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The Government CIO Has Three New Roles
The march of technological change and disruption to traditional government service delivery is fostering the reboot of the planet, said Steve Bates, principal, Advisory Services at KPMG. “We’ve...
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Are Open Data Efforts Working?
Since about 2010, state and local governments have poured time, money and resources into publishing data sets and building portals to facilitate access to this wealth of information. Are these open...
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'Sweat Equity': New Investor InState Partners Helps Overlooked Gov Tech...
Sometimes, the most valuable thing to a tech startup is not a pile of cash to lock down coding talent or nab a new office. Sometimes — especially when the company’s main customer is government — the...
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Drawing Outside the District Lines
Every 10 years, following the decennial census, states redraw district boundaries to ensure that Congress and state legislatures represent the electorate. This process is prone to political...
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4 Ways to Reduce Long-Term Risk in Municipal IT Systems (Contributed)
For most municipal governments right now, times are good. Sales tax revenues are way up, and property values are also reaching new highs — thereby increasing municipal revenues. This stands of course...
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California IT Leaders Examine Blockchain
Blockchain, known mostly for its relationship to cryptocurrencies, could offer public entities safety, efficiency and speed, which explains why so many IT leaders are actively exploring its use in...
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Utah Looks Ahead with Expanded AV Legislation
Utah hopes to join the ranks of numerous other states by expanding its embrace of self-driving cars. The Utah State Legislature is considering a bill (HB 371) to allow fully autonomous vehicles to...
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Accela Launches Dedicated Software Products for Regulating Marijuana and...
Accela, well into a push to position itself as a go-to resource for local government regulation, is launching “out-of-the-box” software products for two industries that have become rapidly more...
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Chicago CIO Danielle DuMerer Works to Streamline Citizen Service Delivery
Danielle DuMerer was Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s choice for CIO, affirmed by the City Council in June 2017. While in her current post less than a year, DuMerer is a longtime innovation and technology...
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Tech and Innovation Work Takes Hold in Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska’s innovation team is housed in a unique space, at least in terms of government offices in the state’s most populous city. The innovation lab, as this space is called, has none of the...
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Distilling Commuter Data: Drilling Down on the Daily Grind
Far-flung rural workers tend to have longer commutes than those living in university communities. Which may not surprise anyone. However, lower socio-economic groups tend to deal with longer commutes...
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Beyond Duck-and-Cover
"The more we rehearse disaster, the safer we’ll be from the real thing. Life seems to work that way, doesn’t it?” This line from Don DeLillo’s novel White Noise satirizes an American obsession with...
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Lyft to Test Self-Driving Cars in California
Lyft, the ride-hailing service, will begin testing its fully autonomous technology at GoMentum Station in Concord, Calif., the site of the largest secure, self-driving car testing ground in the United...
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Google Tests 911 Cellphone Service to Pinpoint Caller Location
Most 911 call centers are capable of locating landline callers, but they struggle to find cellphone users when they need emergency help. “The 911 system was designed long ago for home phones,” said...
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What’s New in Civic Tech: U.S. Justice Department Launches New FOIA.gov Site
In news that will surely be of interest to the civic tech and open data crowds, the U.S. Justice Department has launched a new FOIA.gov site, redesigning the online portal through which citizens can...
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Smart Cities Readiness Challenge Grant Winners Announced
Smart cities projects focusing on video analytics, community Wi-Fi, fiber-optic connectivity and more will get an extra boost from the Smart Cities Council. Louisville/Jefferson County, Ky.;...
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Is Government Blogging Dead?
People aren’t talking about blogging like they used to — is it still relevant for social government? While it may have lost some traction as a big buzzword, blogging may be an underutilized resource...
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Incubating Innovation: Bloomberg Mayors Challenge Profiles, Part 2
Technologists, city officials and other stakeholders in Boulder, Colo., are working hard to make transportation throughout the city as sustainable as possible. In doing so, they are also increasingly...
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As Google's Deadline for Web Encryption Looms, Many State and Local Websites...
Google, the most widely used Web browser in the world, thinks a majority of state and local government websites aren’t doing enough to protect the people visiting them. And starting in July, that...
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Cyber Range: Who, What, When, Where, How and Why?
Cyberthreats are everywhere. Whether counting data breaches, individual ID thefts, system outages from hacker attacks or vulnerabilities detected to critical infrastructure, the growing numbers are...
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