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SXSW 2019: Should Feds or States Govern Consumer Privacy?
AUSTIN, TEXAS — California recently made waves with the passage of comprehensive consumer data protection rules — rules the private sector has sharply criticized for adding to an already...
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SXSW 2019: Rural Innovation Is Vital to Global Progress
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Government efforts to prevent rural communities from withering have become more prevalent in recent years as populations continue migrating to cities, with technology rapidly becoming...
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RSA Conference 2019: What You Need to Know
As the rain fell outside on the Moscone Center this past week in downtown San Francisco, the 2019 RSA Conference inside was full of cybersolutions. The RSA Conference is the largest, and probably most...
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SXSW 2019: U.S. Mayors Weigh In, Armed with New Ideas
AUSTIN, Texas — The presence of U.S. mayors is hard to miss if you have your finger on the political pulse of SXSW. During a media availability March 10, Government Technology caught up with a couple...
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SXSW 2019: Civic-Minded Startups Compete for Mayors' Votes
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Local governments are increasingly turning to startups with new ideas to meet the demands of citizens. While some needs go largely unrecognized until a solution presents itself, others...
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SXSW 2019: 5 Uses of VR Tech from the Convention Floor
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Virtual and applied reality technologies, which just a few years ago started showing up at SXSW at a trickle, have now arrived at the conference en masse. In fact, it’s almost hard to...
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SXSW 2019: Hear Gov Tech Startup Founders Pitch the Mayors
With a $10,000 prize for a first-place finish, at SXSW a handful of startup founders pitched a panel of mayors convened by the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the nonprofit Civic I/O, a group of...
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Why a Social Media Strategy Is Key to Emergency Management
Social media communications during a crisis situation can come from any number of agencies, not just police, fire or emergency management as you might expect. In some instances, these communications...
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SXSW 2019: Utah, ‘Pajama Court’ and Resolving Cases Online
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Within the next decade, it's possible that the majority of small claims court cases could be settled by users online, the same way one might pay a parking ticket or renew a business...
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After Upheaval, Alaska Names Acting CIO, Permanent CISO
John Boucher is the third person to hold the title of chief information officer in Alaska — whether in an acting or permanent capacity — since December 2018, but he may hold the title for some time....
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Four States Work Toward a Single Log-In Credential
When it comes to identity and access management (IAM), state IT executives want to emulate the solutions developed by retail giants such as Amazon. “Think about how citizens access their favorite...
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SXSW 2019: Can Facebook Handle Its Election Security Role?
AUSTIN, TEXAS — The discussion around securing elections broke away from the standard cybersecurity fare and turned to the ill effects of social media and misinformation during a panel at South by...
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Gov Tech Giant CentralSquare Announces New Leadership Team
Eight months after the merger of three companies created CentralSquare, the gov tech giant has finalized its new executive leadership team, including five Superion alumni and one each from Ellucian,...
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SXSW 2019: A Gov Tech Editor's Journey Through Photos
AUSTIN, TEXAS — There’s a lot to say about South by Southwest, almost none of which I expected and most of which would go misunderstood by anyone who hasn’t waded into the fray themselves. It’s a...
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30 Must-Do’s for District Ed Tech Administrators
A few years ago, I was asked to do a presentation for a group of U.S. school district chief technology officers and ed tech directors. After many years of modest success in roles similar to theirs, I...
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Kansas City Innovation Chief Bob Bennett Announces Departure
Kansas City, Mo., Chief Innovation Officer Bob Bennett will depart municipal government on April 14, likely heading to the private sector, Bennett said Wednesday. The move comes as term-limited Mayor...
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Company Pushes Controversial Contractor-Monitoring Legislation
A tech company has sought to change the law in statehouses across the country, using lobbyists to promote a controversial sea swell of legislation that would create a larger market for their services....
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Where’s My State Tax Refund? Check Our Map
Editor’s Note: This story was updated in March 2019 with current links and new data for the 2019 tax season. Kathy Waterbury was walking the hallway at work when another employee at the Mississippi...
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New ClearGov Feature Quickly Publicizes Capital Project Info
ClearGov, a startup that offers transparency and data tools to local governments, has introduced a new feature that allows its customers to quickly put together Web pages with information on capital...
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Populus Raises $3.1M to Help Cities Plan for Shared Mobility
San Francisco-based Populus, a startup whose software platform gives cities data to plan for shared mobility services like scooters and bikes, has raised $3.1 million to grow its team to keep pace...
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