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7 Tips for New Cybersecurity Leaders in Their First 100 Days
Let’s say you were just appointed to lead the cybersecurity program within a new government administration — congratulations! You’re likely excited to be a part of a new tech team with a fresh mandate...
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New Tool Gives Cities a Clearer Picture of Bikes, Pedestrians
Cyclists and pedestrians may make up just a fraction of the activity on many city streets, but their presence is getting easier to measure and plan for. StreetLight Data, which provides transportation...
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GovGirl: Using Instagram Stories Effectively in Government
Is it a waste of time for government social media managers to create content that only lasts 24 hours? The transience of Instagram Stories can make social media staff question the value of...
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Accela Announces New Environmental Health Application
Cloud software company Accela, which counts more than 80 percent of America’s largest cities as clients, is getting into the health-permitting game. This week Accela announced its Civic Application...
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CSDC Creates Environmental Health Tool for California
CSDC, a company that has offered a range of software to government agencies for more than two decades, has launched an environmental health tool aimed at California counties. The California...
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What’s New in Civic Tech: The Directory of Local Gov Design Systems
Noting that local government innovation has traditionally lagged, a civic technologist with experience at the federal level has created a directory for government design systems and pattern libraries....
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Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 Offers 14.5-Hour Battery Life
Solid Laptop The Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 contains an Intel 8th-gen Quad Core i5 or i7 processor, while offering up to 14.5 hours of battery life and faster, quieter typing. Its 13.5-inch...
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Florida Transit Program Offers Relief for Federal Employees
Federal workers at Tampa International Airport in Florida have been given access to free transit passes during the more than month-long government shutdown. The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit...
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STiR Profile: Streamlining Transit Data in Memphis, Tenn.
The Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) collects data, a lot of data in fact, with the help of multiple systems from multiple vendors. For MATA, collecting data is not a problem. What is a problem,...
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Michael Dietrich Will Remain Nevada's CIO
Nevada Chief Information Officer Michael Dietrich will continue serving within the new administration, continuing his plan to better consolidate IT across state agencies, introduce innovations like...
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Cyber-Hijacking Campaign Sets off Global Government Alarm Bells
On Jan. 22, 2019, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is a part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), issued Emergency Directive 19-01. The title of the...
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Data Pinpoints the Moment When Police Body Cameras Took Off
Editor's note: This is the first part in a series about body cameras in the U.S. To follow along with the series, go here. After police fatally shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., in the latter half...
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Stanford, Suffolk Universities to Make Civil Courts Accessible with AI
The law schools at Stanford and Suffolk universities have now joined an ongoing effort to make the nation’s non-criminal legal system easier to navigate without lawyers. From the start of this civil...
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Kansas Gets Private-Sector IT Exec Eric Davis as Its New CTO
Kansas' newly elected governor has appointed a veteran private-sector IT executive, Eric Davis, as the state's chief technical officer (CTO). Davis joins a state gov tech and innovation team currently...
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Should Washington State Embrace European-Style Privacy Laws?
(TNS) — Washington lawmakers have introduced a series of bills that would bring European-style privacy and transparency regulations to how personal data is collected, analyzed or sold by companies and...
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New York City, St. Petersburg, Fla., Ramp Up Data Storytelling
For many cities across the country, collecting data is not a problem. Most agencies do it automatically, giving cities an ample amount of data for analysis. What is more challenging, however, is using...
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Connecticut Doubles Up on Tech Expertise with New DAS Hire
Revamping state government as a more online and “e-government” experience is central to the administration of Ned Lamont, the newly elected governor of Connecticut. And to help him achieve this...
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New Oklahoma Governor Adds Digital Transformation Secretary
For the better part of a decade, Oklahoma has been trying to wrangle its agencies to unify their technology operations. And they’ve made a lot of progress. The new governor, Kevin Stitt, wants to step...
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Kansas Becomes First State to Add AI Tax Assistance Chatbot
With tax season now upon us, Kansas has gotten some help for its residents, adding a chatbot named Agent Kay to its online tax portal. Agent Kay is powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and able to...
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Texas Forms Self-Driving Car Task Force
Officials in Texas are taking steps to make the state a leader in the growing arena of autonomous vehicle testing. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is moving forward with the formation...
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