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Uber Joins New York City’s Fight Against Fatigued Driving
The car-booking company will abide by the Taxi & Limousines Commission’s revised rules on for-hire drivers’ shift lengths, once they’re solidified.
Why the Collaboration of Government and High-Tech Is Smart
Public-private partnerships help local IT departments afford meaningful solutions that handle vast amounts of high-value data.
The Benefits of Smart Cities Are Apparent, But Is Local Government Ready for Them?
And a bigger question: Is the widespread adoption of the smart cities model really just six to 10 years away?
USDOT’s ‘Smart City’ Payout Could Be A Mobility Model-Maker
Seventy-seven municipalities pitched their transportation visions for a shot at the $40 million in winnings.
Arkansas’ Popular Highway App Would Be Nothing Without the Cloud
With 80 percent of the state’s licensed drivers using IDrive, scalability is a necessity.
Former Philly Mayor Michael Nutter Joins What Works Cities as Senior Fellow
New York City’s former chief analytics officer, Mike Flowers, also joins the program, funded by the Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Another Blow to the Overarching ‘Ferguson Effect’ Theory
A new University of Colorado-Boulder study found urban crime remains low.
Online Repository Boasts Nearly 10,000 Federal, State and Local Criminal Justice Datasets
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How Local Snow Removal Efforts Could Benefit From Open-Source Software
If you code it, apps will come.
Smart Cities Pushing Public Wi-Fi Must Be Mindful of Overcrowding Frequencies
Cell carriers’ new LTE-U technology could further strain broadband’s open spectrum, barring FCC regulation or the establishment of agreed-upon industry standards.
State and Local Governments Misperceive the Risk of Cyber Attacks
In an age of increasingly subtle and stealthy cyber attacks, state and local government officials must prepare for the worst. They should start by assuming that they've already been hacked.
This Location Platform Will Put L.A. Services on the Map, Literally
The nation’s second-largest city is making more of its data navigable.
This Smart City App Collects Data L.A. Will Use to Improve Transportation
Urban planning is a lot easier when you’re tracking regional travel.
How Virginia Streamlined Its Hospital Patient Pre-Admission Screening Process
The Old Dominion’s creation of a Medicaid portal complicated procedures for facilities with data automation, so it had Curaspan create a workaround.
Why Los Angeles Moved Its Alternate Emergency Operations Center to the Cloud
A decentralized strategy is not only wise to maintain continuity, but it’s cost effective, too.
For Cities, Mapping Minority-Owned Small Businesses Requires Face-to-Face Engagement
At the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting, Kansas City Mayor Sly James discussed ways Missouri’s most populous municipality is closing its digital divide to spur entrepreneurship.
New Survey: 2016 Top State & Local Management Challenges
A new nationwide survey by Route Fifty and Government Business Council reveals human capital and budget issues to be the year's top state and local management challenges.
Boston, Inspired By the ‘Green Monster,’ Looks to Score Beantown’s Municipal Performance
The new ‘CityScore’ dashboard ‘recommits us to our pledge of transparency and delivery of excellent’ services, Mayor Walsh says.
D.C. Just Went ‘All In’ on Data Accessibility
The District of Columbia followed up the release of several key local government datasets with a Draft Open Data Policy that's up for online public comment.
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