Volcker Alliance Aims to ‘Expose the Game’ Some States Play With Their Budgets
A new report criticizes questionable fiscal tactics and calls for more transparency in spending decisionmaking processes.
Open Meetings Laws Under Scrutiny in Many States
As Alabama looks to close a quorum loophole, other open meetings changes are considered in states like Michigan and Illinois.
New Visualization Tool Will Augment Existing Open Data Portal in Philadelphia
The city is also looking to automatically update more datasets.
What Particular Civic Tech Hackathons Reflect About a City’s Challenges
Los Angeles is worried about water while in Texas, the Rio Grande Valley wants to get underserved voters to the polls.
Saildrones take to Alaska seas
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will redeploy the unmanned surface vehicles for research in fisheries management.
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Seattle Finds a More Cost-Effective Way to Keep Road Contaminants From Its Waterways
Performance data show that street-sweeping programs are more economical than some environmental infrastructure investments.
Remaking Rochester, Minnesota in the Mayo Clinic’s Image
In building a megahospital for the rich, can the city share the wealth?
Drones: Findable but not stoppable
Governments hoping to protect secure assets from unmanned aerial vehicles can find technology to help identify trespassing drones, but stopping them is another matter.
How Much Do Public School Systems in Each State Spend Per Student?
A new U.S. Census Bureau survey details expenditures on public education.
State CIOs get nudge on drone policies
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers tells state officials to put unmanned aerial systems on their radar.
Are Immigrant Entrepreneurs the Key to Local Job Creation?
Albuquerque thinks so and is trying to engage them in better ways to boost the city’s business climate.
Here’s One Creative Solution to the ‘Love Lock’ Problem
While officials in Paris and New York find the romantic tradition troublesome, a Chicago suburb has found a way to embrace it.
This USGS Seismologist's Critical Role Explaining Earthquake Science to Californians
The San Andreas Fault can’t open into a giant chasm. And Dr. Lucy Jones will tell you why.
Cincinnati Takes Big Step Forward to Improve Its Municipal Performance
Mayor Cranley: The Office of Performance and Data Analytics “is absolutely essential for us to meet expectations for good customer service.”
Interactive Maps and Traffic Enforcement Cameras Can Improve Pedestrian Safety
Lowering the speed limit helps save lives, too.
Virtual training: Next best thing to being there
NASA uses virtual reality training to prep astronauts for space, and the Marines reimagine their live training environments with augmented reality.
Good Ways to Activate the Nation’s Neglected Local Cemeteries
Some examples of how the living can transform a domain of the dead into a valued community asset.
Smart computers for the battlefield
But researchers are developing tools to improve man-machine interfaces -- to the benefit of both.
DIY bio now possible via 3D Print Exchange
The National Institutes of Health’s open source platform lets users search, download and share biomedical 3D print files, tutorials and educational materials.
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