Visualization tools a 'game changer' for Smart Columbus
The cloud-based integrated data exchange that powers smart city efforts in Columbus, Ohio, now offers visualization tools to help users quickly make sense of the data.
Evolving tech, cyber threats inform latest emergency communications plan
Resilient, secure and interoperable systems are the focus of the newest update to the National Emergency Communications Plan.
CX starts with culture, not technology
Well-researched cloud-based customer experience improvements deliver dividends for government workers.
County taps startups for automation
Officials in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, are looking to digitize and automate paper-based process at several agencies through the Startup in Residence program.
Visualizations highlight gaps in incident response preparedness
The New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services' color-coded maps give officials a quick sense of the major risks across the state or where capabilities are low.
Moving agricultural data from silos to the cloud
Built on a centralized cloud-based database, the Agricultural Research Service's Data Innovations project provides access to observational and real-time data from multiple sources.
Bringing better data to local climate action planning
A cloud-based tool lets communities inventory and calculate their greenhouse gas emissions, generate forecasts and monitor communitywide climate mitigation efforts.
State-level AI deployment picks up steam
State agencies are applying artificial intelligence like a salve to ease pain points such as workforce shortages and budget constraints, a NASCIO report says.
Feds choose cloud for HR apps
As federal agencies continue floating infrastructure and services to the cloud, their most mission-critical cloud-based applications relate to human resources, according to a new report from research firm IDC.
Building an interoperable smart city architecture
A St. Louis pilot is pushing interoperable sharing of city and sensor data and creating a reference architecture for first responders’ awareness and communication that other cities can use to build similar setups.
How state CIOs manage their expanding customer base
CIOs are increasingly focused on their customers, whether they are residents, employees or other state or local agencies, a new NASCIO survey says.
What's driving government tech strategy
The synergy between policy goals, business needs and digital transformation is crucial to governments' ability to optimize the services they offer.
AI-enabled drone maps disaster victims' location, need
DroneAid uses visual recognition to detect and count SOS icons on the ground from drone video streams and automatically plots the emergency needs on a map for first responders.
Chattanooga plugs traffic testbed into fiber network
Always ready to take advantage of its gigabit fiber network, Chattanooga, Tenn., launched a Testbed Corridor to study pedestrian and vehicle traffic patterns along one of the city’s central areas.
Squishy robots give responders remote insights
The light-weight, low-cost tensegrity-based robots carry cameras and sensors and can survive being dropped from a drone.
FirstNet apps: How first response gets done
The FirstNet app catalog features applications that have been vetted for their relevancy, security and resiliency.
Shaving time off Real ID applications
The Real ID Pre-Screening tool vets documents residents need when they apply for a Real ID-compliant driver’s license and passes the data to participating DMV offices.
AI-enabled voice assistance for responders
First responders are testing a NASA-developed artificial intelligence tool that can turn voice commands and images into data that facilitates emergency teams’ lifesaving work.
How a mobile spyware scan helps free abuse victims
A new program offers tech support services that identifies monitoring apps on abuse victims' phones in a clinical setting.
Grass-roots innovation builds virtual queue
With support and funding from squadron innovation funds, the 57th Munitions Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base sourced the Qless solution and adapted it so staff on base, their dependents, retirees and contractors can remotely get in line to make adjustments to their insurance coverage.
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