Samir Saini as IT Commissioner
After a three-decade career in government, New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications Commissioner Anne Roest is retiring. Taking her place is Samir Saini, who has been...
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3 Gov Tech Pioneers on What It Takes to Succeed in the Market
As more tech entrepreneurs are applying their skills and energy to tackling issues like housing, transportation and public safety challenges in their communities, state and local governments are...
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What’s New in Civic Tech: Where Are the Code for America Brigades Headed in...
Code for America has reaffirmed its commitment to its network of brigades, doing so with a medium post that details how and why the groups will be so important in the coming year. The Code for America...
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CES 2018: FirstNet Sees Growth Potential of App Ecosystem, Partnerships
LAS VEGAS — Now that 54 jurisdictions have joined the FirstNet first responders network, its applications store is actively seeking developers and will soon convene technologists to work on solutions...
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Cities of Service Organization Reports Increased Interest in Gov Tech
In a way, the nonprofit group Cities of Service is a sort of barometer for the channels that mayors and local governments are using to engage with citizens. The group spun out of Bloomberg...
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What's in a (Gov Tech Company) Name?
This issue marks the third iteration of the GovTech100 — a representative list of 100 technology companies whose solutions are aimed at state and local government, a market with estimated tech...
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NYCx Advisory Council to Guide Tech Program Improvements
NYCx, New York City’s municipal tech engagement program geared toward solving a variety of civic problems, now has an advisory council whose range and depth of experience should further inform and...
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Safety Advocates Say Not So Fast on Driverless Cars
Highway safety advocates are urging lawmakers to pump the brakes on the development of driverless cars. The group, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, is calling on Congress and federal officials...
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Charles Brennan Out as Philadelphia CIO
Charles Brennan is out as Philadelphia CIO, a spokesman for the mayor’s office has confirmed. Mark Wheeler, deputy CIO for enterprise data and architecture, and the city’s chief geographic information...
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The Case for Cybersecurity Certifications
I often get asked, “How can I get into a hot cybersecurity role?” Or what is the best way to advance my career as a security professional? Or, what steps would you recommend for my son or daughter or...
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As a New Governor Arrives, New Jersey's CTO Will Leave
New Jersey Chief Technology Officer Dave Weinstein, who became the state’s first-ever CTO in June 2016 by Gov. Chris Christie, confirmed that Jan. 15 will be his last day in the position, as a new...
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Voices in Gov Tech: Gov Tech's Next Chapter (Opinion)
Editor's note: This story is part of Voices in Gov Tech, featuring the unique perspectives of leaders in the market. Read the full series here. When we launched APPCityLife in 2009, the terms “gov...
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Will Edge Computing Change How Government Operates?
In an average winter, Kentucky’s Department of Transportation spends between $45 million and $75 million on road salting and snow removal. But during the harsh winter of 2014-15, the state’s spending...
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IoT Is Changing the Cybersecurity Industry
It’s odd that the Internet of Things (IoT) industry — an industry with a dismal record of cyberbreaches — would be the one moving cybersecurity forward, but that is exactly what is happening. With...
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Florida’s First Geographic Information Officer Maps Out a Statewide Strategy
The state of Florida, believed to have been one of just two states without a central geographic information system (GIS) coordinating authority, hired its first-ever geographic information officer...
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How Trusting Tech Can Improve Disaster Response
During the wave of hurricanes that tore through a number of coastal areas in September, crowdsourcing was a lifesaving tool, allowing residents in need of rescue to input their locations so that first...
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Washington’s ‘Living Laboratory’ to Build Out Its Sensor Network
How smoke from wildfires affects the air in urban settings will come under a close microscope in a “living laboratory” in the Pacific Northwest. A network of nine air-quality sensors will be...
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Former Accela CEO Maury Blackman Jumps into Investing
After leading Accela for more than 15 years, steering it into a position in which it was later acquired and then stepping down, Maury Blackman has made his next move: He’s getting into investing....
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Montana CIO Ron Baldwin Heeds the Call of the Private Sector
Montana’s top technology official and a key architect of the state’s IT consolidation, will be stepping down, officials confirmed to Government Technology. Chief Information Officer Ron Baldwin, who...
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