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Cities Petition FCC to Remove State Barriers to Broadband Competition
The fight over cities’ rights to own, operate and expand community broadband networks now has a new battleground – the FCC. Wilson, N.C.; and Chattanooga, Tenn.; filed a petition with the Commission...
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Pennsylvania's Data Center Cloud Deal Has Big Potential
Government cloud projects are becoming big deals. On July 15, Unisys announced that the state of Pennsylvania had signed a $681 million hybrid cloud-services contract with the vendor. The seven-year...
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Socrata's Open Data Network: A Hub to Connect the Public and Private Sectors
In San Francisco, open data is no appetizer. It’s what’s for dinner. It’s this sentiment that’s prompted the city to participate in an open data network announced last week by Socrata, the city’s open...
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Does the World Wide Web Really Need Websites?
No one cares what kind of vehicle UPS uses to deliver packages, and no one cares what kind of knife a chef uses to make their dinner. People care about results -- about getting what they want. If the...
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3 Social Media Tools for Cops
More police are on social media now than ever. In a survey by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, nearly 96 percent of the 500 law enforcement agencies surveyed use social media. I...
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Appallicious Launches FEMA Disaster Dashboard
Recovery in the wake of disaster is never simple. But a new disaster dashboard, released today, aims to make rebounding after devastation a bit more manageable. At the White House’s Innovation for...
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Michigan CSO Dan Lohrmann Leaves Government
Michigan’s chief security officer is moving on. Dan Lohrmann has had a 17-year career with the state that included stints as a departmental CIO, chief information security officer and chief technology...
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Los Angeles: The Beginning of Nationwide Wi-Fi?
The city of Los Angeles is looking to build a citywide broadband network, and posted a request for information (RFI) on how best to accomplish the task. And by the July 18 deadline, the city had...
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San Francisco Demos Entrepreneurship-in-Residence Results
San Francisco’s tech courtship continues, and this time, it’s all in-house. On Wednesday, July 30, Mayor Ed Lee arrived at city hall to announce the fruits of the city’s first...
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The Public Sector Considers Mobile-First Approaches to Citizen Interactions
The term “mobile first” was introduced by technology entrepreneur Luke Wroblewski in 2009. The term is an acknowledgment that many — maybe the majority — of users now use mobile devices to access...
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Ride-Sharing Companies Should Accept Taxicab Status (Opinion)
Peer-to-peer, mobile app-based ride-sharing services have become popular over the last few years. But instead of submitting to the same regulatory and insurance requirements as taxicabs and...
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States Introducing Virtual Currency Regulations
From food trucks to online retailers, a growing number of mainstream businesses are accepting virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin, as a payment method. But as the popularity of digital cash rises,...
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What Does the Future Hold for Tesla Motors?
If the auto marketplace is a pimply face, Tesla Motors is a hot needle, prodding away. Over the past decade, the high-end electric vehicle maker has built a niche following in a remote corner of the...
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3 Gadgets and Robots That May Change the Future
The world is watching as developers constantly create robots and gadgets that grow in complexity. The technology's implicit promise is that it will eventually make working and living easier and less...
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Colorado Updates 22-Year-Old Financial System
The state of Colorado has been tracking billions of dollars in annual expenditure transactions with a financial system that predates the Internet era. But the system, once considered cutting edge, has...
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How the Cloud is Changing Everything for Government IT
If you want to understand the evolution of cloud computing adoption in state and local government, one place to start might be in the Alachua County Property Appraiser’s Office in Gainesville, Fla....
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Do Google Chromebooks Threaten Apple’s Dominance in Education?
When the Apple iPad launched in April 2010, it quickly made its way into many classrooms -- by August, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) district announced that more than 20 of its schools would test...
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NYC Improves Online Access to City Laws, Procurement Notices
Keeping tabs on municipal business and city laws just got a lot easier in the Big Apple. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has signed two bills that improve government transparency. The first,...
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California HHS Open Data Portal Paves Way for State Health Data
Estella Geraghty says the birth of California’s first Health and Human Services (HHS) open data portal is much like the birth of a child: It took about nine months to create and is the object of great...
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Social Networking Platform Ties Neighborhoods and Government Together
Even in a slow walk through suburbia it’s easy to miss. But "being neighborly," whether it's for "common hospitality" or passing salutation, carries weight and has long embedded itself in America's...
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