Migration: Where State CIOs Come From, and How They Move Around (Infographic)
With 36 states holding gubernatorial elections in November, odds are good that a number of current state CIOs will not be in place a year after the races, creating new opportunities for IT...
View ArticleWhat’s New in Civic Tech: New Legislation in Connecticut Bolsters State’s...
During Connecticut’s recently concluded legislative session, lawmakers approved a plan to bolster the state’s commitment to data efforts. These plans were initiated by an executive order from Gov....
View ArticleIllinois House Passes Bill Making it Easier for Police to Fly Drones Above...
The Illinois House of Representatives has passed a bill, 74-35, allowing police to use drones during large events. This comes after the House previously rejected the bill due to concerns about what...
View ArticleIn the Face of Shifting, Unrelenting Cyberthreats, Texas Offers Centralized...
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Texas is beefing up its cyberdefenses with a new contract with a major telecommunications firm offering centralized help to federated agencies, the state's top technology official said...
View ArticleCalifornia Cities Receive Funding to Develop EV Charging Infrastructure Plans
California, already the national leader in electric driving, is putting a fresh jolt of funding into its electric charging infrastructure. In May, the California Energy Commission awarded nine cities...
View ArticleHow Cities Are Using Biking Apps to Understand Travel Patterns
In dozens of cities across the country, biking apps like Strava or Ride Report have become in-depth sources for data, informing planners where cyclists not only want to be riding, but where they feel...
View ArticleTexas City Officials Share Tech Lessons Learned from Disaster, Bad Actors
Like their state and county counterparts, municipal officials train, plan and upgrade their technology to be ready when natural disasters or bad actors strike. But two recent high-impact events showed...
View ArticleRestructuring, Refocus on Mission at NYC Office of Chief Technology Officer
The New York City Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer has undergone an internal restructuring since the departure of its leader this spring, though an official said the shifts are designed...
View ArticleA Blueprint for Human-Centered Change
A blueprint for lasting and effective governmental change might be lying on the floor right now in an unheated storage space in Detroit. This blueprint is a 100-foot-long, colorful document drawn on...
View ArticleHow to Get Management Support for Your Security Program
Executive buy-in for cyber projects. Everyone wants it. Few have enough. And even fewer keep it going after enterprise reorganizations or your executive management sponsors leave. But how can you get...
View ArticleCollaboration on Unemployment Systems Creates Efficiencies, Cost Savings
At all levels of government, agencies are reaching out to benefit from the collective knowledge of their peers. But beyond sharing information and hard-fought lessons learned, many jurisdictions are...
View ArticleIllinois Strives for "One DoIT"
What's Kirk Lonbom up to? In short, a lot. At the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) Midyear conference earlier this year, Lonbom, the acting secretary of the Illinois...
View ArticleMicrosoft Acquires GitHub for $7.5B
Microsoft is acquiring GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock. GitHub is a software development platform that uses Git, an open source code similar to Linux code. "Microsoft is a developer-first company,...
View ArticleNew Hub Connects Mississippi Agencies Around Workforce, Data
Recent reforms to the federal public workforce assistance program have prompted officials in one Southern state to turn to partners from higher education to redesign how they offer and control online...
View ArticleCan Government Turn Up the Heat on Climate Change?
Hantavirus, a rare but potentially fatal disease that can cause respiratory problems, is practically unheard of in Connecticut. As of January 2017, the U.S. government doesn’t know of anyone having...
View ArticleThree Agencies Affected, No Data Compromised In Rhode Island Malware Incident
Several hundred devices in Rhode Island, the nation’s smallest state, were penetrated last week as a result of malware, officials told local news outlets, but the incident did not appear to have...
View ArticleDigital License Plate Pilot Brings New Opportunities to California’s Capital
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The digital license plate on display outside Sacramento City Hall on Monday does a lot of things other technology can already do. It allows drivers — or, in the case of the city,...
View ArticleMaking 5G a Reality Means Building Partnerships — Not Just Networks
The close working relationship between Verizon and information technology officials in Sacramento could turn out to be a model for communities across the country as cities move forward with smart city...
View ArticlePassing the Torch to a New Class
The theme of this month’s issue is transformation stories. It’s the kind of topic that doesn’t tie us to a particular area of government IT. We just looked for big ideas with similarly big impacts, or...
View ArticleGrowth in Open Source Leaves Government Exposed to Vulnerabilities
Microsoft’s announcement Monday that it is acquiring massive open source platform GitHub for $7.5 billion is expected to have little impact on reducing the sharp rise in open source vulnerabilities...
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