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Twitter, Uber Plan to Further Evolve Their Civic Engagement Strategies
SAN FRANCISCO — Uber and Twitter are not in the business of elections. But they are involved in U.S. elections, and in the future they are looking to insert themselves further into the process. At the...
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The Insider Threat: New Report Highlights Problems, Recommendations and...
Earlier this month, I was in Washington, D.C., presenting at ISC2’s annual CyberSecureGov Conference, which has become a top-notch federal government cybersecurity event. As I was looking through the...
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How a Washington County Gets the Most Benefits from Technology Projects
With budget cuts looming in the face of reduced state and federal funding, local governments across the country are looking for ways to stretch their dollars more than ever before. In 2013, local...
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How ShotSpotter's Financials Compare with Previous Gov Tech Companies Pre-IPO
SST, the company behind the gunshot-detecting ShotSpotter technology, is poised to become the next in a small handful of gov tech companies to go public. The company is in the midst of preparing for...
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IT Legislative Lookback: Where Are They Now?
At Government Technology, we talk a fair amount about what is coming around the legislative corner in states around the country. While some of the proposals we focus on succeed and ultimately become...
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GSA Hackathon Sought Tangible AI Solutions for Making Government Data...
The federal government is looking to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to bridge the gap between the general public and valuable information. During a five-hour hackathon held May 17, the General...
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ShotSpotter Sets IPO Targets: $10-$12 Per Share, $26.6M Raised
SST, the company behind the gunshot-detecting ShotSpotter technology, expects to raise $26.6 million in its upcoming initial public offering — half of which would be used to pay off debt. The company...
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North Carolina's New CIO Outlines Top 3 Short-Term Priorities
Nearly seven weeks into leading IT for the state of North Carolina, CIO Eric Boyette, who also serves as director of the state’s Department of Information Technology (DIT), says he is excited to...
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NYC's 2017 BigApps Competition Announces Winners
Four apps were announced as winners Tuesday, May 23 at New York City’s 2017 BigApps Competition: DollarVan, OnBoard, nesterly and PASSNYC: Opportunity Explorer, all of which fit into one of the three...
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How Autonomous Cars and Buses Will Change Urban Planning (Industry...
The driverless vehicle shows promise as one of the biggest technological breakthroughs since the assembly line. The safety benefits alone have prompted the U.S. Department of Transportation to propose...
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ClearGov Launches Budget Portals, Comparison Tools for Every Municipality in...
After initially rolling out spending portals and comparison tools in selected states, ClearGov has now taken its services nationwide — nigh-comprehensively. “We have built transparency profiles for...
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Mayors Weigh in on Priorities, but Where Does Tech Fall?
The issues facing U.S. mayors are as numerous as they are challenging, and include things like addressing homelessness and fending off efforts to pre-empt their local authority. But in an increasingly...
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San Francisco’s RFP Bus Speeds Up, Streamlines IT Procurement
PHOENIX — After learning how difficult it was to procure a new system piloted during the 2014 Startup in Residence program, which pairs startups with government agencies, San Francisco’s IT officials...
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Unified Cybersecurity Unit Is Necessary to Protect New Jersey Agencies from...
TRENTON, N.J. — From the perspective of New Jersey Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Dave Weinstein, the team at the state’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) has come far under his 11-month tenure...
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Seeing Past Light Poles: Plotting a Smart City Strategy
PHOENIX — Can a city of 90,000 people be smart? San Leandro, Calif., just 20 miles from San Francisco, is poised to find out. And based on efforts so far, there's reason for optimism. The city is...
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New York City Data Analytics Czar Moves to Private Sector
New York City is down another cabinet-level tech position with the departure of Chief Analytics Officer Amen Ra Mashariki, who has reportedly accepted a job with mapping and data company, Esri....
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What’s New in Civic Tech: Center for Data Innovation Details Federal Steps...
What's New in Civic Tech takes a look at highlights and recent happenings in the world of civic technology. Center for Data Innovation Lays Out 10 Steps for Congress to Accelerate Innovation Noting...
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Optimizing Government Performance: Tips from the Trenches
PHOENIX — Process improvement was a key theme at the Summit on Government Performance and Innovation. The event, hosted by Governing* in collaboration with Living Cities May 24 and 25 in Phoenix,...
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Top States Where Federal Civilian Workers Reside
President Donald Trump’s proposed budget has more than a few people skeptical of its chances of passing. Still, it’s the federal budget's starting point, and this particular version includes a lot of...
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SAP Launches Cloud-Based ERP for Smaller Cities and Counties
SAP thinks it is bringing something to small and mid-sized local governments that most of them don’t have good options for: cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. The company has...
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