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White House Plans to Grow U.S. Digital Services, 18F in 2016
Despite talk of potential funding cuts at the federal level in 2016, White House Senior Adviser and former U.S. CTO Todd Park confirmed that plans are on track to staff the federal government’s U.S....
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5 Tech Tools Governments Can Use to Alleviate Traffic Troubles
America’s roads are already packed with traffic, and all signs point to the number of cars growing even more — especially in cities. According to a report released last month, 60 percent of the...
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Congressional Hearing Tackles Drone Safety
Drones were the topic of discussion before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Aviation Subcommittee Wednesday, Oct. 7, as officials and experts grappled with regulations, best practices and...
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The Need for (Broadband) Speed
Although broadband Internet service has expanded over the past few years, there are still millions of Americans for whom a fast connection to the Web remains unavailable or unaffordable. In June, the...
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What if Government Embraced Holacracy?
Every day we are presented with new headlines that touch on the future of work and how things like robots, artificial intelligence and millennials will impact or disrupt industries. In most of these...
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Data Is a Big Deal for NASCIO Day One
The 2015 NASCIO Annual Conference kicked off this week in Salt Lake City with representatives from 47 states and two territories, including almost 40 state CIOs. More than 650 total attendees are...
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Glendale, Calif., Takes Head-on Approach to Rumor Control
The Internet, specifically social media, changed the way local governments and their residents interact. On one hand, the instant connection can mean the positive exchange of ideas and opinions. On...
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California DMV Creates First Public Data Set on Driverless Car Crashes
With the release of nine reports, the California Department of Motor Vehicles has created what is likely the first public data set on driverless car crashes in the U.S. The DMV released all its...
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Alameda County, Calif., Announces 7 Google Gov Lab Prototypes
Google has a knack for recasting the typical consumer product. It rethought the laptop with its cloud-based Chromebook; it transformed television with its Chromecast streaming device; and — love it or...
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NASCIO Day Two: Tech-Powered Productivity
Tech-powered efficiency was a central topic for day two of the NASCIO Annual Conference in Salt Lake City. The meeting was a venue for the release of several reports on how technology could drive both...
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Though Less Publicized, Data Leaks Are More Prevalent Than Data Breaches
Headlines about large-scale data breaches are an almost expected occurrence in mainstream media today, but a new study shows that IT professionals are just as concerned about the less publicized and...
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7 Things Government Can Learn from Google’s Business Model
Google has quickly become one of the most recognized companies in the world. Incorporated in 1998, it now employs more than 50,000 people and has a market value that exceeds $350 billion. That is some...
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This Week in Civic Tech: Remote First, Death by ZIP Code and City Lab Takes...
This Week in Civic Tech presents a lineup of notable events in the space that connects citizens to government services. Topics cover the latest startups, hackathons, open data initiatives and other...
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Smarter Road Weather Sensor Networks Offer Better Safety, Forecasting
After a couple of decades with one of the oldest road weather sensor networks in the U.S., Pennsylvania is once again looking to jump ahead of the curve on technology meant to reduce accidents in bad...
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State and Local IoT Activity Heats Up
One takeaway from last week’s NASCIO conference is that state and local CIOs are beginning to think more about the Internet of Things as a tool for improving government performance. A formal survey...
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Civic Graph Charts the New World of Civic Tech
Pour away the pools of colored dots, strip out its taxonomies of connections, and forget its menagerie of 600-plus nonprofit-, private- and public-sector profiles. In the end, Microsoft’s Civic Graph...
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Setting Government Procurement Data Free
A new website may help drive down government procurement costs and make it easier for startups to sell their goods and services. The website, called Open Procure, launched earlier this month and is...
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Will Illinois Become a National Model for Grant Management?
What started as an effort to reform the grant-making process for five of Illinois’ human services departments has grown into a statewide undertaking with far-reaching financial implications. When the...
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This Week in Civic Tech: Google Rethinks Democracy, Redesigning Boston.gov,...
This Week in Civic Tech presents a line-up of notable events in the space that connects citizens to government services. Topics cover latest startups, hackathons, open data initiatives and other...
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Twitter’s New Polling Feature: Just Fun and Games, or Valuable Tool for...
Over the course of the next few days, millions of tweeters will be given the option to create and respond to public polls in a few short steps. The wildly popular social network announced its plans...
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