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Maryland Revamps its Public Information Law
Marylanders who have a beef with government agencies over how they fulfill open data requests have a new remedy at their disposal – a state compliance board. Legislation was approved to reform the...
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Can Technology Help Improve Mass Transit Use?
The majority of people living in and around cities overwhelmingly support public transportation systems, according to a September 2014 study by the American Public Transportation Association. But...
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New York City Fights Fire with Data
Complex, analytics-driven programs have created a whirlwind of “smart” technologies to help modernize manual tasks and make jobs more efficient. In most industries, smart tools have been developed...
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Want Value from Open Data? Think Platform, Not Portal
Safouen Rabah is Socrata’s vice president of marketing and specializes in bringing the open data company’s new technologies to market. Since 2010 Rabah has worked with governments at all levels to...
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Baby Data: California Bill Seeks to Secure Newborns' DNA
Each year, more than 3 million babies are born in the United States, and each one undergoes genetic testing. In 32 states, however, the residual dried-blood sample from every newborn is retained – in...
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Will New State Health-Care Mandates Stifle Telemedicine Progress?
The idea behind telehealth visits over the Internet is simple – meet with a physician and receive care over the phone or through video, without having to travel and be in a room together. Advances in...
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Why Skills Matter More than Ever in Our Data-Driven Economy
We live in an era of digital abundance. Two technology trends — cloud computing and big data — are transforming how we live and work. The rise of the cloud has reduced computing costs to historic...
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New Jersey Turns to Internet of Things to Improve Roadway Safety
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) announced it is working with IBM on a multi-year program that will utilize Internet of Things (IoT) technology and data to better manage vehicular traffic and...
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California Assemblyman Mike Gatto Talks Data Security, Tech Education
As an early adopter of using crowdsourcing to let California residents draft state legislation, Assemblyman Mike Gatto, D-Los Angeles, has an appreciation for how technology can help shape an issue....
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How to Successfully Harvest Value from Open Data
How do governments harvest the greatest value from open data? That’s the predominant question posed by the civic tech community as officials, entrepreneurs and nonprofits pioneer the movement’s next...
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Verified Social Accounts Are More Important Than Ever
Facebook recently introduced a path for state and local government agencies to attain the coveted verified status recognized by the white-and-blue checkmark. Verification has historically been...
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Free Law Founders Make Strides for Open Government
People have complained for generations about how laws and the legislative process are unduly influenced by special interest groups. Efforts to improve open government practices have flourished in...
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Why Public CIOs Are Attempting to Move 'Shadow IT' to 'Shallow IT'
Michael Dent, chief information security officer of Fairfax County, Va., recalls meeting with representatives of a cloud file-sharing services vendor who wanted to do business with the county. As part...
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CIOs Must Prepare for Drones
State CIOs aren’t thinking about drones, but they should be. That’s the message of a policy brief released by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) on May 27. Data in...
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HHS Accelerator Solutions Improve Data Sharing, Reimagine Epidemic Prediction
In its ongoing aim for disruption, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has christened a new crop of accelerator projects that will soon innovate services across a gamut of departments....
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Mobile App, Responsive Site or a Little of Both?
In Sacramento County, Calif., E-government Chief Kristin Echols calls mobility inevitable. In January 2012, only 3 percent of traffic to the county portal was via a mobile device. In January 2014,...
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Google I/O 2015: 5 Things You Missed but Need to Know
Each year, developers around the world converge on the Moscone Center in San Francisco for the Google I/O conference. In previous years, the conference was the birthplace of major Google products,...
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Should Governments Trademark Twitter Hashtags?
From print advertising to TV commercials, a zinger of a line or a catchy symbol often helps businesses and governments market their services and worm their way into the minds of potential customers....
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Body-Worn Camera Legislation Spikes in State Legislatures
Police shootings in the U.S. have taken over the national spotlight during the past year, triggering a rash of legislative proposals on the need for body-worn cameras. From bills that mandate police...
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Unlocks Health Data
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Data-minded health startups rejoiced Tuesday over new and unprecedented access to the nation’s largest repository of health data: the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
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