Why Local Governments Aren’t All Aboard the Blockchain Train
From high costs of implementation to more pressing regulatory concerns, current barriers to entry make the technology difficult to implement.
4 factors that make or break a data strategy
An effective data analytics strategy requires a deep understand of the tools, processes and people involved.
Cook County takes steps to erase its regional gang database
An Illinois county database that included 25,000 names, as well as countless errors, is on the verge of being dismantled under a new ordinance.
Using Data to Figure Out Where Transit Should Go
Fixed-route bus use, in particular, has seen steep declines in use while ride-sharing continues to grow in popularity, according to a new report.
Thinking of automating? Start with self-service
Like the express lane in the supermarket, making easy, repetitive, mundane tasks self-service saves time and speeds delivery, says Gartner's Brian Manusama.
How natural language processing can address critical government issues
Massive volumes of fragmented information are now available for the kind of deep-pattern analysis originally reserved for numerical databases.
Philly Mayor Deleted Years of Text Messages
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | W.Va. teachers strike … Alaska cold case leads to arrest in Maine using genetic genealogy … and the Cincinnati City Council’s attendance record.
4 trends driving federal IT
Transforming the delivery of citizen services, increasing cybersecurity and supporting automation are essential to meeting the administration’s goals for modernization.
Government Watchdog Urges Congress to Start Moving on a Privacy Law
GAO researchers recommended lawmakers give regulators more power to write rules and punish the companies that break them.
CO2 emissions data cities can actually use
Cities trying to control carbon emissions can get help from a framework that estimates of annual and hourly CO2 emissions down to a resolution of 1 km.
How the Census Will Reach Urban Millennials
Mailing a paper form and then following up with a house visit just won't work for everybody. State and local governments are trying to help figure out how to reach people in danger of being undercounted.
Pentagon outlines AI strategy
The Defense Department plans to use rapid prototyping, increased research and development and targeted training and recruitment to boost its artificial intelligence capabilities.
How the census will reach the new urban millennials
With young urban renters unlikely to respond to nudges by mail, phone or strangers at the door, the Census Bureau is developing social media and other internet publicity that will encourage potential respondents to log in and fill out a form.
Trump launches AI leadership plan
The executive order appears designed to prepare the federal government for what many experts believe will be a global race for AI dominance.
Sherlock at scale: Law enforcement enters the connected age
Graph analysis uncovers contextual information inherent in connections and can yield incredible insights that do not surface through other primitive analyses.
Cities Deploy High-Tech Boots on Parking Scofflaws
Officials tout the 'self-remove' boots as a convenience. But advocates for the poor say the technology is just part of a larger fine-focused justice system that hurts those who can least afford to pay.
Getting started with intelligent automation
Agencies looking to automation to lower costs, improve efficiency and achieve higher customer satisfaction can begin with the ACT-IAC Intelligent Automation Primer.
Taking the pain out of creating accessible PDFs
Conversion software with sophisticated optical character recognition and tag-generating capabilities can maximize accuracy and save agencies time and money.
Why do people still use fax machines?
In many cases, faxing is more secure, easier to use and better suited to existing work habits than computer-based messaging.
Camp Fire’s Dispersed Survivors Plot Their New Homes on a Map
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Political turmoil continues in Virginia … Hawaii’s mainland prison inmates … and email scammers using Fla. mayor’s name.
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