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Lighten Up: It’s OK to Have a Little Fun on Social Media
One of the lessons I like to teach is that it’s OK to have fun on government social media. However, some social media managers aren’t given the leeway to try new things. Sometimes, the best way to get...
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Boston Appoints First Chief Data Officer
Boston’s first chief data officer will be Andrew Therriault, an announcement Mayor Martin Walsh made May 25. Most recently, Therriault served as director of data science for the Democratic National...
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3 Ways to Work Through Governance Roadblocks
SALEM, Ore. — In the private sector, the CEO or board of directors speak and the rest of the company listens. But in the public sector, the chain of command is often splintered among agencies,...
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This Week in Civic Tech: Congress Voices Concern over DATA Act Pilot, Two...
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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What Role do States Play in the Push to Get Smarter?
There is another actor waiting in the wings, watching as the smart city struts around on the stage, bathed in a national spotlight. Such is the existence of the smart state: following the smart city...
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Connecticut's Facial Recognition Bill: A Model for States?
Earlier this year, the Connecticut General Assembly was considering a bill that would prohibit the use of facial recognition technology for commercial applications unless companies got prior consent...
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Video Analytics Platform Helps Cities Monitor Pedestrians, Vehicles
Digital image analysis isn’t anything new. Google and Facebook have used it to search and tag images, cybersecurity firms use it to detect criminals, and most recently, Twitter has applied it to its...
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Driverless Car Testing May Spark a Tech Transformation for One California Town
CONCORD, Calif. — It looks like something from a Cold War nightmare — a ghost town uninhabited for decades, abandoned after a nuclear war, overgrown with weeds and deathly silent. Single-pane windows...
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This Week in Civic Tech: Colorado Connects with Startups, RNC Notes Trump's...
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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Can Vendor Scorecards Cut Down on IT Project Failures?
When NASCIO surveyed its members about IT procurement in 2015, almost 50 percent had negative opinions about the process and 70 percent of vendor partners were moderately to very dissatisfied with...
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Federal Agencies Call for Aid at National Day of Civic Hacking
What do honey bees, criminal records, Lyme disease and landfills all have in common? Typically nothing, but on June 4 these relatively disparate topics will be put in the spotlight as civic hackers...
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CMS Portal Provides State Projects with Greater Exposure to Vendor Community
Procurement is emerging as one of the public sector’s biggest stories of the year. A central motivation behind the creation of 18F, this desire to transform how government buys things is spawning...
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Security, Privacy, Governance Concerns About Smart City Technologies Grow
The demand for smart city technologies shows little sign of slowing down, which comes as no surprise. Cities are growing in size and population, and the need for digital tools and systems to help...
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White House Challenges Artificial Intelligence Experts to Reduce...
The U.S. spends $270 billion on incarceration each year, has a prison population of about 2.2 million and an incarceration rate that’s spiked 220 percent since the 1980s. But with the advent of data...
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4 Tips for Tackling Citizen-Centric Design and Outreach
SALT LAKE CITY — Whether government likes it or not, the way citizens want to access government service has changed forever. The mobile technology evolution and the rise of on-demand companies like...
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Philly's IT Reorganization Receives Barbs and Praise
Soon after Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney was inaugurated in January, he gained a reputation in some circles as the Anti-Nutter, often doing the opposite of what people believe his predecessor would...
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Have We Reached a New Era for Digital Identity Management?
SALT LAKE CITY — To call effective access management a challenge would seem to many government IT professionals a complete understatement. Changing employees, shifting roles, and disjointed agencies...
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Civic Tech Sees Strong Growth Despite Disunity, Report Says
At the start of any significant movement there’s always that urge to define it. We attempt to crystallize the core dogmas, spotlight the guiding voices, measure influence and predict potential. With...
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Broadband: 21st-Century Infrastructure
Editor's note: The Digital Communities Special Report, which appears twice a year in Government Technology magazine, offers in-depth coverage for local government leaders and technology professionals....
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Can Artificial Intelligence Software Transform Transportation?
April Blackburn, CIO of the Florida Department of Transportation, discussed the opportunities for cognitive analytics and connected devices across the state’s IT systems. The agency is already...
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