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Voice Recognition System Fields Questions for Stanislaus County Jail
In many county jails, deputy sheriffs are tasked with fielding incoming calls from the public with questions about a particular inmate. That was the case at the jail in Stanislaus County, Calif....
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Inside L.A.'s Quest to Fix the Nation’s Most Congested City
In the 2003 remake of the film The Italian Job, a gang of crooks decides to steal a safe full of gold while it’s being transported by armored truck through the streets of Los Angeles. But they face a...
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When Desktop and Web GIS Unite
What do you get when you cross stylish desktop GIS with user-friendly Web GIS? For Virginia Beach, Va., the combination has meant lower manpower costs and increased flexibility for everyday users to...
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Photo of the Week - Harvest Dome 2.0
A 24-foot metallic sphered dome now floats on the Harlem River in New York City -- Harvest Dome 2.0, assembled by Amanda Schachter and Alexander Levi of SLO Architecture. Intended to focus attention...
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Cash-Only Commuters Get Electronic Option for NY Bridges and Tunnels
The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) launched a program last year for commuters in the greater New York City area to pay bridge and tunnel tolls more easily. The new program provides free,...
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iTree App Attaches Monetary Value to Urban Canopies
If you happened to be strolling through Chapman Square in Portland, Ore., this past April, you might have come across a curious sight: big, colorful “price tags” hanging from the park’s giant elm...
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Virginia's Identity Verification to Reduce Fraud and Increase Efficiency in...
A technology project that started with a focus on Medicaid will soon produce Virginia’s first enterprise shared service for e-government applications. Called the Commonwealth Authentication Service...
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Open Data Victories Come to Illinois
Stakeholders agree that open data efforts enjoy broad-based support in Illinois, and they are poised to get some legislative backing that makes it official. Two open data bills were recently voted...
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Ethernet Inventor Bob Metcalfe Discusses Gigabit Future
Gigabit communities are sprouting up across the nation, but what’s the big picture for their future? Ethernet inventor Bob Metcalfe has a few ideas. Speaking in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Tuesday, Aug. 6,...
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Springfield, Mo., Captures Route 66 History with Crowdfunding
Officials in the city of Springfield, Mo., birthplace of Route 66, realized they were sitting on a cultural goldmine. They are now turning to crowdfunding to begin the restoration of historical relics...
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California Gets First Test of Cellphone Alert System
In the late evening on Monday, Aug. 5, Californians got their first ever statewide Amber Alert via a cellphone alert -- a shrill, some say startling, notification from the San Diego County Sheriff's...
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Bio-Threat Early Warning System Gets Booster Shot
A statewide bio-surveillance system designed to provide early detection of potential health threats has received a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to continue its...
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Choosing a Cloud Broker
As public-sector agencies continue to shift applications and data to the cloud, choosing the right cloud providers can be a difficult task for CIOs. Depending on the user base and complexity of the...
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Open Data in San Jose to Start with Permit-Tracking
In San Jose, Calif., the City Council and the CIO are working towards opening up city data. On Aug. 13, the City Council will discuss the creation of an open data platform, which includes a “chess...
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CIOs Share Their Secrets for Success
If you could travel back in time, what career advice would you give yourself? We posed this question to current and former public CIOs. We asked them to write letters to their former selves, and this...
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iGuardian Portal Shares Cyberattack Data with the FBI
The FBI has launched an online portal, called iGuardian, in an effort to make it easier for companies and critical infrastructure to report cyberattack data to the federal agency. The FBI compares the...
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Omaha and Douglas County, Neb., Team Up on Google Apps
Omaha and Douglas County, Neb., join forces on all major IT projects. Through their unique partnership, the city and county jointly decided last month to deploy Google Apps for Government for email...
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Industry Perspective: Why Mobile Devices Should Replace the Town Hall
America now has a mobile majority, and it’s set to have a big impact on how we do government. As people continue to scoop up smartphones all over the country, ordinary citizens now have unfettered...
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Demystifying Health Insurance Exchanges
Obamacare’s new health insurance exchanges are scheduled to open for business Oct. 1. But a recent survey shows that nearly 80 percent of those who stand to benefit have no idea what an exchange is or...
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Could Elon Musk's Hyperloop Derail High-Speed Rail?
Getting from California to China could become a trip that takes less than two hours within Elon Musk’s lifetime. On August 12, Musk, founder of SpaceX and co-founder of PayPal and Tesla Motors,...
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