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Philly's Mark Headd Joins Accela as Tech Evangelist for Civic Apps
Former Philadelphia Chief Data Officer Mark Headd has put to rest speculation surrounding his next career move in a joint announcement with civic technology provider Accela, where today, April 7, he...
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Florida Town Simplifies Transparency
Longboat Key, Fla., is setting an example for fiscal transparency. Two years ago, when the town’s commissioners requested an online budget module to replace paper reports and documents, the finance...
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How Open Data and Higher Ed Networks Can Decrease Poverty
This century, we face a much larger challenge than bringing 100 gigabyte connectivity to college campuses. We have to figure out how to feed 9 billion people and decrease poverty. Government, higher...
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Social Media Analysis Aids in Washington Mudslide Response
A social media monitoring tool developed last year by Pierce County, Wash., got its first real-world use last month during search and rescue efforts following the massive mudslide in Washington State....
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Georgia Dislodges Massive Paper Jam with Captricity Enterprise Platform
Consider how daunting a task processing 40,000 document pages per month would be — a task that involves placing them online, and interpreting each piece of text and numeral so it’s searchable. Now...
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ConnectNYC Brings Fiber Internet to Local Businesses
Nearly a month ago, on March 12, a contest to connect New York City businesses with high-speed Internet came to a close. Held by the New York City Economic Development Corp. (EDC), the ConnectNYC...
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California Ruling Exempts Personal Devices From Open Records Laws -- Will It...
A California appeals court ruled last month that emails and other forms of electronic communication about public business are not subject to the state’s Public Records Act if they’re conducted on a...
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Oregon, Washington Experience 911 Dispatch Center Failure
Early Thursday morning, an outage brought down several 911 dispatch centers in both Oregon and Washington state, but as ABC News reported, service was restored in Oregon by 6:30 a.m. and in Washington...
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Are You Safe from 'Heartbleed'? Industry Q&A
Headlines have been spreading like wildfire this week about Heartbleed, a recently discovered bug affecting online encryption software OpenSSL, used for securing up to 70 percent of online...
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Govies Search for Talent on Twitter
Twitter initially confused a lot of folks. For one, it was seen as limited in function, and second, its exact value or purpose was not understood by many. But new uses for the social media channel pop...
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New Apps Make Government Wallets Transparent
While it may sound trite, “following the money” remains one of the best ways to pinpoint priorities in business or government. It was on this premise that Socrata, a Seattle-based cloud software...
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Balancing Privacy, Jobs in the Drone Debate
North Dakota police don’t need a warrant to use drones — in fact, the state does not have any drone laws at all. North Dakota lobbied to be a drone test site for the federal government, and was one of...
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Palo Alto, Calif., Expedites Permit and Inspection Process through Apps
There’s no need to walk through the glass doors of Palo Alto’s Development Center to know why the city upgraded its construction permit and inspection process. Just ask the applicants about the...
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Changing Typeface May Save Millions, But Focus Remains on Going Digital
As was widely reported in late March, a 14-year-old student discovered that the federal government could save $136 million of its $467 million ink expenditure by simply switching to a lighter typeface...
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Building a Government Data Culture
“‘Are people innately altruistic?’ is the wrong kind of question to ask. People are people, and they respond to incentives.” -- Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner (SuperFreakonomics) One of the most...
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Maryland Legislation Creates Council on Open Data
A new law ensures Maryland’s emphasis on transparent government and open data will be a permanent part of state policy decisions for years to come. Senate Bill 644 establishes the Council on Open...
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Predictive Analytics Aboard the London Underground?
As an internationally renowned rail system, the London Underground has been a trendsetter since it was first constructed in 1863. It’s gone from four miles of track to 249 miles, is the third largest...
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Does America Want a Technology Revolution?
The American public is excited about the future of technology, but it's also worried about the growing pains that may be necessary to reach that future, according to a new survey. That survey,...
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State Legislatures Grappling with Biometrics Use in Schools
Biometric technology has embedded itself into the security protocols of both public- and private-sector organizations worldwide. But while the efficiency benefits gained from using fingerprint and...
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FirstNet Testbeds (Interactive Map)
View the status of each of the eight potential FirstNet testbeds in the map above. (Data on each site is also at the end of this story.) Simply stated, the mission of the First Responder Network...
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