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Vehicle Licensing, Cybersecurity Top Priorities for New Minnesota CIO
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has appointed a replacement for outgoing Commissioner Tom Baden, the state’s top technology official, who announced his retirement last month due to health reasons. Dayton...
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Marijuana Regs Top List of Challenges for Accela Expertise Center
In a bid to spread best practices and build early relationships with governments, Accela has launched a “Center of Expertise” to help the public sector work better, especially in emerging areas. The...
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Company Behind Threat Response Software Groupdolists Raises $1.5M
The company behind Groupdolists, a platform for coordinating how organizations respond to threat events, has raised a $1.5 million seed funding round. Responder Ventures, a young venture capital firm...
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Pittsburgh Uses Data to Predict Fire Risk
In this installment of the Innovation of the Month series (read last month’s story here), we explore how Pittsburgh’s Bureau of Fire is using predictive analytics to help their department prioritize...
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What’s New in Civic Tech: Bloomberg’s What Works Cities Honors Best at Using...
The Bloomberg Philanthropies What Works Cities program recently hit a milestone goal, adding its 100th jurisdiction to the list of cities it supports and advises on how to use data-driven governance...
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Facebook’s Newsfeed Algorithm Will Negatively Impact Government
Earlier this month, Facebook announced that it would change users’ newsfeeds in what has caused a huge shift in government social media professionals’ ability to communicate with their constituents....
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5 Tips for Dealing with the Facebook Apocalypse
Some are calling it the Facebook apocalypse. After Facebook announced upcoming changes to the news feed, publishers are scrambling to re-evaluate their strategies. The new changes will prioritize...
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Exclusive: New Startup Working on Software to Help Government Fix Housing...
Housing prices are a little bit of a problem in California. Right now, the average home value in San Francisco is north of $1 million. Of the country’s 100 most expensive zip codes, 77 are in...
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Philadelphia’s Office of Open Data and Digital Transformation Works to...
Philadelphia’s Office of Open Data and Digital Transformation (ODDT) is a relatively new agency, originally formed in May 2016, only a few months after Mayor Jim Kenney took office. This office, which...
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Public-Sector Tech: Ongoing Issues and Opportunities
What happened (of significance) in 2017 that will shape 2018 and beyond in government technology? Beyond 2018 cybersecurity predictions or year-end summaries that highlight headline-grabbing 2017...
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Baltimore Rolls Out Smart Trash Cans
Sanitation workers in Baltimore worried about overflowing garbage cans can rest a little easier. Soon, the cans will let them know if they are need of emptying. Baltimore is moving forward on a $15...
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Data Privacy Day: Seattle Posts Series of Blogs with Privacy Tips for Citizens
In honor of Data Privacy Day this month, Seattle Chief Privacy Officer Ginger Armbruster has written a series of blogs with tips aimed at helping citizens to stay safe online. Data Privacy Day was...
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White House Names Fourth Federal CIO
The federal government will have an official technology leader at last, filling a position that has been vacant more than a year. On Jan. 26, the White House announced Suzette Kuhlow Kent, a principal...
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Government-Focused Information Exchange Goes Live
A new online portal aims to ease the innovative process and empower collaboration by creating a place for government to share projects and best practices in a format adapted for use by all. The...
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ASUS NovaGo Laptop Features up to 22 Hours of Battery Life
Enduring Laptop The ASUS NovaGo is a Qualcomm Snapdragon-powered Gigabit LTE laptop featuring up to 22 hours of battery life. The display is 13.3-inch full high-definition (1,920 x 1,080) resolution...
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4 Ways Touchscreen Kiosks Can Improve Local Government
Overcrowded message boards. Outdated directories. English-only menus. Walk into almost any courthouse or government office across the country, and you're likely to encounter all of those headaches and...
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States Partner to Get Girls Interested in Cyber, IT
A new online cybersecurity training pilot for high school students in 18 states and one territory aims to generate increased participation from an under-represented population: young women. When the...
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Girl Scouts Earn Merit Badges for Coding
Merit Badge for Coding A 2012 study from the Girl Scout Research Institute found that 74 percent of teen girls are interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, but the...
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Illinois Releases Its First Official Government Report on Blockchain
Illinois has released its first official government report about blockchain, which grew from an initiative aimed at exploring how the technology could help spur economic development in the state. It...
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Michigan Scales Back Massive Applications Process with Human-Centric Design
Until last week, Michigan had the largest application for public benefits of any state in the nation. Many of the residents there who were applying for programs such as food assistance, state...
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