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3 Pieces of Advice for Making the Transition from Waterfall to Agile
When Jim Smith became the CIO of Maine in January of 2012, it was a traditional waterfall shop. But things look much different now. "If you look at the industry at large, whether it's on the federal...
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Can an App Increase Carpooling? Contra Costa County, Calif.'s Partnership...
Contra Costa County, Calif., hasn’t found a resolution yet to the workweek gridlock that snarls highway traffic across the Bay Area, but the agency is in the early stages of another pilot aimed at...
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Louisville, Ky.’s Gigabit Experience Center Brings Fiber Connection Speeds...
Louisville, Ky., has launched a new public workspace — one that combines free loaner laptops and fiber Internet connection with modern design aesthetics, the sort more closely associated with trendy...
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After Manchester Bombing: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Online
From England to California to Russia, the world was shocked by the horrific bombing that killed 22 and wounded 116 on Monday, May 22, 2017, in Manchester, United Kingdom. After the terrorist incident...
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Apple Sees Massive Increase in National Security Requests for User Data
Apple released its biannual transparency report for the latter half of 2016, and the report showed a massive rise in National Security Letters (NSLs) from the U.S. government requesting user data....
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In Implementing and Improving Tech, Boston Officials Emphasize People,...
The city of Boston activated a job posting on May 9 seeking a new chief digital officer to replace inaugural CDO Lauren Lockwood, whose family is moving to Philadelphia — but in a conversation with...
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Will New Jersey Be the First State to Hire a Chief Artificial Intelligence...
TRENTON, NJ — Cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI) are the future of state IT, according to New Jersey Chief Technology Officer Dave Weinstein. While working in the executive branch to help...
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With the Real ID Act's Limited Deadline Looming, Some States Make Progress...
The long and the short of the 2005 Real ID Act is fairly simple: Meet the federal identification requirements or your citizens will have a hell of a time with air travel come 2020. And while it might...
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Urban.Us Adds Funding, Experience to URBAN-X Startup Accelerator
Urban.Us, a venture capital firm whose focus area often overlaps with gov tech, is taking on the URBAN-X accelerator in New York. The venture firm will lend funding and expertise to the relatively new...
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Interactive Flood Mapping Tool Helps Local Governments Plan for Resilience
In an effort to indicate flood-prone areas, and the type of structures and residents that will be most impacted during flooding, researchers at the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at...
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Accela Adds Three New Executive Roles
After appointing a new chief executive officer in March, Accela is beefing up its leadership team with three new roles. The company, which offers a suite of cloud-based products to state and local...
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Cross-Departmental Collaboration Increasingly Vital to Digital Inclusion
As life increasingly migrates into the digital realm, more agencies within municipal government are finding that digital inclusion — the effort to provide all residents with equal access to...
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Balancing Needs of Urban, Rural Residents Key in Establishing Washington's...
Trying to balance the needs of rural and urban residents is no easy task. Different demographics have inherently different needs and resources available to them. And although the conversation...
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Online Voting Is Inevitable, But Will It Impact Turnout?
Public agencies across the United States are already evaluating online voting. And while casting a vote via the Web may not be an all-inclusive answer, it's certainly a potential solution to our...
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JetBlue, Delta Air Lines Test High-Tech Alternatives to Boarding Passes
Air travel is getting increasingly more high tech. Take Delta Air Lines, which last month announced the debut of its self-service facial recognition bagging stations in Minnesota's Minneapolis-St....
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What's New in Civic Tech: U.S. Drops in Worldwide Open Data Rankings
What's New in Civic Tech takes a look at highlights and recent happenings in the world of civic technology. U.S. Drops in Worldwide Open Data Rankings The United States has fallen from second to...
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Miami-Dade County Demonstrates How to Overhaul Urban Mobility Through...
SAN FRANCISCO — Miami-Dade County in Florida is overhauling its transportation system and sharing that knowledge with cities across the country. Working with the City Innovate Foundation, a group that...
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New Jersey to Centralize Executive Branch IT, Boost Efficiency
Following a banner year during which New Jersey invested $10 million to bolster cyberdefenses and reduce the risk to information technology, the state will begin centralizing executive branch IT, Gov....
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Visualization Takes Open Data to the Next Level
When Stephen Goldsmith was deputy mayor of New York City in 2010 and 2011, the city was working on processes to make data available to the public. “We have now gone from fulfilling that transparency...
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3 Tips for Designing Municipal Tools with Employees in Mind
A number of years ago, a Midwestern state rolled out a comprehensive procurement system that allowed state employees to identify purchases based on 1,400 different categories. However, despite the...
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