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Including Citizens in the Municipal Problem-Solving Process
Cities of Service has launched its second-annual Engaged Cities Award, an international effort to find and ultimately share work being done by local governments to include citizens in problem-solving...
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Arizona Pursues ‘No Wrong Door’ Approach to Online Services
Since the dawn of the Internet, technology leaders in government have pursued bringing services online and moving away from manual processes that require a visit to city hall or the office of the...
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Introducing: The Cybercrime Support Network
Cybercrime is growing. Last year, CNBC called cybercrime the fastest growing crime in America. Cybercrime is defined by Merriam-Webster as "criminal activity (such as fraud, theft, or distribution of...
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Illinois CIO Kirk Lonbom Retires After 38 Years in Public Service
For close to four decades in various roles, Kirk Lonbom has traded in information — logging it, digging for it, codifying it, analyzing it, sharing it. Retiring as the state of Illinois’ chief...
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Arizona CISO Mike Lettman on Top Security Issues for State IT
Mike Lettman has spent six years leading cybersecurity efforts in Arizona and serves as the state’s chief information security officer (CISO). A recognized information technology leader with more than...
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App Unveils New Feature Connecting Ride-Hailing to Transit
Transit, a Canadian app-maker that helps people plan trips, is rolling out a new feature that could bring more people to and from public transit stations. The new Transit+ feature in the company’s...
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Atlanta Names Tye Hayes New Chief Technology Officer
Atlanta named Tye Hayes as its new chief technology officer in an announcement posted on Twitter Monday. Hayes is an IT veteran who brings to her role experience in both the private and public...
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How Can Smaller Cities Join the Growing AI Economy?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to make a significant impact on the global economy, adding $15.7 trillion to the GDP by 2030. In pursuit of these economic benefits, many countries have...
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Electric Buses Are Not Only Clean but Less Costly to Run
Sixteen of the roughly 130 school buses operated by the Twin Rivers Unified School District in Sacramento County, Calif., are powered by electricity. That number is set to more than double in the next...
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Year in Review: A Preview of Issues to Watch in 2019
The December issue of Government Technology is our traditional look back at the biggest news in the gov tech universe over the previous year. We do a data-driven review of the stories we wrote and the...
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Year in Review: The Most Read Gov Tech Stories of 2018
Throughout the year, the editorial staff at Government Technology works to bring readers the news they need — from security breaches to tales of tech success — to make public-sector IT smarter, more...
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Dallas Appoints Gov Tech Veteran Hugh Miller as New CIO
Dallas switched CIOs in September, with former San Antonio CIO Hugh Miller taking over the position from William Finch, who had held it for approximately six years. Miller is a veteran of municipal...
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URBAN-X Invests in Startup to Improve Garbage Collection
An Israeli company focused on garbage collection efficiency was among seven startups chosen by URBAN-X, a New York startup accelerator working with venture capital firm Urban.Us, for its fifth cohort....
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Ervan Rodgers Will Take the Helm as Ohio's Next CIO
Ervan Rodgers II will move from his role as chief information officer at the Ohio Attorney General’s Office to become the state’s next CIO. Gov.-elect Mike DeWine, currently serving as Ohio Attorney...
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Is Your Data Center Ready for the Internet of Things? (Contributed)
In 2017, the number of IoT devices outnumbered the world’s population for the first time, exceeding 8 billion. While forecasts for the future have varied widely, the current consensus is that we can...
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The Online Tools Detroit Is Using to Support Sustainability
Detroit, like many cities, is working to get greener these days, doing so by creating the Office of Sustainability, hiring a director for that office, and, most recently, deploying a new set of...
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New Data-Driven Software Tool Assesses Environmental Impacts
Urban planning and nature conservation aren’t always overlapping goals, but a software developer and a preservation group have partnered to reconcile the two. In a news release, Berkeley, Calif.-based...
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What’s New in Civic Tech: NY Civic Techies Take on Bad Landlords
A civic tech effort is making headlines this week, with The New York Times writing about an effort in which coders are working to build data-driven ways for tenants to overcome problems with bad...
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NASCIO Releases Top CIO Priorities for 2019
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) released its list of top state priorities for 2019, setting recommendations that range from continuing to focus on cloud services...
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Four Ways Technology Can Improve Crisis Management (Contributed)
When disasters strike, they can create confusion as well as chaos in a community. Whether it’s natural disasters or human-imposed crises, these incidents pose a real risk to local and state...
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