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Web 2.0 (and Beyond): Developing the Next Generation of Connectivity
It was sometime in 1998 that most people suddenly became familiar with the Internet. In 1997, people called it “that Web thing,” and they would confuse email addresses and URLs — generally no one paid...
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Law Enforcement Agencies Face Complex Data Challenges
Many law enforcement agencies find themselves at a crossroads today. Data demands are growing exponentially — from the footage captured by body-worn cameras to fingerprint files, criminal records and...
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Can Food Inspection Data Standards Stop an Epidemic?
No one thought about data standards when the Jack in the Box E. coli epidemic erupted in 1993. Instead, there was panic as the stomach-clenching illness engulfed more than 700 victims across...
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Body Cameras in Schools Spark Privacy, Policy Discussions
While police body cameras have made headlines lately, at least one school district is drafting policies for administrator body cameras. Leaders at Burlington Community School District in Iowa want...
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Analytics with a Side of Discretion
In recent months we’ve seen many new technologies and partnerships aimed at helping local government workers conduct restaurant health inspections more effectively and efficiently. In Boston,...
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Will Campsites Be Booked Like Hotels? USDA To Decide with RFP
With the release of a final RFP on July 17, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered the last stretch of lengthy process to decide whether federal campsites can be booked the way hotels are...
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Knight News Challenge Injects $3.2 Million into Election Tech
Is it right for half the population to decide what happens to the other half? For better or worse, that’s exactly what poor voter turnout means in the United States. Statistics show that in the 2012...
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Analytics Play Key Role in Boston’s Tech Modernization
Until recently, when staff at Boston’s Inspectional Services Department (ISD) wanted to create or update building permits and applications, they pulled out an ancient IBM typewriter and went to work....
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Disruptive Technology that Could Transform Government-Citizen Relationships
William Gibson, the science fiction writer who coined the term “cyberspace,” once said: “The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.” That may be exactly the way to look at the...
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Researchers Develop, Test GPS-Equipped Water Drone in Bridge Inspections
Drones are coming to the waterways of Florida. A research team at Florida Atlantic University's (FAU) College of Engineering and Computer Science has received a $187,000 grant from the Florida...
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Boston Releases Open and Protected Data Policy
Open data starts with governance. That’s why Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced a new open data policy on July 30. The policy, called the Open and Protected Data Policy, encourages city agencies to...
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Does Google Fiber Avoid the Biggest Cities?
Google has a reputation for succeeding in a singular style. The Harris Poll Reputation Quotient report has consistently ranked Google as one of the best-liked and most-trusted companies the past...
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Holacracy in Government: Washington State Tech Office Conducts an Experiment
Consider the egg drop engineering project that most children are assigned at some point in school. Youthful thinking is pitted against a borderless canvas. Everyone starts with the same materials, and...
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White House Tech Consulting Team Fights for Funding
For weeks the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has not answered questions about next year’s funding for the U.S. Digital Services (USDS). The silence may be connected to a...
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Obama Spotlights Diversity at Inaugural White House Demo Day
The White House has made it clear where it stands on tech diversity. On Aug. 4, President Obama used the White House’s first Demo Day to petition the tech industry to adopt diversity practices in...
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App Helps Police Manage 'Gypsy Hill' Cold Case Murder Investigation
Earlier this year, the city of South San Francisco's Police Department (SSFPD) faced a challenge. The department was asked to re-open a cold case known as the Gypsy Hill murders, which involved five...
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Study: Government Legislative Websites Not Up to Industry Par
An in-depth look at state legislative websites across the country came up with some not so surprising results: Government sites are behind the times when it comes to their online infrastructure....
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Food Inspection App, API Put Restaurants Under the Microscope
America is well acquainted with his culinary expletives. From “f—ing rancid potatoes!” to “f—ing cucumbers!” to “I’ve got [cockroaches] in my f—ing hair!,” his reality TV rage has become a hallmark....
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7 State Assistance Programs in Georgia to Utilize Fraud Detection Services
Fraud costs government assistance programs billions each year, and the state of Georgia is doing something about it. In June, the Georgia departments of Community Health and Human Services entered a...
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Explosive IT: Cook County, Ill., Stands at the Brink of a Massive...
Simona Rollinson is a fast learner. After just a year as chief information officer of Cook County, Ill., her first job in the public sector, she was dispensing advice of her own to the rest of the...
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