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New Hampshire Axes License Plate Reader Bill
New Hampshire lawmakers have crushed a bill that would have enabled police to reap the benefits of Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs). House Bill 675 was defeated earlier this month by a 250-97...
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How to Make Your City Data Smart
It’s no secret cities want to be smarter. Municipalities have spearheaded efforts and initiatives for years to increase and improve services for citizens. But today the term “smart” is synonymous with...
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D.C. Public Safety Agencies Unite Under One Social Media Policy
The District of Columbia wants to encrypt the radio communications of its fire department in an effort to better protect first responders from those who might want to do them harm. D.C. Deputy Mayor...
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Google Services Down, Government Offices ‘Hectic’
For about 45 minutes on Friday, Google services such as Gmail and Docs went down, causing a disruption for the company’s estimated 17 billion* users, including state and local government agencies in...
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Wisconsin to Adopt Social Media Privacy Law
New legislation should shield Wisconsin job seekers from prospective employers who want access to their private social media accounts. Authored by Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, the bill prohibits...
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Online Queue System Brings Rave Reviews for the DMV
One citizen described the event as the best experience they had had since the birth of their first child. They were talking about a recent trip to their local department of motor vehicles (DMV)....
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Can 'Moneyball on Steroids' Help With the Big Decisions?
At first glance, it almost seems like John Saaty’s dad is trying to ruin his son’s business. Saaty is the founder and chief marketing officer of the Virginia based software company, Decision Lens. At...
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Legalized Pot Pushes Colorado Revenue Department into New Territory
There’s the one with the police officer holding a marijuana plant. Or the one with buildings in the dense fog (see above). Or the one about Colorado's and Washington’s professional football teams...
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Feds Consider Overhaul of Tech Project Approval Process
The U.S. chief technology officer will have expanded power to review major federal IT projects if draft legislation being discussed on Capitol Hill becomes law. The Reforming Federal Procurement of...
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New Mexico Legislature May Get More Transparent
Political junkies may soon have a more convenient way to keep tabs on the New Mexico Legislature. Rep. Jeff Steinborn, D-Las Cruces, is introducing resolutions that expand webcasting of legislative...
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Securing Super Bowl XLVIII
American football's first world championship game, later called Super Bowl I, was a humble affair. On Jan. 15, 1967, the Green Bay Packers stomped the Kansas City Chiefs 35 to 10 at the Los Angeles...
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If Tech Companies Were Countries on a Map ...
Over a period of three weeks, Slovakian artist Martin Vargic worked every morning on a vintage-style map displaying 500 of the world's most popular websites. His inspiration, a map created in 2010 by...
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U.K. Open Data Institute Looks to Create International Ecosystem
The once novel notion of open data has become nearly a byword, a concept easily plucked, devoutly professed, and almost unanimously received by those in technology, particularly in the public sector....
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South Carolina Eyes Bullying Reporting Mandate
New legislation would make it easier for kids to report harassment, intimidation and bullying in South Carolina schools. The “Report-A-Bully in School Website Act” was introduced by Rep. Chip...
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Is the Future of Kansas' Google Fiber in Question?
Google Fiber and other community broadband projects in Kansas may have dodged a legislative bullet – for now. Legislation was introduced early last week to prevent local governments from creating...
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The 7 Rules of Social Media
When it comes to government entities' use of social media, it's tough to know all the rules. But look no further -- subject-matter experts have outlined the seven do's (and don'ts) to help government...
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Possible Flaws with Iris Scanning Research
Around the same time that Alphonse Bertillon argued that fingerprinting was a messy, inexact headache-causing procedure for policeman, the French criminologist had recognized the potential of...
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Calif. Regulators to Google: Move the Barge or Face $100 Fine
If you were to read the news reports, the (semi)-mysterious Google Barge is either being: Evicted from Pier 1 in SF Bay. Lacking permits and facing the threat of fines. Being told to find another home...
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Palo Alto Proclaims Open Data as Default for City
Tonight, the city of Palo Alto, Calif., a city largely known as the epicenter of Silicon Valley, officially adopted an Open Data by Default proclamation to celebrate more than two years of data...
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Wearable Tech Is Set to Take Off
It’s the plot to countless movies, TV shows and books — the moral, ethical and technological dilemmas that arise when man and machine merge. Cybernetic organisms, or cyborgs, serve as both the zenith...
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