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Cook County, Ill., Opens Access to Residential Assessment Code
Illinois’ Cook County Assessor’s Office, which estimates the value of property within a jurisdiction that includes Chicago, has released its residential assessment code and models. The move creates...
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California Bill Would Stop Data Throttling During Emergencies
Last summer, telecom giant Verizon Wireless triggered a major controversy in the public safety community when it temporarily reduced Internet service to firefighters in Santa Clara, Calif., greatly...
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On Cybersecurity: What’s Next for Homeland Security?
Back in early March of this year, I was honored to speak with Jeanette Manfra after the National Cyber Security Alliance’s annual luncheon at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. Manfra is the...
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NIC Names Seasoned Technologist Brian Anderson as New CTO
NIC Inc., one of the biggest providers of digital government services in the United States, has hired seasoned tech strategist Brian Anderson to be its new chief technology officer. According to a...
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Centers for Civic Impact Launches at Johns Hopkins University
The Centers for Civic Impact, a new group aimed at helping governments use data and research to improve quality of life within their jurisdictions, has launched at Johns Hopkins University. The group...
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Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Names Interim CTO Amid Corruption Probe
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, has named Andy Molls, also the county’s administrator of infrastructure and operations, as interim chief technology officer amid an ongoing corruption investigation of the...
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2018 Was the Year of the Car, and Transit Ridership Felt It
In cities across the country, 2018 transit ridership numbers continued to slip as would-be riders turned to other modes of transportation — namely private vehicles. Public transit ridership declined...
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Handful of States Begin Legislating "Deepfake" Videos
A new form of online disinformation has some government officials uneasy about its potential effects on upcoming political campaigns and elections, but policy efforts to address it are sparse....
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West Hollywood Launches Tech-Laden Transit Shelters
West Hollywood, Calif., has rolled out new smart bus shelters that offer USB ports for phone charging and other perks to residents who use the public transit system. The city has installed two of the...
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Dude Solutions Buys NET’s Energy Management Platform
Dude Solutions, a North Carolina-based SaaS company that makes operations management software, has plans for the energy conservation market. In a news release Tuesday, the company announced a deal to...
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Micro-Mobility Is Here to Stay — Cities Should Act Accordingly
Seemingly overnight, rent-to-ride electric scooters landed on city streets all across the country. In no time, the tiny two-wheelers jettisoned local governments to iron out legislation that would...
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Is Space the Next Frontier for Innovation in Gov Tech?
“We’re launching our own damn satellite,” said former California Gov. Jerry Brown, in September 2018, expressing frustration with what he felt was slow work on climate change research. Brown saw value...
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California Proposal Would Curb Smart Speaker Snooping
You're not paranoid: your smart device is probably listening to you. News outlets — from Bloomberg to the New York Times — recently revealed the extent to which Internet of Things devices like...
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What’s New in Civic Tech: Knight Foundation Invests in Miami
The Knight Foundation has announced more than $1 million for new projects aimed at strengthening the startup ecosystem in Miami. The money will go to nine projects, each of which is aimed at...
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Meet the Companies That Could Bring Government to Space
The modern technology stack is typically described as a pyramid: At the bottom is infrastructure, in the middle is a platform, and on top of it all is software. Each layer supports the next. The...
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Blockchain Civic Engagement Tool to Be Tested in Vermont
How could mobile devices, blockchain, the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence make local government more representative? Toronto-based AI company Consensus AI sees in these technologies the...
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Minn. Governor Wants to Abandon MNLARS, Buy Software Instead
It’s trial by fire for Tarek Tomes. In Tomes’ first week as CIO of Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz has decided to scrap the decade-long, troubled project to build a new vehicle registration and license...
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Nassau County, N.Y.’s Big Push to Win Back Hearts and Minds
Upon assuming office as the Nassau County, N.Y., executive in 2018, one of Laura Curran’s top priorities was to build more transparency and accountability into the jurisdiction. Nassau County is home...
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CyberPatriot Competitions Offer Answers to U.S. Cybersecurity Workforce...
On May 2, 2019, President Trump released a new Executive Order on America’s Cybersecurity Workforce. A big part of this EO covers the need for more cyber competitions. Here’s an excerpt from Section 3...
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More Than 250 'Free-Floating' EVs Hit Sacramento Streets
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — The electric vehicle car-sharing project in California’s capital city is officially online, with more than 250 small electric cars sitting on streets all around downtown and...
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