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State-of-the-Art Technology Speeds Heart Attack Diagnosis
Paramedics and doctors in Roseville, Calif., are using electrocardiogram-transmitting technology to cut an average of 20 minutes off of the time it takes from when a patient enters a hospital until...
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8 Tips for Recruiting and Retaining Millennials
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Attracting millennials – that generation born between the early '80s and early 2000s – to state jobs and keeping them in the public work force can be tricky. “They kind of expect...
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California Lawmakers Want Better Communication on IT Projects
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Early engagement and frank discussions are the essential first steps state agency CIOs need to take when building relationships with elected officials, according to a trio of...
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FCC Votes for Net Neutrality, Expanded Local Broadband Choice
The Federal Communications Commission has put its foot down in favor of an open Internet and local government control over broadband expansion. In a 3-2 vote on Thursday, Feb. 26, the commission...
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3 Tips for Incoming IT Leaders
CIOs in government have a short window to make a lasting impact – and even less time to build a positive reputation. So how they handle their first few months on the job sets the tone for the rest of...
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CIO Mark VanOrden Discusses Utah's New Open Data Portal
Mark VanOrden became executive director of the Utah Department of Technology Services in 2012, after serving for several months as the department’s acting director. Prior to that, VanOrden spent six...
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How Do Municipalities of Different Sizes Use the Internet?
The digital age is in full swing, impacting businesses, residents and government alike. As the Internet of everything (IOE) takes hold and local governments discover what smart devices and big data...
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Chief Data Officers: Shaping One of the Newest Positions in Government
Data is the watchword, the new tool by which governance can be managed. Crunch enough numbers hard enough, the logic goes, and you’ll get something meaningful, something that can guide civic efforts...
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Maryland Legislation Would Encourage Release of GIS Data
Maryland is considering new policy that would make state GIS data more accessible to the general public. SB 94, sponsored by Sen. Bill Ferguson, D-Baltimore City, eliminates the ability of local...
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Will FirstNet Become the Next Healthcare.gov?
On Oct. 1, 2013, the Healthcare.gov website opened for business. This website was the centerpiece of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA” commonly known as “Obamacare”). ACA is one of the signature...
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Behind Philly311: Six Steps to Innovative Customer Services
Philadelphia’s Mayor Michael Nutter was in celebratory spirits Feb. 18 as he strode to a podium to talk about civic technology and the city’s ambitions for the future. It was the city’s first...
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Using Mappable Data App to Change Transit Routes On the Fly
The trajectories of transit routes have never been intuitive. Today, buses traverse city streets on what is more or less a loose science of rider estimates. Policies, politics, zoning densities and...
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Apple: Redefining the Way Work Gets Done
SAN FRANCISCO – Apple CEO Tim Cook made some hefty promises on March 9. From the stage at Yerba Buena Center, Cook lauded a new device that lets you read email, make calls, receive reminders, pay for...
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Government Likes an App that Promotes Positive Feedback
Government is running out of excuses for not improving. Every week, new technologies become available for free, seemingly designed to meet the precise needs of government. And now, government has a...
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South Carolina Considers Social Media Ban for State Workers
If you’re on the clock for a state agency in South Carolina, you better not be fooling around on Facebook or Twitter during downtime. A new model State Employee Code of Conduct bans the use of social...
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Open Data Evolution: From Increasing Transparency to Engaging Citizens
Open the data and the citizen miners will come — and they just might develop an app, map or other innovative product not yet envisioned by busy local government officials. That’s been the experience...
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Will Net Neutrality Be Short-Lived?
Could history repeat itself in the ongoing debate over net neutrality? One legal expert thinks so. Litigation over the FCC’s vote to use Title II to regulate the Internet is inevitable, according to...
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From Debt to Data: Detroit Launches Open Data Portal
When the city of Detroit filed for bankruptcy on July 18, 2013, It was the largest municipality to do so in U.S. history. Debt was at more than $18 billion. The media described the catastrophe not as...
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Will Treadmill and Bike Desks Become the New Norm?
You’d better stand up – I have some bad news. Sitting is killing people. Even among those who exercise regularly, science is showing that prolonged periods of sitting can contribute to incidences of...
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Open Data’s Next Move
Data is nothing and everything at once. Any data point a person can think of is either an arbitrary label fabricated to make a complex world more intelligible, or an imperfect measurement or...
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