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Year in Review: Eight Gov Tech Issues to Watch in 2019
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 smart, more...
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Oregon Makes Interim CIO Terrence Woods Permanent
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has appointed Terrence Woods as state CIO, after nearly eight months in which Woods filled the position on an interim basis. Brown’s office announced the appointment this week,...
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Civic Tech and Fine Arts Team-Up to Tackle Climate Change
Alaska is on the front lines of climate change, with some estimates suggesting the state is experiencing its impacts at a speed twice that of other parts of the country. As such Anchorage, Alaska —...
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2018: The Year Privacy Took Center Stage
As widely predicted, anticipated and even celebrated (by some), the biggest cybersecurity stories in 2018 were all about privacy. But STOP. Before you click or jump to another article, this year-end...
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Tyler Acquires Emergency Responder Firm SceneDoc
Tyler Technologies has acquired SceneDoc, a startup that helps police collect evidence and complete paperwork. It’s the fifth acquisition Tyler has made this year, following buyouts of Socrata, Sage...
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Justice Systems Debuts New Court Tech After Acquisition
Ontario Systems, an Indiana-based company that sells tools for revenue management, is now selling software for the court system. At an eCourts conference in Las Vegas this week, the company will debut...
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Nearly Half of U.S. Cities Have Fewer Than 1,000 Residents
Big cities have big tech contracts. Big cities attract corporate innovation efforts. Big cities have resources to try interesting new things. But they’re the minority. In fact, the number of small...
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Analytics Startup Uses Robots to Improve Wastewater Systems
While largely forgotten after it’s flushed down the drain, wastewater is a rich source of untapped data that can tell you a lot about the health of your city, neighborhood by neighborhood. In fact, a...
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Five Questions with New Accela CEO Gary Kovacs
Cloud software giant Accela announced today that its new chief executive officer is Gary Kovacs. Formerly a CEO at AVG Technologies and Mozilla Corporation, Kovacs, 55, has also held senior executive...
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Making Sense of City Parking (Contributed)
Parking is a large-scale problem in cities throughout the world, contributing to a host of problems, including congestion, poor air quality and road safety issues. In Paris, drivers spend an average...
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Tampa Launches Major Test of Connected Vehicle Technology
A connected vehicle pilot is underway in Tampa, Fla., setting up a network of more than 1,000 cars and transit vehicles. The project's goal is to better inform drivers about highway conditions,...
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Morgan Stanley Invests $47M in California Software Firm
Visionary Integration Professionals, a technology firm that makes business strategy software for governments and corporations, received a $47.3 million investment from Morgan Stanley Credit Partners,...
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Atlanta CIO Revisits Notorious Hack, Looks to the Future
Prioritizing city operations and putting in place a plan to respond to a cyberattack are some of the changes adopted by Atlanta nearly nine months after a ransomware attack penetrated much of City...
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Common Social Media Mistakes New Politicians Should Avoid
If you’re lucky enough to be a social media user elected to a government office, congratulations! You’ve entered the often-confusing world of being both a politician and an elected official in the age...
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Unused: Instructional Software's Dark Secret
A recent report from the Penn Center for Learning Analytics, funded by BrightBytes, a K-12 data and learning analytics company, offers a glimpse into U.S. schools and their students’ use of...
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The CincyInsights Data Program Continues to Raise the Bar
Cincinnati’s prolific data operation, CincyInsights, recently turned two years old. The anniversary created occasion to take stock of all the program has achieved, where it’s headed, and the lessons...
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CIO Career Changes 2018: Highlights of Who Went Where
2018 was a big year for IT leadership change. Longtime stalwarts of state and local gov tech moved on from their posts, their roles filled by new faces ready to continue the work of their predecessors...
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Hawaii CIO Todd Nacapuy to Leave for the Private Sector
Hawaii CIO Todd Nacapuy will leave his position at the start of next year. Nacapuy, who announced his upcoming departure Wednesday via press release, will help with a transition to his replacement...
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L.A. Metro Payment Card Now Accepts Bike-Share Service
Transit riders in Los Angeles can now move seamlessly onto Metro Bike Share, with more mobility options to come. Metro Bike Share is a new app-based bike rental system in downtown Los Angeles, the...
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Sunlight Foundation Offers Open Data Road Map
The Sunlight Foundation rolled out a new project this week called Roadmap to Informed Communities, which is a toolset aimed at helping local governments with open data work tailored to their...
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