This Ohio County Is Going All-In on Local Energy Generation
By introducing personal choice into the energy purchasing equation, Athens County is empowering residents to reduce their consumption.
Faster and more accurate flood prediction
StormSense, a new flood forecasting project, will give emergency managers in coastal towns flood predictions so accurate that residents can be notified if they need to move their car one street over.
Environmental monitoring program expands to West Africa
NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development opened another SERVIR center in West Africa, where data from space will help local officials manage climate-sensitive, region-specific issues.
Building the Digital Enterprise: Intelligent Lighting Isn’t Just for Cities
Individual sensor deployments are useful and are helping businesses to optimize their operations. But also, like in cities, they have significant drawbacks.
NASA tracks climate change in its own backyard
By assembling historical imagery and data, GIS specialists will be able to run time-series analyses of changes in vegetation, land use/land cover changes and land surface temperatures.
USDA to open facility-based food safety data
The Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service will add food safety data from meat and poultry processing facilities to Data.gov.
McAuliffe on Cybersecurity: ‘It’s Something That Every Governor Needs to Focus On’
Virginia’s governor and cybersecurity champion spoke with Route Fifty about his primary policy priority as the 2016-17 chair of the National Governors Association executive committee.
Republican National Convention Security Taps Into the ‘Internet of Things’
State and local agencies are sharing geospatial and video information from sensors to keep the public safe during a tense convention.
5 benchmark metrics for government email
A new report provides tools to help agencies measure the effectiveness of their communications campaigns.
Dashboards give Iowa broadband metrics at a glance
The Iowa Communications Network implemented real-time analytic dashboards to better monitor and respond to key performance indicators.
Smart sidewalk kiosks: Thin edge of the wedge for city monitoring?
The Sidewalk Labs’ kiosks offer free high-speed Wi-Fi, device charging and tablets for web browsing, but they are capable of much more.
Medicare, Medicaid push for modular systems
To streamline certification process for Medicaid Management Information Systems, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants to pre-certify the systems' modular solutions.
4 reasons mobile tablets are becoming the ‘go to’ device for the military
The practical advantages of using rugged mobile tablets for gathering, viewing and transmitting data leave desktops in the dust.
Secrets of open data success
Although many cities have made progress with open data portals and digitizing archives, a few consistently lead the pack.
Data quality: Whose job is it?
The IT department is usually held responsible for maintaining quality data, but those entering the data are not.
GSA recognized for cloud analytics platform
The General Services Administration’s Data to Decisions platform includes tools for collecting, managing and analyzing data.
Cybersecurity, Opioid Abuse Among Top Concerns at NGA Summer Meeting
Starting July 14, Des Moines, Iowa, will play host to at least 26 governors at their association’s seasonal business gathering.
Smithsonian reimagines digital resources for the classroom
The Learning Lab’s digital artifacts and toolkit help teachers find, customize and share digital museum resources.
NIST launches 3-D ballistics research database
National Institute of Standards and Technology’s 3D Ballistics Research Database uses an open-source-developed algorithm to more reliably link bullets to the guns that fired them.
Coal’s Decline Has Knocked a Big Chunk of Revenue From This County’s Budget
“It was a tremendous thing to get the coal severance tax,” said the chairman of the Wise County, Virginia Board of Supervisors. “That's all but gone now.”
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