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Meet Colorado's Chief Connection Officer
Mark Sirangelo's title is chief innovation officer for the state of Colorado. But really, his job is to make connections. Sirangelo, a Colorado aerospace executive, was appointed to the unique unpaid...
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Innovative New Span to Replace Iconic Los Angeles Bridge
Sixth Street Bridge is falling down. Also known as the Sixth Street Viaduct, it’s a Los Angeles icon that millions have seen and probably didn’t even notice. The 3,500 ft. four-lane overpass that runs...
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Private, Public Use Of Drones Gets General Assembly Scrutiny
With cutting-edge technology, the small, unmanned aircraft known as drones can become lifesavers when using sophisticated infrared cameras to find missing children or stranded hikers deep in the woods...
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Is the FCC Moving Too Fast on Wireless 911 Location Accuracy?
The Federal Communications Commission last week announced it would adopt new rules to ensure better location accuracy results for wireless 911 calls. But while public safety advocates have applauded...
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New App Calls 911 and Notifies Family in Two Taps
If Minh Tran was asked about the impetus behind his recent 911 emergency app, 2013 could be reason enough. The year brought his family a run in with two near-fatal heart attacks, one suffered by an...
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Ex-CIA Analyst Tells How Data Caught Osama bin Laden
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As a puller and parser of half-truths, odd clues and covert messages, former CIA Analyst Nada Bakos imagined herself comfortable dealing with ambiguity; however, after 9/11, what...
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Health Care Goes High-Tech
The infiltration of digital devices over the last decade radically altered how people communicate with one another and the world around them. But health was one area largely unaffected by the digital...
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Will Streetlamps Become Information Hubs for Cities?
North America has more than 1 billion street lights. Known as high-intensity discharge lights, they consume lots of energy, contain mercury vapor and most of them are owned by municipalities. Because...
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5 Ways to Better Engage with State Legislatures
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Legislators and state agency CIOs need to communicate earlier and more often to ensure technology project success, according to a panel of experts at the California Public Sector...
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How San Francisco Does Innovation: 5 Tips Your City Can Use
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Hundreds of tech leaders from California and beyond gathered in Sacramento Feb. 25 and 26 at the California Public Sector CIO Academy for a series of panels offering practical...
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New Mexico CIO Shares Views on Enterprise Services
New Mexico’s Darryl Ackley became the state’s secretary of technology in 2011, and last year he was chosen to represent NASCIO in the FirstNet national public safety network initiative. Given Ackley’s...
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As data networks gain greater geographic coverage and people increasingly use data-based services instead of picking up the phone to communicate, mobile voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) is starting...
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Cyberinsurance: Do You Need It?
When it comes to breaches in electronic data, and the compromise of citizens’ private information, South Carolina has set the standard. In fall 2012, the state’s Department of Revenue announced that...
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Innovative Green Tech Legislation Advances in Washington
New legislation could make going green more affordable for local governments in Washington. House Bill 2569 creates a self-funded loan account program where municipalities can apply for loans from the...
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Utah Launches Google Glass App for Public Transit
Want to find out when the next light rail train arrives in downtown Salt Lake City? Then put on the glasses. Google Glass, that is. Utah.gov, the state's portal, has launched OnTime for Glass, the...
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Cybersecurity Gets a Boost from the National Guard
A $46 billion annual business of protecting infrastructure from cyberattacks largely revolves around the federal government. But within the past year, efforts have ramped up to bring federal-level...
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7 Ways to Innovate Government IT
At the risk of stating the obvious, the average government CIO isn’t able to spend much time dreaming up new projects. “Keeping the lights on” or “putting out fires,” whatever business-speak you...
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Connecticut Digitizing State Regulatory Process
Connecticut is overhauling its entire regulatory process in a move that should improve transparency and increase efficiency in the state. An electronic system is being implemented to create, update...
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Why Spreadsheets Stink — and 4 Ways to Improve Them
For office-goers from the top of the ladder to the bottom, in the public sector or private, the question isn’t if they hate their spreadsheets — it's how much. The horror stories are a testament to...
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