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Vermont Gives Blockchain Tech a Boost
Early this month, Vermont’s governor gave blockchain a big push forward, formally asking a broad coalition of stakeholders to consider whether the technology could be used to help manage state...
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California Municipal Water Agency 'Rolls Out' Unique Tool in Drought Battle
In a drought that seems to have no immediate end in sight, one California municipal water agency literally rolled out a unique solution to protect the valuable commodity in its water storage...
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Civic Tech Collaboration Cuts Arrests in St. Louis, Adds Jobs in Boston
The civic tech industry has sought, and often craved, to be harbingers of social change. It’s the unspoken credo at every hackathon. It’s a rubric that separates good apps from the great. And in...
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When Policy Meets Practice: CIOs Juggle Tech Evolution, Legislation and...
If it isn’t one thing, it’s another, and usually at the same time. For public CIOs the challenges just keep coming. It’s often a juggling act. That’s all right: Most knew it when they signed on for...
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Agencies Want Cloud, But Legacy Costs Hinder Progress, Survey Says
A survey of government IT leaders released Aug. 13 shows cloud tech demand pushes on despite tight budgets and ties to outdated infrastructure. The market research, sponsored by open data cloud...
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Governments Could Pay High Price for Lagging on Tech
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- To hear the 2015 California Technology Forum’s keynote speaker tell it, government is straddling the divide between potential successes and missed opportunities when it comes to...
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California Plans Next Moves for Open Data
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Efforts to bring open data into, well, the open have touched off widespread discussion as to just where the use of the information is headed, and whether there is a need for...
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PayPal, Commerce to Share U.S. Export Data for Economic Growth
PayPal and the U.S. Department of Commerce have partnered to bolster exports with open data. In a joint blog post on Aug. 10, Commerce’s Chief Data Officer Ian Kalin announced that the e-commerce...
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Reddit Welcomes Austin With Open Arms
Where civic engagement is concerned, Austin, Texas, is perhaps the only government to avail itself of a free platform for civic engagement that reaches about 200 million highly engaged, unique monthly...
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California City Innovates on Brink of Marijuana Boom
If there's one thing Arcata, Calif., knows well, it's weed. Situated in what is known as the Emerald Triangle, the city is a part of a coastal stretch that comprises the largest marijuana-producing...
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Relaunching Florida’s State Technology Office
Over a 12-year career with the state of Florida, Jason Allison has worked on technology from almost every angle. Now, as state CIO, he has a strong resume for returning needed stability to Florida...
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Police Tech Problems Draw Interest from Venture Capitalists
Most venture capitalists don’t anticipate finding prospective entrepreneurs at a murder scene. But that’s exactly where the Govtech Fund’s Ron Bouganim saw the CEO of his latest startup investment...
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Identifying Opportunities, Pitfalls of Future Internet Tech in Criminal...
The U.S. criminal justice system is vast, consisting of agencies, processes and components that aim to control crime and penalize those who violate local, state and federal laws. How this is...
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Delaware CIO James Collins on Thinking Like a Customer
Aspiring dentist turned technologist — that’s not your everyday CIO story. Near the end of his career in the military, James Collins worked on a special duty assignment doing continuous process...
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Navigating the Road to Consolidation
Many state and local governments have a common goal these days — to gain efficiencies by consolidating IT operations. One thing they don’t all have in common is the strategy for reaching those goals:...
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Arkansas' Mark Myers: A Nontraditional CIO
Mark Myers’ first day on the job may have been a holiday, but that didn’t stop him from getting down to business. Starting the role of Arkansas CTO on Jan. 19, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Myers’ first...
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Google Government Innovation Lab Reveals First Prototypes
The first fruits of Google’s inaugural Government Innovation Lab are nearly ripe. In California’s Central Valley, Kern County has announced two prototypes envisioned as remedies for a number of civic...
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New Hampshire CIO Balances Standards, Unique Needs
Denis Goulet didn’t become commissioner of the Department of Information Technology due to a new governor. While that tends to be how it works in most states, Goulet just began a four-year term that...
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Multi-State Public Assistance Fraud Pilot Shows Promise
A coalition of five states just completed a year-long pilot of a new system designed to address the growing challenge of public assistance fraud. Led by Mississippi and supported by a grant from the...
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Las Vegas CIO Joseph Marcella Retires
Long-time Las Vegas CIO Joseph Marcella retired this week after completing an 18-year dedication to government IT — a passion that kept him entranced because, as he said, you can never quite get it...
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