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Los Angeles County Launching Microsoft Cloud for 100,000 Workers
Los Angeles County is rolling out one of the largest Office 365 implementations in state and local government this year. On June 18, vendor En Pointe Technologies announced it was awarded a five-year...
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Will New Jersey ‘Buy American’ Bill Hurt Public-Sector Tech Efforts?
New Jersey may have dodged an IT procurement bullet last week, as technology items were exempted from a measure requiring public-sector agencies to “buy American.” But the issue looks far from...
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Can Cities Wait Until 2084 for Google Fiber?
More than 400 municipalities around the nation have built their own high-speed networks, most of which are plotted on this map, along with the type of network and its reach. Red = Citywide cable...
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California's SmartJustice Mimics Google Search for Cops
Often, what is smart is also simple. That's the key to SmartJustice -- California's information-sharing Web portal that pulls together county and state information about criminal defenders into one...
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New York and Chicago Libraries Loan Hot Spots like Books
Against the tug of today’s digital economy, New York and Chicago public libraries are experimenting with two projects to take the Internet to the people by loaning Wi-Fi hot spots like books. The...
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Maryland Parks Agency Slashes Operational Costs with Cloud Solution
Every workday morning at 4:00 a.m., Tracy Harris, a project manager of enterprise IT with the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, received an automated reminder to check on an...
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City Responds to Negative Tweets with Humor
Sometimes people complain about their city on social media. They might tweet about traffic congestion or that the city’s water always tastes weird. If you happen to tweet about one of these...
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5 Tips for Building BYOD Programs for Local Government
As mobile devices continue a steady march into government offices, CIOs face a conundrum. They want to provide network access for personal tablets and smartphones, but worry about the security risks...
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Advocacy Groups Push Coding as a Core Curriculum for Schools
Technology proponents don’t need to make a case for the role of computer science in tomorrow’s job market. Today, it’s self-evident in the economy and daily life. Tech advocates, however, are calling...
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Will Pennsylvania Arm Local Cops with Radar?
If you’ve been stopped by police for speeding in the last 30 years, there’s a good chance your speed was clocked by radar – unless you’re in Pennsylvania. Local cops in the Keystone State aren’t...
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San Francisco Makes Collaborative Effort Toward Civic Tech
San Francisco is making a collaborative effort toward civic tech in the city, as marked by a first-of-its-kind meeting on Tuesday, June 24, of 125-plus attendees, including civic tech startups,...
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Experts Discuss 4 Major Barriers to Telehealth Adoption
Consulting with a doctor through video conferencing isn’t new – the practice has been around for years. But while the technology has steadily improved and social acceptance of online communication has...
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Dashboard Shows California's Huge Social Media Footprint
California’s Social Media Dashboard reveals a substantial online presence. Visitors can see that the state has 430 social media accounts and 38 million combined Facebook likes, Twitter followers and...
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Using Predictive Analytics to Visualize 2014 World Cup Results
Pulling data from 40,000 soccer matches, one software engineer has attempted to put odds on the FIFA World Cup teams — showing the power of data to visualize results. The interactive graphic comes...
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Pennsylvania Considers a Mobile App for WIC Payments
The Pennsylvania Department of Health is considering a mobile app for its WIC program that could both streamline processes and benefit recipients by encouraging them to make healthier decisions when...
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Are We Truly Ready for Government to Use Biometric Identifiers?
For technologies that were once considered creepy, the public is making concessions: Most people are willing to share biometric information with government agencies if it would in some way improve...
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Is Crowdsourcing the Future for Legislation?
Remember dancing the Macarena? How about collecting Beanie Babies? If you were alive in the 1990s, some of you are guilty of following those pop culture trends. In most circles, they faded from...
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Indiana's Interactive Map Plots Meth Lab Data
U.S. citizens are cooking meth everywhere, especially in the Midwest. The Indiana State Police (ISP) have known it for years and collected the data -- and now they’re sharing that data in an online...
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5 Innovative Technologies in Use at the World Cup
Technology is moving fast — it's influencing culture and history in new ways with each passing year. The World Cup is no exception, as new technologies make their way into a sport that traces back...
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San Francisco Spars with Developers over New Parking Apps
A bout of political road rage is brewing in San Francisco over a new generation of parking apps that let users sell or auction off public parking spaces. The city decries the new peer-to-peer parking...
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