The case for cloud-based AI
GCN spoke with Meagan Metzger, the founder of Dcode, about its partnership with Amazon Web Services to leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning to address government challenges.
How Does a Town of 312 People Afford a $3.6 Million Water System Upgrade?
U.S. Department of Agriculture loans and grants have helped fund water infrastructure in rural localities like Hysham, Montana. The Trump administration’s proposed budget would nix funding for the program that provided this assistance.
Hawaii puts cannabis tracking in FedRAMP cloud
The state is using BioTrackTHC's State Traceability System in Amazon Web Services’ GovCloud for its state medical marijuana program.
How the I-85 Collapse in Atlanta Could Be an Opportunity
The structural failure of a busy section of interstate highway in Georgia’s car-reliant largest capital city could have a silver lining.
Will Trump’s Planned Cuts Scuttle an Ambitious P3 Plan for Broadband in Kentucky Coal Country?
The feasibility of the project in Pikeville could depend partly on federal grant programs that may be eliminated.
Major Fire in Atlanta Causes Interstate Highway Bridge to Collapse
Drivers in and around Georgia’s largest city are going to face difficult commutes “for the foreseeable future.”
Oregon transit agency tries fare collection as a service
The cloud-based TouchPass system offers small to mid-size transit agencies an easy way to upgrade to electronic fare collection.
More AWS services get FedRAMP High authorization
The services allow federal or commercial customers to process and store critical workloads with data up to the high-impact level in the AWS GovCloud.
Cloud use climbs amid concerns over complexity
Government IT managers’ concerns about performance and complexity in hybrid environments are overtaking those of security, a new survey finds.
What’s Next for the Keystone XL Pipeline
Activists plan an all-out resistance on multiple fronts.
If You Build It, They Will Come
With a newly opened BART extension, the city of Fremont, California, aims to spur major economic development. For now, it's a work in progress.
Estonia is putting its country in the cloud and offering virtual residency
The idea of a “cloud country” that follows the same principles of cloud computing or cloud data storage is one that resonates with all sorts of possibilities.
What Is Denver Learning From Its Public Restroom Pilot Program?
Some preliminary observations and trends already have surfaced in the year since the project’s launch.
Moody’s: Any Big Infrastructure Spending Ramp-Up Likely to Be Slow
Among the constraints the ratings agency noted in a report issued Tuesday: “There is no bipartisan agreement on how to fund such investment.”
NGA looks to ‘reinvent security’ with fast-churn cloud architecture
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency wants the flexibility to tear down its cloud architecture and rebuild it every day so that would-be attackers confront a confusing operating environment.
7 reasons why cloud-based security makes sense
Moving the point of mitigation from the data center to the cloud platform offloads the responsibility from an agency’s IT staff to that of the cloud provider and offers several other advantages.
Seattle Sewage Disaster Raises Bigger Questions About Infrastructure Resilience
The hundreds of millions of gallons of untreated waste that poured into Puget Sound in recent weeks will likely be a “moot point” during an even larger catastrophic event. What can be done to mitigate the risk?
House Transportation Chair Describes ‘Political Realities’ of Infrastructure Package
U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster indicated Tuesday that any federal infrastructure legislation that takes shape could reward states with projects that can happen sooner, rather than later.
IBM launches blockchain as a service
Based on the IBM Cloud, the new service gives enterprises a way to experiment with the distributed ledger technology.
Calif. Governor Asks Trump for More Federal Assistance With Storm Recovery
Assessments now peg damages from winter weather systems in the state at over $539 million.
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