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IBM's Watson Broadens Cancer Crusade
In early May, IBM Watson Health announced new collaborations with 14 of the nation’s leading cancer institutes. The new partnerships give oncologists access to the supercomputer via a hybrid-cloud...
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Charlotte, N.C., Launches Revamped Public Safety Communications Network
It took five years and a significant change in plans, but first responders in Charlotte, N.C., finally have a fourth-generation broadband network at their disposal. The new high-end wireless network...
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Indiana Creates Nation's Largest Geospatial Tool to Improve Community Health
A health partnership in Indiana is urging hospitals and public health departments to use a free spatial data analytics tool to better assess and improve community health. The nonprofit Indiana...
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Data Reinvents Libraries for the 21st Century
Libraries can evoke tired assumptions. It could be a stack of battered books and yesteryear movies; that odd odor of wilted pages and circa-1970s decor; or it could be a bout of stereotypes, like...
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HHS Looks to Genome Sequencing, Precision Medicine as Next Innovations in...
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services is seeking to cover new ground, and plans to do so by using genomes to improve the quality of American health care. HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews...
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Police Open Crime Data to Increase Trust with the Public
Today’s public has a complicated relationship with the police, but a little governance may simplify things yet. In an attempt to increase trust with the public, Kentucky's Louisville Metro Police...
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Is Muni Broadband Feasible in Seattle? Not Likely, Report Finds
Half a billion dollars -- that’s about what it would take to build a municipal fiber network in Seattle, and the other numbers aren’t very encouraging, either. The city announced on June 9 the...
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Can Cities Process Data Like a Utility Service?
To take advantage of the next chapter in open data and data-driven strategy, numerous localities unveiled plans on June 9 to test out a new kind of data platform — one that leverages both open and...
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The Future of Civic Tech: 8 Localities Showcase Their Initiatives
Gathering at its San Francisco headquarters June 10, the civic innovation group Code for America (CfA) showcased a lineup of latest apps and efforts for eight localities in 2015. Tagged as its BETA...
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Muni Broadband Goes Mainstream
There are new opportunities to be found in the changing landscape of American broadband. The president is leading an abolition of state laws that impede competition against regional monopolies. The...
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Does Your State Restrict the Use of License Plate Readers? (Map)
Modern law enforcement agencies use a number of technologies to help them do their jobs. Among them is automated license plate recognition (ALPR) — a high-tech way of scanning and reading license...
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Colorado Department of Transportation Pilots Traffic Blimp
When the Colorado Department of Transportation (DOT) realized it needed more cameras over Denver area freeways, the department didn’t just put up another camera – it got a big balloon. The agency...
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4 Public CIOs Leading in the Limelight
For a public CIO, sometimes the key word is “public.” Those in the upper echelons of government IT leadership often fly below the radar — but not always. Like other civic officials, they sometimes...
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Inaugural City Innovate Summit to Tackle 'SmartCity 2.0'
Whether it’s about municipal reinvention, investment opportunity or collaboration, the inaugural City Innovate Summit aims to deliver a host of lessons in urban ingenuity when it debuts in San...
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Georgia Expects Better Tech Oversight with Multisource Service Integrator
For IT organizations that have consolidated and are moving toward an outsourcing model, Georgia CIO Calvin Rhodes has some advice: Once you’re outsourced, having a great service integrator is a key...
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How California is Integrating Renewable Energy Without Blowing a Fuse
“Form ever follows function, and this is the law. Where function does not change, form does not change.” – Louis Sullivan, 1896. When Thomas Edison flipped the switch on his coal-fired central power...
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Mayors Report Innovation Challenges at City Innovate Summit
San Francisco jump-started its inaugural City Innovate Summit on June 17 with an international group of mayors and city officials showcasing their latest initiatives and strategies to solve vexing...
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Online Tool Helps Iowa Communities Assess Health
Iowa schools, businesses and communities are now a point and click away from a comprehensive health assessment and feedback on how to improve their overall well-being. The Iowa Healthiest State...
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Obama Talks Tech Jobs, Pacific Rim Trade Deal at U.S. Conference of Mayors...
SAN FRANCISCO — In his remarks to more than 300 mayors on June 19, President Obama called for political support of two tech initiatives: a White House-led tech training program and his Trans-Pacific...
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Data Drives Winning Projects in the 2015 Best of Texas Awards
Texas state government spent $65.3 billion on services for its nearly 27 million citizens in 2014. Countless projects and programs were run through dozens of departments and agencies, and the Center...
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