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3 Ways Boston Plans to Fix Parking in the Wake of Haystack’s Demise
When it comes to parking in Boston, the Haystack app left a bad impression on city officials earlier this year. And it's no surprise, given that it allows users to auction out parking spaces to one...
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Using Data to Combat Gun Violence
The statistics on gun violence in the U.S. are staggering: One in three people know someone who has been shot, and on average, 32 Americans are murdered with guns every day. “What are the reasons,...
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Wages of Fear: How is Ransomware Affecting Government?
Durham, N.H., is a small college town, near the state’s coastline. Aside from the activities on the campus of the University of New Hampshire, not too much happens there. But on the evening of June 5,...
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The Importance of Cybersecurity in the Age of the Cloud and Internet of Things
Cloud and mobile computing are pushing the IT landscape further away from the organization, and an emerging Internet of Things is expanding the surface area of a defensive front already riddled with...
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State and Local Governments Hustle to Fill the Cybersecurity Workforce Gap
Major retailers are not the only targets for cybercrime, despite what the recent headlines may suggest. State and county governments are equally at risk of attack, and it’s a risk that many take...
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Will Improved Transparency Facilitate Text-to-911 in California?
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation on Tuesday, Sept. 30, to kick-start adoption of next-generation emergency communications technology in the state. But while the law requires state...
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Is Data the Best Preparation Against Natural Disasters?
Data can be a fundamental tool in disaster preparedness, but the insights aren’t always heeded. This was the observation of three emergency management experts from academia, government and the private...
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The Best Government Websites for 2014
Learn more about all Best of the Web winners and finalists in this map. State winners and finalists are blue , city winners and finalists are yellow, and county winners and finalists are green. These...
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San Francisco Cements Homesharing with 'Airbnb Law'
Airbnb lodging is now legal in San Francisco. On Oct. 7, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors formally legalized short-term rentals in a 7-4 vote that, starting in February, will allow homeowners to...
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12 Startups Poised to take on the Latest Cybersecurity Threats
According to Gartner, by 2020, 60 percent of digital businesses will fall victim to devastating service failures due to their inability to handle the threats present in new technologies. Digital...
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Texas Study Reveals Decaying State Tech Infrastructure
More than half of Texas state agency mission-critical systems are outdated and in need of replacement or upgrade, according to a new report issued by the Texas Department of Information Resources...
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3 Ways to Choose Valuable Open Data
Officials from local, state and federal governments are still probing what it means to “open data.” Benefits of machine readable government data are ample, and include data-based business creation,...
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North Carolina IT Takes Control of State Data
After several years of success with data analytics, North Carolina is now expanding and coordinating all business intelligence efforts through a central agency. The state’s Government Data Analytics...
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Texas CIO Karen Robinson Announces Retirement
On Oct. 14, Texas CIO Karen Robinson announced that after five years with the state's Department of Information Resources (DIR), she will retire on Dec. 31. Responsible for reorganizing the DIR’s...
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DreamForce 2014: Hillary Clinton Talks Tech Philanthropy, Net Neutrality
SAN FRANCISCO -- With the rise and progression of digital technologies, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has challenged industry to create and contribute with the community in mind....
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Arkansas CTO Claire Bailey Resigns
Arkansas’ IT agency, the Department of Information Systems (DIS), announced Oct. 15 that Director and Chief Technology Officer Claire Bailey has submitted her resignation, citing health reasons....
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Apple's iPad Air 2: Faster, Thinner, But Maybe Not Enticing Enough
On Oct. 16 in Cupertino, Calif., Apple delighted its fans by announcing new iterations of several of its devices and operating systems. Highlights included the launch of iPad Air 2, the iPad Mini 3, a...
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Dreamforce 2014: What Salesforce Analytics Means for Government
SAN FRANCISCO -- This week, Salesforce added data analytics to its lineup of data and customer relationship management tools — a service that targets education, health care and transit as key...
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The White House's Digital Fixit Man Talks Culture Change in Government
Government IT efforts can suffer from a host of ailments. There are swaths of delays, gluts of unforeseen costs, accountability deficits, and an absence of foresight in both procurement and...
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Former Hawaii CIO Sanjeev "Sonny" Bhagowalia Returns to Feds
Former Hawaii Chief Information Officer Sanjeev “Sonny” Bhagowalia is back in the federal government. On Oct. 20, Bhagowalia began his position as deputy assistant secretary and CIO of the U.S....
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