Clik here to view.
Dreamforce 2015: Analytics, IoT, Microsoft Mishaps and Uber's Future
SAN FRANCISCO — Dreamforce was back this year, and with it came all the flamboyance and pageantry for which the San Francisco festival is known. As in previous years, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reports on North Dakota Weaponized Drone Law Miss Larger Picture
When an 18-year-old in Connecticut strapped a handgun to a hobby drone, the authorities and media went ballistic — pun intended. The same thing happened in North Dakota when a legislative amendment...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bitcoin Is Declining, but Is It Dead?
Is Bitcoin on its death bed? That was the question posed during a Sept. 21 panel at Tech Crunch Disrupt, a conference in San Francisco, as Bitcoin proponents speculated on the digital currency’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Michigan Sues HP Over $49 Million IT Modernization Project
Michigan is suing Hewlett-Packard (HP) for the company's alleged failure to meet the contract requirements of a $49 million IT modernization project, the Michigan Department of State announced Sept....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Research Sheds New Light on Big Data Breaches
In the world of information technology, we are constantly inundated with the threat, or at least the perceived threat, that the networked systems we rely on could be breached at any time. For the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Government's Best Websites at a Glance (Infographic)
How well are state and local governments in the U.S. doing their job when it comes to Web portal design and functionality? The Center for Digital Government’s annual Best of the Web awards has the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Silicon Valley Builds Data-Sharing Network to Mitigate Threats During Super...
In February, Silicon Valley will become the center of national attention when the biggest pro football game of the year comes to Santa Clara. With that attention will come crowds, and with those...
View ArticleClik here to view.
White House, 18F Partner to Advance Genomic Health Research
SAN FRANCISCO — The reality of genome-based medicines has arrived. This was the sentiment of White House Chief Data Scientist D.J. Patil, who said he will partner with the federal development team at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Santa Clara, Calif., Protects Against Drone-Based Threats During Large...
When the city of Santa Clara, Calif., passed an ordinance to protect its citizens from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), it wasn’t aimed at defending privacy rights like so many others. City officials...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is Ride-Sharing in Nevada Proof of Social Media’s Political Power?
Is social media the modern-day letter to your congressperson? Some would argue it is. But is anyone really paying attention on the other end of @LegislatorXYZ? Perhaps. The most recent test of how...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Microsoft Opens Private High-Speed Cloud Connections for Government
Microsoft has expanded its government offerings again, this time with a service that promises a private high-speed connection to the company’s data centers. In a Sept. 29 blog post, Microsoft...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Will California More Closely Scrutinize Driverless Car Crashes?
According to Google, none of the accidents its self-driving cars has been in was the fault of the vehicle, or rather the program making decisions for the vehicle. But for one nonprofit group, Google’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to Make Smart City Investments Count
The list is virtually boundless. When one looks at all the elements that may go into making up a smart city, it’s a smorgasbord of possibilities. Energy metering, neighborhood revitalization,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Promise and Pain of Building a Regional Justice Information Network
A project led by Portland, Ore., to create a shared regional police records management system that kicked off way back in 2009 finally went live in April 2015. Working with more than 40 jurisdictions...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Code for America Awards 13 Civic Tech Solutions for Government
OAKLAND, Calif. — Today Code for America announced its 13 winners for its inaugural Technology Awards in civic innovation. The awards, sponsored by Google for Entrepreneurs, were delivered on stage...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Future of Tech: Advancements Bring Challenges, Questions
LANSING, Mich. — There is truly no telling where advancing technology could take us — at least that was the message delivered to guests at the Michigan Digital Government Summit Tuesday afternoon....
View ArticleClik here to view.
White House Nudges States Toward Offshore Wind Power
When it comes to taking advantage of offshore wind power — a renewable energy resource that experts have identified as having massive electricity-generating potential — the U.S. is trailing behind...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Week in Civic Tech: 4 Key Takeaways from Code for America's 2015 Summit
This Week in Civic Tech presents a lineup of notable events in the space that connects citizens to government services. Topics cover latest startups, hackathons, open data initiatives and other...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Government Now Liable for Fraud Under Credit, Debit Liability Shift
As of Oct. 1, an industrywide “liability shift” for credit card fraud has occurred: Merchants not meeting the Europay, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) specifications are now responsible for fraudulent...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Google Smog-Mapping Project Offers Alternative Approach to Internet of Things
As cities, nonprofits and private companies begin setting up networks of sensors in an effort to create vast data sets, two Bay Area companies have opened up an experiment of one relatively untested...
View Article