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As California Ends Money Bail, Tech Startup Aims to Help People Make Their...
Uptrust, a three-year-old startup that sends court appearance reminders out in order to prevent people from receiving failure-to-appear violations, is gaining ground in California — just as the state...
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After More Than a Decade in Government, Charlotte's First CIO Returns to...
The city of Charlotte, N.C.’s technology leader of more than a decade, who helped drive modernization and culture change as its first-ever chief information officer, will be returning to the private...
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6 Organizations Making a Big Impact on Smart Cities
For city governments, getting the most out of their digital transformations requires planning, engagement with residents and the ability to measure the impact of their investments. But because of...
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More Mass Transit Riders Mean Fewer Traffic Deaths, Study Shows
Public transit is 10 times safer, per mile, than traveling by car. This is part of the findings included in a recent report by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). The analysis...
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What’s New in Civic Tech: Ohio Opioid Technology Challenge Announces Winners
The Ohio Opioid Technology Challenge, which seeks to combat what has fast become a national drug-use epidemic afflicting many states, announced that it has given out 12 prizes to projects that aim to...
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Alaska’s ‘Disrupter Agent’ CIO Resigns from State Service
Bill Vajda, the state of Alaska’s first CIO, tendered his resignation in late August. The departure is one of two within the Office of Information Technology (OIT) that has officials on the hunt for...
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Analytics Tool Helps Improve Traffic Planning in Austin
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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6 Gov Tech Companies Acquired by GTY Technology Holdings
In transactions totaling $497 million, GTY Technology Holdings is acquiring six government-serving technology companies at once, three of which hold spots on the GovTech 100 list. The publicly-traded...
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Pennsylvania's Code4PA Event Expands, Taking on the Opioid Crisis
Pennsylvania’s annual statewide civic tech event, Code4PA, has expanded once again this year. Last year’s event saw participants working together at two separate sites — one in Philadelphia and the...
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Atlanta's New Tech Leader Is County School District CIO
More than eight months after its technology leader decamped for New York City, the city of Atlanta has found his replacement. On Sept. 14, the city of Atlanta announced its new chief information...
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Duration: What Tech and Cyber Pros Can Learn from Hurricane Florence
As coverage of Hurricane Florence unfolded last week, one word kept coming up on Thursday and Friday as everyone prepared for the storm. “Duration!” Beginning midweek, long before we knew where...
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Strong Growth Expected in EV Charging Stations
Electric vehicle charging continues to surge, a move that will only hasten the adoption of electric cars. ChargePoint, which manages a network of EV charging locations worldwide, has pledged to build...
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The Status of Smart (Infographic)
Smart city solutions are designed to solve a host of issues common in urban areas across the U.S. From intelligent streetlights that monitor traffic from pedestrians, bicycles, cars and more to...
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A Champion of Open Data, Transparency, Minneapolis CIO Heads to...
Minneapolis’ chief information officer of seven-plus years will retire later this fall after more than two decades in state and local government. Otto Doll, who became the city's IT lead in February...
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Best of California 2018: Winners Tackle Projects to Improve Safety,...
This year’s Best of California Award winners span a range of front-burner IT issues, from unmanned aerial vehicles to electronic health records to enhanced citizen engagement. Agencies across the...
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Should Teachers Moonlight as "Brand Ambassadors" for Tech Firms?
A recent BuzzFeed article focused on the work of several teachers who have leveraged Instagram and Teachers Pay Teachers to promote and sell the classroom resources they make. In so doing, these...
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San Francisco’s First Chief Data Officer, Joy Bonaguro, Departs
Joy Bonaguro, San Francisco’s first chief data officer, has left her position after nearly five years in the role, the city announced with a farewell blog post this week. The city’s data work,...
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New Policies Move Scooters from Nuisance to Necessary
When one of the batteries powering electric scooters operated by the company Scoot in San Francisco needs to be recharged, a worker simply swaps the dead battery with a charged one, eliminating a need...
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Researchers Develop AI with a Sixth Sense
(A)I See Dead People Researchers at Warsaw University in Poland have developed AI with a sixth sense: the ability to tell the difference between iris scans from living and dead people with 99 percent...
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Popular Government Payment Solution Exposes 14M Records
A popular payment portal among government agencies potentially exposed the personal information of millions of citizens. And while there’s been no confirmed exploitation of customer data, the vendor...
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