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New Trends Take Off in the Cybermarket
IRAN, desperate to boost revenue following the return of sanctions imposed by the United States, has encouraged its hackers to pursue ransomware attacks on individuals and organizations, according to...
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Oracle Launches Community Development Solution, Competing with Tyler and...
Oracle, a tech titan and one of the largest providers of back-end software to state and local governments in the U.S., is jumping into the land management, licensing and permitting arena. The company...
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Tired of Kids Getting Fined, Startup Crowdfunds an App to Permit the...
Lisa Abeyta spotted a problem in June, when she saw a video of a woman calling the police on an 8-year-old girl selling water bottles in San Francisco. The girl’s crime? She didn’t have a permit. No...
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For Next-Generation City Infrastructure, Consider Partnerships
NEWARK, N.J. — Sure, modern cities still have to support basic infrastructures like streets and water lines. But some leading cities in the country are looking to grow new types of infrastructure in...
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Gunshot Detection Company ShotSpotter Acquires Predictive Policing Software
ShotSpotter, a gunfire detection system for police departments, signaled a move toward proactive enforcement this week by acquiring HunchLab and its crime-prediction software, according to a news...
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Report: As Tech Changes Law Enforcement, Its Workforce Must Adapt
Technology will continue to change the work of law enforcement and staying ahead will mean not just adopting the latest tools but hiring and retaining the best employees, forging unique partnerships...
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A Place for Cyber in Utah
Michigan. Georgia. Colorado. New Jersey. And now Utah. The list of states with a broad coalition of cybersecurity stakeholders united in one physical space has grown steadily over the past few years....
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MetroLab Launches Civic Innovation Challenge with National Science Foundation
NEWARK, N.J. — The MetroLab Network is launching new initiatives to strengthen and grow the bonds between universities and cities to use innovation and data to solve complex issues related to...
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Louisville, Ky., Combines Digital Inclusion, Human-Centered Design Into One...
Louisville, Ky., is hosting a seemingly new type of event that it’s calling a Digital Inclusion Design Jam, which essentially combines municipal digital equity efforts with expertise from local...
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NYC Names Former U.S. CTO Advisor Kelly Jin its New Chief Analytics Officer
New York City has named Kelly Jin its new chief analytics officer and director of the mayor’s office of data and analytics, according to local media. Jin started work Monday, filling a position that...
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Autonomous Shuttles Have the Opportunity to Improve the Bus Experience
NEWARK, N.J. — The personal autonomous car may be years away, but communities are already preparing for and testing the concept of small, electric, self-driving shuttles to fill gaps in public...
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NEOGOV Acquires HR Software Veteran High Line Corp.
NEOGOV, a technology company focused on human resources software for the public sector, has acquired a veteran HR software company. Based in California, NEOGOV is taking over Ontario, Canada-based...
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Stu Davis, Former Ohio CIO, Announces Private-Sector Job
Following 21 years of state government work, former Ohio CIO Stu Davis has found his next gig as managing director of the public sector division at Sense Corp., a Missouri-based data analytics firm...
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NYC Libraries Take the Lead for Digital Privacy Week
New York City is holding its first library privacy week this month, which includes a series of more than 30 free public workshops aimed at teaching residents better data privacy practices. The library...
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Missouri Appoints Permanent CIO, Longtime Acting CIO Kliethermes Steps into...
Missouri’s longtime acting CIO will step aside to take a lower role in the state IT department as a new tech leader arrives from the private sector, officials in the Office of Administration (OA) said...
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Setting the Cyber Scene (Infographic)
As the landscape of cyberthreats grows, we look at some of the facts and figures behind what's affecting government. Click through for a glance at cybersecurity by the numbers. To see the full...
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What’s New in Civic Tech: New Directory Maps the Top Civic Innovation Labs
As gov tech principles spread and cities began sharing insights into using innovation to overcome long-standing municipal problems, the concept of the innovation lab has become more common. Now, a new...
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ClearGov Jumps Into Government Budgeting Software, Bringing AI with It
Massachusetts-based startup ClearGov has announced a new budgeting tool for small governments and school districts to better forecast revenue and expenses, communicate between departments and document...
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ERP Implementations in the Public Sector: Special Challenges (Contributed)
Governmental entities, no less than companies, encounter numerous risks in selecting, planning for and implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software system such as Oracle, SAP, Microsoft...
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ASUS ZenBook Pro with 4K Ultra HD Touchscreen
Pro Laptop ASUS announced the ZenBook Pro 15, a 15.6-inch laptop with a 4K ultra high-definition (UHD) touchscreen, an Intel Core i9 hexa-core processor and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti graphics. The...
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