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Florida Lawmakers Debate Bill to Allow Virtual Medical Visits
Will this be the year that doctors in Florida are able to practice medicine using video conferencing? We’ll soon find out. Sen. Arthenia Joyner, D-Tampa, has introduced SB 478, a bill that would...
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Increased Smartphone Use Equals Lower GPA Among College Students
If college students want to excel in the classroom, they'll need to lay off using their smartphones, according to a new study. A Kent State University survey of approximately 500 students revealed...
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4 Tenets of a Successful Open Data Plan
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- It was open data’s version of a Giants vs. Dodgers game on Monday, March 16, but without the rivalry: Innovation leaders from San Francisco and Los Angeles came together to talk...
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Will California Soon Have a Chief Data Officer?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California could be the next state to have a chief data officer. AB 1215, the California Open Data Act, enables Gov. Jerry Brown to appoint a chief data officer and charge that...
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How Does Your State Rank for Financial Data Transparency?
All states are getting better at financial transparency, but some, like California, lag behind their counterparts. A sixth annual report on government spending transparency conducted by consumer...
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How Does Your State Rank for Financial Data Transparency?
All states are getting better at financial transparency, but some, like California, lag behind their counterparts. A sixth annual report on government spending transparency conducted by consumer...
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California Critiques State's Open Data Health Portal
Open data is ushering in a new era in health care that will result in an improved health-care system with greater efficiencies and new ways to treat people. “Better care, smarter spending, and...
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Startup Offers Free Access to API Creator for Governments, Civic Hackers
Starting today, organizations in the government and civic tech space have a new tool to help spread open data: InstantAPI. InstantAPI is a startup that offers an easy creator and hosting platform...
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Job Critical Advice: How Incoming CIOs Can Hit the Ground Running
The 2014 elections installed 11 new governors in statehouses across the nation. These state leaders will bring in a new crop of chief information officers who will take over the reins of an...
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CIO Survival Guide: How to Respond to 5 Game-Changing Disasters
Scotland’s favorite son Robert Burns once wrote that the best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry. He was right, but no one ever saw a tornado bearing down on their position and reached for a...
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Hawaii Rethinks SURF Strategy, Shifts to Targeted ERP Approach
Citing state budget constraints as a primary driver, Hawaii Gov. David Ige announced on March 25 that rather than proceeding toward a single, statewide enterprise resource planning (ERP) system at...
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Intelligent Transit: Data Improves Transit Efficiency
Editor's note: In this five-part series, Government Technology examines the present impact of technology on transit systems and what that can mean for the future of urban transportation. Mobile...
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Multi-City Innovation Campaign Improves Upon Traditional Hackathon
In search of innovative tech and ideas surrounding community health, a group of 25 cities, states and counties has launched a $220,000 campaign -- that intends to do more than simply launch...
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FCC Explains Decisions on Broadband, Net Neutrality
The FCC explained its recent rulings on municipal broadband and network neutrality in a specialized briefing for state and local governments on Monday, March 30. The hour-long presentation detailed...
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New Orleans Douses Flames With Data
New Orlean’s NOLAlytics initiative was created to harness data-driven change in the city, and on March 31 the initiative’s first project was announced. The city will use data analytics produced by its...
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Minnesota Debates License Plate Reader Data Retention
Minnesota is making some progress addressing the concerns of residents who don’t like cops holding onto data taken from license plate scans. Law enforcement officials would only be able to store the...
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What Role Will Startups Play in Boston's Economic Landscape?
Boston’s Startup Manager Rory Cuddyer is on a mission. His assignment? To decipher the city’s startup scene so policy makers can revitalize the community with entrepreneurship. Cuddyer has been...
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Will ‘Techno-Populism’ Undermine Innovation?
Future advancements in technology may suffer because of popular opinion driving policy, according to a new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). How Tech Populism is...
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What is Your City's Crime Data Transparency Score?
Of all the government data released through today’s open data movement, crime data is among the most requested and most influential. The cities most committed to opening crime data work with their law...
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