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Can Student Data Improve Learning Without Compromising Privacy?
Instead of locking student data in the principal’s office, more school districts are moving it to cloud providers. By sharing data with private companies, schools can improve student learning using...
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Could Smart Power Lines Reduce Outages?
Wind can generate electricity, but it can also take it away. A patent filed by Intellectual Ventures, the technology development company run by former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Nathan...
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Minneapolis Launches Citywide Analytics Platform
Today municipal analytics gained another endorsement. In a joint announcement with IT firm IBM, the city of Minneapolis announced it will be the next U.S. metropolis to initiate a data analytics...
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Colorado Names a New CIO
Suma Nallapati, named chief technology officer for Colorado in February, was appointed the state’s CIO and secretary of technology on Wednesday. Nallapati replaces state CIO Kristin Russell, who...
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U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Key Cell Tower Siting Case
Cities and wireless providers have been at odds for years over how detailed written denials of cell tower permit applications should be. Some clarity is on the horizon, however, as the U.S. Supreme...
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What's an API and Why Do You Need One?
The need to efficiently share vast amounts of data across various departments and with citizens is an issue that faces most government officials today. A key tool to tackling this challenge is the...
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California Moves to Block Illegal Data-Gathering
If the federal government wants help rifling through the electronic data of California citizens, it must show it has a valid warrant to ensure state agency cooperation, under a bill being considered...
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Rise of the Chief Privacy Officer
As we become an increasingly data-based society, security breaches and the associated legal risks have escalated. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, 233 data breach incidents took place...
View ArticleOregon Considers Digital Privacy Legislation Package for 2015
A handful of Oregon lawmakers may have a big impact on digital privacy rights in the state in 2015. According to OregonLive.com, a legislative work group has united to potentially revive five digital...
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Eight Governors Sign Electric Vehicle Promotion Pact
Governors from eight states signed an agreement on May 29 outlining a strategy for putting more electric vehicles on the roads. The 11-point plan provides a menu of activities each state can choose...
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Rethinking Privacy: Though Technology has Outpaced Policy, That's No Reason...
Privacy isn’t dead, it’s just going through an identity crisis. As policymakers struggle to define a meaningful role for themselves in one of the most contentious areas of American politics, the...
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Federal CTO Todd Park Announces FDA Open Data Portal
Washington, D.C. — On Monday U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park announced the launch of openFDA, a beta open data portal for the FDA that will provide millions of data records to the public. Park...
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The Rise of the Sensor-Based Smart City
Foreword: The world’s urban centers have taken on increasing importance and power as economic engines of growth and places to live, with more than half the world’s population now in cities. With this...
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Apple WWDC 2014: Top 3 Takeaways for Government
On June 2, Apple kicked off its annual Worldwide Development Conference (WWDC), held each year in San Francisco. Apple CEO Tim Cook captivated the audience by previewing the latest innovations from...
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Scaling Up Sensor-Based Smart Cities Proves Difficult
As Santander, Rio and other cities have demonstrated, sensor-based solutions have the potential to impact a broad range of urban issues, from traffic and transportation to energy, public safety and...
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Despite Criticisms, Outgoing HHS Secretary Chronicles Successes
Her words weren’t meant to be a defense, but they were perhaps unknowingly in response to the nearly constant barrage of criticisms levied by HealthCare.gov critics, still unflinchingly opposed to...
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Bill Streamlining Solar Permitting Process Advances in California, Faces...
Local governments in California have banded together to stand against streamlining the permitting process for residential solar energy systems, citing safety and manpower concerns. Assembly Bill 2188...
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The Boom in Urban Data Labs Helps Support Growth in Smart Cities
Hudson Yards is one of the hottest real estate developments in New York City right now. Located on the west side of Manhattan, the project, which includes office towers, apartments, shops and luxury...
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What Do Public Health Officials Want From Big Data?
One of the central themes of the fifth annual Health Datapalooza conference in Washington, D.C., this week was how innovative approaches to data can help local public health agencies better target...
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4 Data Insights from Health Datapalooza
Doctor Atul Gawande wants to kill his fax machine -- not just for himself, but on behalf of physicians everywhere. For Gawande, a Harvard professor and surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in...
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