Virginia Lawmaker Wants Answers on Whether D.C.'s Metro System Is Ready for a Cyberattack
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner: "I am concerned that WMATA may represent a particularly enticing target for more advanced threats."
‘Hacktivists’ Increasingly Target Local and State Government Computers
Hacktivists, who blend hacking and activism for political and social causes, can lock up government computer networks, deface websites, steal data — and cost taxpayers.
Long Beach Tells Stories With New, Spatially Arranged Datasets
“We provide the raw data, but this gives residents the ability to see and understand datasets” that show how California’s sixth-largest city is evolving, according to Mayor Robert Garcia.
Uber offers cities a (limited) motherlode of trip data
The decision comes as a result of calls by local governments for more granular traffic data.
DOT opens dataset on Smart City Challenge ideas
Ideas proposed for the Department of Transportation’s challenge have been collected an online dataset that features the challenge addressed, proposed project category and project description.
L.A. College Pays Hacker’s Ransom to Unlock IT Systems
Don’t expect exploitative ransomware attacks to die down anytime soon.
Smart transportation hits interoperability speed bump
Although many states are outfitting their roads with smart technology, they are still faced with interoperability challenges resulting from auto manufacturer-specific devices.
Obama: Justice reform depends on better data
In a Harvard Law Review article, the president highlights “reforms that make the criminal justice system smarter, fairer, and more effective at keeping our communities safe.”
Improving search across clinical trials
With OpenTrialsFDA, researchers can more easily search the Federal Drug Administration’s drug approval packages for detailed information about the methods and results of clinical trials, some of which has never been published.
Our Cities Are Getting Smarter And You Probably Didn’t Even Notice
Cities don’t need to implement every single connected solution to be considered “smart.”
States must use data to drive modernization and strengthen security
With intelligent, real-time insights from IT operations, agency leaders get a complete view of the enterprise allowing them to break down barriers to information sharing and innovation.
How D.C.'s Police Department Is Trying to Improve Data Analysis and Sharing
The Metropolitan Police Department is using a cloud-based records management and moving toward a computer-aided dispatch systems.
Boston seeks creative ideas for smart city strategy
The city is asking innovators to think of new ways it can deploy connected technology on existing assets to enhance service delivery.
Resiliency built on foundation of data, report says
Advances in data collection and assessment can support the nation’s resilience in the face of natural disasters, according to a new report.
Digital Privacy Battle Against Manhattan District Attorney Wages On
The Center for Democracy and Technology continues to press Facebook’s right to protect its users from overreaching search warrants in court.
How citizens’ data can augment environmental monitoring
By using citizen-generated data and analysis to “do data differently,” collective environmental problems could be more creatively and expansively addressed, researchers say.
Subverting Government Data Is Replacing Economic Espionage
“Almost worse is if they change it and you don’t know about it because it questions integrity,” according to one Symantec cybersecurity expert.
How to improve government services delivery
To make citizen services more user friendly and efficient, agencies must change how they approach IT.
Predicting power outages from soil moisture data
With data on soil moisture collected from a NASA satellite, researchers were able predict power outages with 91 percent accuracy five days before Hurricane Matthew raked the East Coast in early October.
Route Fifty Roadmap: Amid Google Fiber’s Pivot, Its Expansion Continues in N.C.
As Alphabet Inc. rethinks its grand gigabit vision and puts some cities on hold, installation presses forward in North Carolina’s Research Triangle.
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