Army plans cloud management office
The Army is setting up a "provisional" enterprise cloud management office to oversee its cloud initiatives and assist in migrations and training, the Army's CIO said.
One Way to Keep the Sidewalk Clear: Remote-Controlled Scooter-Bots
A new mobility technology company called Tortoise promises to bring semi-autonomous scooters and e-bikes to market. Why?
States Fail to Step Up for Natural Gas Storage Safety Program
Following a 2015 leak in California, a federal agency took on new responsibilities for inspecting the natural gas sites, but a watchdog says that fewer states than expected are helping.
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.
Pacific Northwest Tribes Call for the Removal of River Dams
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | California mandates later school start times … Milwaukee mayor says city needs more taxes for police … New York governor uses offensive language in radio interview.
Reducing Short Car Trips Could Provide Big Benefits, Trail Group Says
A new study tries to put a dollar value on what it would mean if more Americans traveled distances in the one to five mile range by foot or bicycle.
Information-age Army depends on cloud, data investments
The Army wants to spend $700 million on cloud and data by 2025, but a lack of funding or a potential delay in the JEDI cloud contract is a concern.
Cloud roundup
Amazon Web Services expands GovCloud services and open datasets; Library of Congress wins grant to explore interacting with digital collections as data.
A Micromobility Experiment in Pittsburgh Aims to Get People Out of Their Cars
The Pittsburgh Micromobility Collective will create all-in-one mobility hubs near transit stops, to compete with Uber and Lyft and help commuters go car-free.
How state and local government can leverage hybrid cloud
State and local agencies demonstrate progress in cloud migration, but challenges remain for hybrid implementations.
How to slash 'time to insight' when training AI
When developing artificial intelligence and machine learning applications, agencies must ensure that the IT infrastructure is purpose-built, AI-ready and can scale on demand.
Climate Readiness Plan: Just (Let the Rivers) Go With the Flow
Washington is one of the rare states to have its own state-funded buyout and restoration program, one that is set up to remove development from flood-prone areas on an ongoing basis.
Inequality Is Slowing Cities to a Crawl
As big cities face a mobility crisis, tech companies are selling wealthy urbanites on the fantasy of escaping it.
Microsoft rolls out rugged Azure edge device
The 10-pound, ruggedized version of its Azure Data Box Edge brings battery-powered Azure cloud services to the tactical edge for the military or first responders.
DEOS headed for recompete
The General Services Administration and the Defense Information Systems Agency, which partnered on the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions cloud contract, have pulled an award to General Dynamics and will re-do the competition.
Where cities invest to get 'smart'
Cities and counties looking to get smart are increasingly turning to innovation in transportation and emergency services.
How one Texas town built IT resilience
Modern disaster recovery solutions can significantly move a local government organization beyond the limitations of today’s legacy backup.
Waze puts partner cities' traffic data in the cloud
Municipalities participating in the Waze for Cities program now have free access to the traffic data the company has collected in the Google Cloud Platform.
Sensors monitor bridges for storm resilience
Researchers are starting to gather real-time data on how waves and rising water affect concrete bridges as they ride out a storm.
FirstNet apps: How first response gets done
The FirstNet app catalog features applications that have been vetted for their relevancy, security and resiliency.
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