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Google Street View Cars Become Methane Gas Sniffers, Helping Governments Map...
Mapping Gas Leaks A collaboration between environmentalists, scientists and Google is working to locate methane leaks and gauge their severity. Colorado State University researchers outfitted Google...
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Cities Turn to Public Input to Shape Open Data Policy
In recent weeks, four cities have begun to actively solicit public input as they draft or hone open data policies — a practice that government transparency advocates hope could one day grow from the...
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ShotSpotter Earns $4.6M More than Anticipated in IPO
SSTI, the company that makes the gunshot detection system ShotSpotter, has wrapped up its initial public offering with $4.6 million more than it was aiming for. The company hauled in $35.4 million...
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Officials Support Missouri Sunshine Law But Say Complying Can Be Challenging
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The state’s commitment to open government is longstanding, two panelists told a full audience of public employees during a packed session at the Missouri Digital Government...
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‘Understand Your Citizens’ and Other Tips from Arkansas CIO Yessica Jones on...
Yessica Jones has served as director of the Arkansas Department of Information Systems since November 2016, first in an interim capacity, and then officially appointed to the post in March 2017. Now...
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Private Equity Firm Invests in Pondera, Signaling Growth
Pondera, a GovTech 100 company that makes solutions to help governments detect fraud, waste and abuse, is going the private equity route. Though private equity investments often involve a quick string...
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Jeffery Weak Appointed as Idaho's First Director of Information Security
After signing an executive an executive order in January to implement the recommendations of the Idaho Cybersecurity Task Force that was created in mid-2015, Gov. Butch Otter announced Jeffery Weak as...
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Don’t Overlook Basics in Cybersecurity Strategies, Officials and Experts Warn
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Ninety percent of successful cyberattacks originate from phishing. And though phishing is a technologically unsophisticated attack strategy, it remains viable and is enjoying...
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ProudCity Launches Drag-and-Drop Payment Tool
ProudCity is getting into payments. The company, which makes a suite of citizen service tools for local government, announced on June 14 the launch of a dedicated payment tool that can work into its...
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Missouri Governor Affirms State's Commitment to Open Data
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Commitment to open data and cybersecurity alike must start at the very top, panelists told the more than 330 people who attended Government Technology's Missouri Digital...
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Michigan CIO Claims Executive IT Spot at Major Furniture Manufacturer La-Z-Boy
Furniture retailer La-Z-Boy has hired former Michigan CIO David Behen to serve as vice president and CIO for the global organization based in Monroe, Mich. The announcement comes nearly two weeks...
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Bellevue, Wash., Names New CIO
This week, Bellevue, Wash., City Manager Brad Miyake appointed Sabra Schneider as the city's new CIO — a position she has held in an interim capacity since Toni Cramer’s retirement in 2016. Schneider...
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OpenGov Integrates Software with Superion, Gaining Customer Pipeline in the...
OpenGov has signed a partnership with public-sector software maker Superion, putting Superion's customers in OpenGov's pipeline of potential customers. Superion, the new name for SunGard Public...
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Building Out Electric Vehicle Infrastructure: Where Are the Best Locations...
For cities looking to increase their electric vehicle ridership, a dilemma exists: What comes first, electric vehicles themselves or the charging station infrastructure? In attempting to answer this...
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What's New in Civic Tech: Amazon Announces ‘City on a Cloud' Innovation...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has named 19 winners throughout three award categories — “Best Practices,” “Dream Big” and “Partners in Innovation” — marking the culmination of a three-month competition...
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311: From a Hotline to a Platform for Citizen Engagement
Boston, a city of nearly 650,000, launched in 2009 what is probably the first mobile app for 311 services. BOS:311, formerly called Citizens Connect, allows anyone to request a variety of services...
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New York City Mayor Unveils Bold Jobs, Innovation Plan
A suite of initiatives out of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office are the backbone of a plan city officials hope will bring 100,000 jobs to the city over the course of the next 10 years. In an...
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Aurora, Ill., Mayor Creates City Innovation Team
The city of Aurora, Ill., is about to embark on an innovation mission led by two private-sector champions. On June 14, Mayor Richard Irvin announced a new innovation team that will be led by Adrienne...
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Congress Releases Guidelines in Effort to Regulate Autonomous Vehicles
During a June 14 hearing, members from the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation spoke to their game-changing ability to provide a safer alternative to traditional driving. And the...
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Cloud 311 Popularity Grows as Cities of All Sizes Move to Remotely Hosted CRM
Sacramento, Calif., began 311 more than a decade ago, and like other cities has decided to move on to next-generation technology. Less than a year ago, it upgraded its legacy CRM to a cloud-based...
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