Uber vs. Austin: A Battle of Driver Background Checks
The Texas capital is the latest municipal flashpoint over regulating transportation network companies like Uber, which claims its security checks are stronger than the city’s.
Sandia’s VDI finds a good fit with hyperconverged infrastructure
Sandia National Laboratories replaced a hodgepodge of solutions with a single Nutanix block.
What State and Local Governments Are Tracking in Transportation Legislation Moving Through Congress
Looking at the priorities for state capitals and city halls in a proposed six-year $325 billion transportation bill in the U.S. House.
Short-term Highway Trust Fund Extensions Complicate Planning For States
There's uncertainty about whether the current trust fund shortfall could delay or reduce federal money state and local governments will receive this year for their transportation needs.
Iowa City moves workforce management to the cloud
Iowa City will migrate workforce management for than 750 employees across all departments into the Workforce Ready solution from Kronos Inc.
Which is best? A checklist for cloud, on-premise and hybrid solutions
Understanding how cloud deployment models affect performance and compliance should be the key to driving your final decision.
When a Well-Produced Video Is More Effective Than the Written Word
Check out this great example of an explainer animation that's well suited for a complex, multi-layered infrastructure challenge.
What Makes A Successful Public-Private Partnership?
P3s are gaining steam in the U.S. as governments look to deal with aging infrastructure.
Here Are Three New IoT Options for Cities to Get Smarter
Verizon announced Intelligent Lighting, Video and Traffic Management solutions Tuesday.
What Could a City Fund With the $180 Million That Wayward Military Blimp Cost?
From St. Louis to South Lake Tahoe to New York City, we look at equivalent local spending or funding needs.
Taxing the cloud: States are looking at how to do it
As states look to tax cloud services, a wide range of both policy and technical questions arise.
Cities Continue to Adopt LED Street Lights
Raleigh is the latest local government to convert to the energy-saving technology.
Taxing the Cloud: States Are Looking at How to Do It
Storing data on the cloud? Some states are preparing to tax that.
Is This America’s Most Daunting Infrastructure Obstacle?
In order to realize its ambitious high-speed rail dreams, California must first conquer the San Gabriel Mountains. And that's easier said than done.
When a State DMV Isn’t Actually a ‘DMV’
For such a seemingly ubiquitous agency, not all states have a Department of Motor Vehicles. Here’s where the 50 states stack up.
Open-Compute supercomputers enlisted for nuclear security
The National Nuclear Security Administration has contracted for supercomputing clusters based on the Open-Compute Project, the Facebook-led open source hardware and data center design initiative.
A Way to Make Heavy Duty Equipment Sharing Within Big State Agencies Easier
MuniRent was initially focused on helping local governments rent machinery to one another. But a pilot program with Oregon DOT has highlighted other uses for its platform.
Part of Resurgent Detroit’s Transportation Retrofit: More Bicycle Infrastructure
In the Motor City, an incremental but organic buildout of bikeways is as good a transportation solution as any. It's cost effective, too.
What North Carolina’s City Leaders Want Most From the Feds
More transportation funding is a top issue for many. But local officials cite other major concerns in the increasingly urbanizing Tar Heel State.
NIH-built toolset helps researchers share and compare data
BRICS offers biomedical researchers a modular, generic and rapidly deployable system for global collaboration.
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