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Emerging Tech Isn't Necessarily New
Can a 10-year-old idea be an emerging technology? In 2008, someone under the name Satoshi Nakamoto wrote a white paper that described a peer-to-peer version of electronic cash known as bitcoin. For...
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Columbus, Austin Announce Plans for Autonomous Shuttle Pilots
The possibility of self-driving public transit has moved closer to reality, with Columbus, Ohio, and Austin, Texas, now poised to launch small autonomous shuttle programs. Columbus has issued an RFP...
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Providence, R.I., Launches Its New Municipal Identification Card Program
Providence, R.I., has launched a new municipal identification card program in the hopes of making city services more inclusive while promoting community pride, city officials said. The program, which...
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Creating an Equitable City in St. Paul, Minn.
“User-centric” is quickly becoming a core value for technology leaders, and St. Paul, Minn., CIO Sharon Kennedy Vickers is putting it into practice. An IT veteran with a civic tech background, Kennedy...
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Accela Senior Vice President Joins SeamlessDocs as Its First Chief Success...
SeamlessDocs has created a chief success officer position to increase customers’ use and expansion of the company’s tools, and the first person to fill the role is former Accela Senior Vice President...
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CivicPlus Acquires CMS Company, Its Third Buyout in the Last Year and a Half
CivicPlus, which offers a suite of website-focused services to local government, has bought out another company for its open-source content management system — the third acquisition the company has...
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Georgia’s Cyber Center Officially Opens Its Doors
Less than two years in the making, the Hull McKnight building at the Georgia Cyber Center officially opened July 10, affirming an important commitment to the state’s workforce, IT and overall...
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When Do Privacy Regulations Go Too Far?
In January, Google launched a new feature in its Google Arts & Culture app that allowed users to take a selfie and find out whether their face matched any of those in historical paintings. The new...
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Dallas Plugs into Electric Buses
If some of the buses making their way through downtown Dallas seem to be a little quieter and cleaner, that’s because they are. The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) agency has launched seven new...
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Digital Counties Survey 2018: Winners Prioritize Culture, Collaboration and...
Click through the rest of our story for detailed write-ups on each winner. A county IT leader may encounter any number of existential crises: Budget cuts shred the IT workforce. Wildfires literally...
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Cook County, Ill., Hires Its First Chief Data Officer, Considers a New CIO
The nation’s second-largest county is one step closer to filling out its technology bench, after experiencing a key departure last month. Cook County, Ill., has identified a finalist in its search for...
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Orlando Police to Launch Round Two of Facial Recognition Testing
Florida’s Orlando Police Department (OPD) and the city of Orlando are planning to launch a second round of testing of Amazon’s Rekognition facial recognition software, the parties announced Monday....
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Charting a Course to 5G
Sacramento, Calif., expects to soon be the first city in the nation with commercially available 5G telecommunications networking. City officials see big promise in the emerging technology. “Smart city...
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What’s New in Civic Tech: Dashboard Gauges Local Government Representation
Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL), a professional organization aimed at supporting those who work in local government, has created a platform to illustrate whether local government...
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Nature of the Beasts: 7 Observations on Public vs. Private Sector
This contributed piece was originally published on Techwire.net. Gary Hayslip is a career cybersecurity professional who made the jump from the public sector to private industry about 18 months ago....
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Oregon Is Planning a Large Buildout of EV Charging Infrastructure
Additional charging options for drivers of electric vehicles in Oregon are on the way, but first, the state is asking for input. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality along with the state’s...
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L.A. County Agency Gives Up On Paper, Embraces Process Automation
The Los Angeles County Community Development Commission — a single entity that handles housing, community development and redevelopment — has upgraded the workflow structure that allows its staff to...
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Selling Your Boss on Social
Is your boss completely sold on the fact that your agency is using social media? While many cities across the country have had a presence on social media for years, I still hear from staff at agencies...
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Sacramento, Calif., to See Massive Electric Vehicle Investment
California’s capital is primed to set itself apart as a national leader in electric-car adoption by vastly building out charging infrastructure and unleashing more than 250 new electric vehicles...
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App Improves Family Services Accessibility in Chicago
MetroLab Network has partnered with Government Technology to bring its readers a segment called the MetroLab Innovation of the Month Series, which highlights impactful tech, data, and innovation...
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