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Louisiana Enters the Era of the Digital Driver's License
Drivers in Louisiana may want to leave their driver’s license at home, as long as they remember to take along their phone as they head out the door. The state has recently introduced a digital...
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Former FEMA Admin.: AI Can Marry Urban Planning and Disaster Response
Survivors are still reeling from 2018’s natural disasters as the numbers are coming in: Global losses from disaster last year were 11,000 people dead or missing and $155 billion in damages, according...
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When Should a City Hire a Chief Innovation Officer?
Bend, Ore., recently decided to add a chief innovation officer to its governance structure. The move comes after tech companies began to relocating to town from the Bay Area, along with a new wave of...
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After 10 Years Serving Ohio, Randy Cole Joins Blockchain Startup
Randy Cole, executive director of the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission and a former honoree of Government Technology’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers program, has left the public sector...
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Meet Tracy McKee, the New Innovation Chief in Charleston, S.C.
Tracy McKee is the new, and first-ever, chief innovation officer for Charleston, S.C., starting work in late November. Chief innovation officer is a separate position from chief information officer,...
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Real-Time Data Analytics Aims to Reduce Traffic Fatalities
MetroLab Network has partnered with Government Technology to bring its readers a segment called the MetroLab Innovation of the Month Series, which highlights impactful tech, data and innovation...
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BART Releases Multimodal Trip-Planning Feature in Its App
Trip-planning across California's Bay Area is getting easier for anyone with the BART app. The Bay Area Rapid Transit system has released an upgraded trip-planning application that considers transit...
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The Four Stages to Government Compliance (Contributed)
Government agencies have struggled to develop eDiscovery and FOIA request policies and procedures. Despite recent progress on those fronts, too often requests for public books and records are still...
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CivicPlus Adds 311 Capabilities to Integrated Solution Suite
One of the gov tech industry’s most prominent website builders and integrated communications software providers has added 311 functionality to its platform. Based in Kansas and boasting more than...
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What’s New in Civic Tech: Can You Make Art from Data?
Technologists in Boulder, Colo., want to know: can you make art out of open data? This is the question at the heart of The Art of Data Infographic Contest, which is set to wrap up with an awards show...
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Montgomery, Ala., Begins the Smart City Metamorphosis
Alabama’s capital is perking up with new intelligent streetlights, free Wi-Fi, app-based parking management and more. Montgomery is trying on these new technologies in its Smart City Living Lab...
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How Is the Federal Shutdown Affecting State and Local Tech?
The federal government shut down three days before Christmas after lawmakers and the president failed to agree on an appropriations bill for the 2019 fiscal year. Nearly a month later, the shutdown...
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David Cagigal to Remain Wisconsin CIO in New Administration
A veteran of former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s administration will continue into the new administration of Gov. Tony Evers. David Cagigal, who has been serving as Wisconsin’s chief information...
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Bill Splintering Oklahoma IT Would Counter National Trends
In 2011, Oklahoma’s elected leaders told state government to consolidate their IT operations under a single agency. Eight years later, the state has saved hundreds of millions of dollars. But new...
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How Much Would You Pay to Never Forget Your Smartphone?
$350 How much would you pay to make sure you never forget your phone? That’s the newest feature of the $350 Jacquard smart jacket, a partnership between Google and Levi’s that already includes pairing...
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Corporate Best Practices in Security Awareness and Training Programs
I am often asked for security case studies and best practices in a variety of cybersecurity areas. Who is doing best in whatever the cyber-topic is? Any case studies to help? How can I learn more?...
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STiR Startup Raises $4M to Make Regulations Machine-Readable
Symbium, a startup tackling bureaucratic processes in government, has raised a seed investment round of $4 million. The company got its start participating in the Startup in Residence program last...
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ProudCity's New Meetings Tool Aims to Help Small Governments
As instant, unfettered access to public information becomes the norm, older file systems for council meeting agendas and other public documents aren’t cutting it. But transparency isn’t cheap, and...
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Seattle Finds New CTO in Former Ottawa CIO Saad Bashir
The city of Seattle looked to its northeast neighbor for the its next chief technology officer. Mayor Jenny A. Durkan nominated Saad Bashir, the former chief information officer for Ottawa, Ontario,...
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Water District Focuses on Efficiency with Tech Upgrades
Most people think of municipal water as a matter of pipes and pumps, sewers and drains. Despite the low-tech expectation, the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District is proving that technology can...
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