San José Mayor Quits FCC Broadband Group Citing ‘Predetermined, Industry-Favoring Outcome’
Liccardo’s resignation reflected critic’s frustration over the committee focus on industry concerns with state and local government.
Dear State and Local Gov: FCC Chair Ajit Pai Is Just Not That Into You
Pai even blew up an intergovernmental advisory committee after members asked to talk to him about its future.
Route Fifty’s 2018 Management Survey Results Are In
Among our takeaways: senior personnel need to open a dialogue with rank-and-file employees.
State CIOs Want Federal Agencies to Get Out of Their Way
NASCIO’s advocacy priorities cite duplicative and conflicting security regulations and audits as a waste of time and money.
Tech Is Forcing State Leaders To Rethink Transportation Departments
As technology is celebrated at CES, state transportation leaders huddled to assess its impact on everything from the environment to their departments’ business models.
Blackburn Seeks to ‘Preempt State Law With Respect to Internet Openness’
The chair of the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee hopes to set post-net-neutrality rules for internet service providers—and ensure that states don’t interfere.
Eliminating Net Neutrality, FCC Plans Battle With State and Local Authorities
Language in the net neutrality repeal sets the groundwork for an attempt to aggressively constrain and eliminate state and local regulations.
Beyond Gadgets: Public Safety in a Digital World
In the lead-up to a discussion on public safety data, our senior director of programs is obsessed with our digital footprint, and its implications for police and citizens.
Supreme Court Will Hear 2 Cases Impacting State Government This Week
From the Tenth Amendment to the First, civil rights to states rights, a lot is at stake for state and local governments.
Cloud Is Ascendant in State Government
A survey of state CIOs show that while security remains the top priority, state tech execs are increasingly focusing on cloud solutions and prioritizing digital government services.
Los Angeles Seeks to Build—and Share—an Earthquake Early Warning App
The effort is part of a pledge by Mayor Eric Garcetti, as well as a broader push to bring an earthquake early warning system to the West Coast.
Cities Warn That Rising Inequity Will Threaten Long-Term Social Stability of Urban Economies
A new NLC report says that cities must “act deliberately for growth … to be sustainable” and provided recommendations to improve the economic mobility of residents and the overall economic health of their cities.
Local Governments Scramble to Assess Impacts of Tax Proposals
Whether representing a booming urban center, a ritzy suburb, a steel town struggling for growth, or an overtaxed collar county of Chicago, local officials are concerned about the GOP tax plan.
Illinois Interim CIO Discusses Continuing State’s Ambitious IT Agenda
Kirk Lonbom takes the helm at critical time for Illinois’ revitalized Department of Innovation and Technology.
Ohio CIO: Data Analytics ‘The Most Disruptive Thing That We Have Going On’
IoT, autonomous vehicles, or analytics—CIO Stu Davis is thinking about how to handle a future awash in data.
The End of Ron Burgundy? FCC Kills Local Newsroom Requirement
Expect significant repercussions for state and local policy, politics and emergency response.
Technology as a Foundation for Statewide Decisionmaking
Wisconsin CIO David Cagigal talks about how tech is forcing statewide decisions.
Pa.’s Cybersecurity Team Is ‘Talking About Projects That Actually Enable the Business’
Erik Avakian, Pennsylvania’s chief information security officer, may be a new breed of ‘black swan’: the optimistic cybersecurity professional.
Dockless Bike Share Is Not a Sign of the Apocalypse
With the new technology all but inevitable, cities of all sizes are scrambling to build the right policies and social norms.
Washington State's CIO on the Impending ‘Sea Change’ in Purchasing Government IT
WATCH: As Michael Cockrill leaves public service, he reflected with Route Fifty on rebranding ‘public service’ and how purchasing IT is fundamentally changing.
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