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Next-Generation Emergency Alerts — What’s Working Where?
Wildfires that broke out late the night of Oct. 8, 2017, in Sonoma County, Calif., burned nearly 5,300 homes and killed 24 people. Many survivors received no warning about the fire’s spread, and a...
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5G Can Enable Smart Cities — If Policymakers Allow It
Many cities are striving to become “smart” — communities at the forefront of using data, sensors and connected devices to improve government services and residents’ quality of life through analytics...
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Most Popular Cybersecurity Blog Posts from 2018
What happened in cybersecurity last year? There are many ways to answer that question, but most cyber discussions about 2018 quickly get complex. From GDPR to critical infrastructure attacks to...
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States Battle the Devastating Opioid Crisis with Data
The numbers are sobering: In 2016, 48.5 million Americans used illicit drugs or misused prescription drugs, while 197,000 have died from overdoses related to opioids between 1999 and 2016, according...
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The Tech Companies Helping Government Meet Its Mission
This week's release of the 2019 GovTech 100 list, compiled and published by Government Technology, marks the maturation of what began four years ago as a way to recognize companies founded to solve...
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Government-Serving GIS Company Boundless Spatial Acquired
Earth-imaging company Planet is poised to expand its commercial business with government in the U.S. by acquiring Boundless Spatial, a geospatial software company that creates open source products and...
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AAA Acquires Largest Autonomous Vehicle Test Site in the Country
The largest autonomous vehicle test site in the United States has been acquired by AAA of Northern California, Nevada and Utah, one of the most familiar car-club brands in the country. GoMentum...
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Cubic Buys Traffic-Counting Company GRIDSMART for $87M
Cubic Transportation Systems, a subsidiary of a publicly traded conglomerate, has swallowed up the traffic-counting GovTech 100 company GRIDSMART Technologies. Cubic, which has a large footprint in...
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Minnesota CIO Departs State Service Ahead of New Appointee
Brig. Gen. Johanna Clyborne, who was tapped to lead Minnesota Information Technology Services by outgoing Gov. Mark Dayton, has stepped aside as the new governor prepares to appoint cabinet officials....
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Washington, D.C., Appoints Lindsey Parker as Acting CTO
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser’s has appointed Lindsey Parker as the city’s new acting chief technology officer, according to a press release. Parker will take over the role from Barney...
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Public Domain Bonanza Offers Access to Previously Copyrighted Works
New Year’s party hat and noisemaker sales recently got a boost because January 1, 2019 was also Public Domain Day. And for those that celebrate this occasion, 2019 is an especially notable year....
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The 2019 GT 100: What It Takes to Win in Gov Tech
If investing in companies is a game, then an exit — a company selling to somebody else, or going public — is like winning. In that sense, there was a whole lot of winning going on in the gov tech...
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CentralSquare Acquires Infrastructure Management Firm Lucity
CentralSquare, whose software purportedly helps governments serving 75 percent of North American citizens, has added asset management to its toolbelt with the acquisition of Lucity Inc. Announced...
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CES 2019: Equity, Teamwork Key to Enabling 'Flying Taxis' in Cities
LAS VEGAS — Urban elevated travel or, more literally, flying taxis, may be coming very soon to two U.S. cities. But industry and public sector officials said the likely roll-out won’t immediately lead...
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Greg Zickau Will Stay on as Idaho’s CIO, Despite New Governor
Despite a new administration in Idaho’s state house, the leadership transition will not come with a change to the chief information officer spot. Rather, a new administrator has been named to oversee...
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Washington State Names Permanent CISO
Ronald Buchanan has been named the new chief information security officer in Washington, the state announced Jan. 8. Buchanan, who will begin his new position Jan. 22, is currently serving as the...
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CES 2019: Latest in Muni Smart Lighting, Earthquake Warning, 5G
LAS VEGAS — Collaboration between two major cities and their telecommunications partners is generating significant public response and should increase safety, reduce energy consumption and yield...
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E-Procurement Could Save Oregon More than $1B, Audit Finds
A recent audit by the Oregon Secretary of State’s office shows that adoption of a statewide e-procurement system could have potentially saved more than a billion dollars if it had been in use during...
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New CA Governor Creates Iterative Approach to Technology
(Techwire) — Having run his campaign on a tech-heavy platform, newly sworn-in Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Tuesday turning public-sector procurement on its end. The executive order...
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Colorado Names Tech Veteran Theresa Szczurek as New CIO
Colorado has named private-sector tech veteran Theresa Szczurek as its next CIO, according to a press release. Szczurek is perhaps most notably the co-founder and CEO of Radish Systems LLC, which is a...
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