Case Study: Identity Management Creating Huge Cost Savings in Florida
Pairing online applications with a Customer Authentication Program ensures food assistance goes to those who need it.
How an API strategy can help agencies connect data silos
By securely unlocking this data with application programming interfaces, agencies can better fulfill their missions and help improve citizens' lives.
Chamblee, Ga., partners for GIS and IT expertise
With help from InterDev, the small town outside Atlanta can meet its big-city requirements for network infrastructure, support and services.
The hidden costs of open data
Publicly sharing municipal data -- and geospatial data in particular -- can lead to indirect costs and complications, a new report warns.
Rat problems? In D.C., data could help
Washington, D.C., has created the Lab @ DC help make policy decisions driven by what’s in the numbers. Rodent abatement is one initiative.
The Next Front In Net Neutrality And Internet Privacy Wars Might Be Your Hometown
A court decision just strengthened local governments’ leverage over cable companies
Navigating the IT market with due diligence
Appropriate due diligence, from a business, technical and legal perspective, is mandatory prior to buying IT products or services.
Why cities must look to private-sector data sources
The vast amounts of information being collected by consumer apps and services could have a big impact on how cities plan for transportation and land use.
Fighting Cyberattacks With Volunteers
Michigan’s volunteer cybersecurity team can be deployed only in massive cyber emergencies. A bill in the Legislature would broaden its reach to smaller-scale security breaches.
Data science can help us fight human trafficking
New mathematical tools show great potential both to interrupt the human trafficking cycle and to provide the information needed to help victims escape to safety.
A More Holistic Approach to Social Problem-Solving Requires Interagency Collaboration
Researchers and governments have teamed up through the Silicon Valley Regional Data Trust to craft better public policy and metrics.
Do Driverless Cars Need Their Own Roads Around Manhattan?
A concept for AV expressways promises to reduce travel times, but falls into an old trap of car-centric planning.
Agencies explore AI, IoT integration
Federal agencies are exploring opportunities to integrate internet-of-things devices into their everyday operations, but security concerns persist.
How communities get to IoT
Although federal research and funding are helping communities design replicable internet-of-things projects, integrated, complex ventures are still a challenge, GAO says.
Navy applies new tools to old signals tech
An update to a 200-year-old communications technology might make it possible for the Navy to speed the transmission of "radio silent" messages among vessels at sea.
The Library of Congress opened its catalogs to the world. Here's why it matters.
Since the data's release, researchers' experiments have included a zoomable list of 9 million unique titles and a natural language interface with the data.
States Clear to Send Trump Commission Sensitive Voter File Data
The ACLU is attempting to document the process.
Counties Are on the Front Lines of Cyber War
WATCH: A retired Marine general outlined how a fundamental threat to our democracy must be addressed.
Navy turns to unmanned systems to map the ocean
With drones, automated processing, visual displays and analytics, the Meteorology and Oceanography Command can analyze the increased amount of weather data in near-real time.
Is poor document management to blame for public-sector inefficiencies?
Agencies can boost efficiency, increase transparency and lower overall costs with better document management.
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