What Works Cities Launches New Certification Program for Municipal Data Practices
As the footprint of the WWC network grows, “other cities will want to copy the cities that do well,” according to former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Microservices: The future of government IT
By bringing efficiency to creating and maintaining digital services, microservices can help agencies delivery new functionality faster.
Cloud-Hosted Software Is Helping to Clone Automated Government Processes
“We want to make it easier for governments to get people to comply with regulations that didn’t use to seem important enough to follow,” CityGrows’ CEO said.
AWS releases CJIS Workbook
Amazon Web Services designed the workbook as a framework for developing cloud architecture in the AWS Cloud that meets the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services standards.
5 fixes for grants management
In today’s uncertain political and budgetary climate, grants managers must improve transparency, streamline processes and leverage data-driven efficiencies.
Researchers build VistA interoperability into digital health platform demo
With 21 standardized application programming interfaces, researchers could exchange health information among several different systems.
How mobile, big data and citizen engagement help Iowa manage winter emergencies
By combining location data with information from sensors installed on maintenance vehicles, Iowa can provide web-accessible analytics and applications to help travelers, businesses and state agencies make better decisions.
Section 508 refresh seeks digital access to all
With the variety of online content platforms expanding every day, agencies must keep accessibility services up to date.
Secretaries of State Put Exclamation Point on Comey’s Intel Testimony
On the heels of Russia testimony on Capitol Hill, the National Association of Secretaries of State released a cybersecurity fact sheet on what did—and didn’t happen—during last year’s elections.
Boston puts open-data quality first
The datasets moved to the new Analyze Boston site are up to date, provide metadata and are readily accessible.
NextGen expands digital communications between pilots, tower
The FAA has NextGen DataComm capabilities working at some of the busiest airports in the nation, but the White House proposes wants to move air traffic control to a private entity, which some say could blunt the effort.
What Data-Driven Mayors Don't Get
In an age of growing alienation from civic institutions, the technocrats running many American cities don’t understand what old-style political machines once delivered.
Oak Ridge gets enterprise access to Esri products
The contract unifies all the platform's capabilities under one agreement for a fixed annual fee.
Predicting suicide attacks by analyzing similarities
By analyzing features and patterns in recent attacks, researchers may be able to predict not only the characteristics of future attacks, but timing and location as well.
From disaster planning to conservation: mobile phones as a new tracking tool
The detail, immediacy and sheer volume of data from mobile phones also offers innovative ways to monitor and possibly solve some of the most pressing animal conservation problems.
What States Risk By Not Prioritizing Cybersecurity Measures
With a big data breach, citizens might not be the only ones to lose confidence in a state government. Bond markets might react negatively, too.
School bus routes are expensive and hard to plan. We calculated a better way
By optimizing bus routes with data analysis and mathematical modeling, a school district can save between five and seven percent on the number of buses needed.
Websites struggle with customer experience
Citizens’ digital experiences with government are not improving, and websites are doing the worst, a new report says.
Boston Seeks a More Tech-Savvy Audience With New Open Data Platform
“We’re trying to establish a culture where the default for datasets is trying to make things open data,” said the city’s chief data officer.
NASA to explore bots for business processes
Using software bots to automate routine but costly tasks that workers often perform manually, NASA can save thousands of costly government man-hours.
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