Data-driven transit advocacy, with a side of cloud
With a mobile app that collects data from public transit riders, artificial intelligence and analysis help from CloudBank, researchers are building dashboards residents can use to support claims of inadequate service.
In Colorado, the Looming Liability of Oil and Gas Cleanup
After collecting only a fraction of the funds needed from companies, the state is reforming financial requirements.
Labor gets TMF funding to upgrade data management, analytics
The project will help Labor unlock its enterprise data sources, create data management capacity and ensure timely, secure delivery of appropriate information to the right customers.
Census counting on cloud service for survey design, data management
The Census Bureau’s Data Ingest and Collection for the Enterprise program is expected to expand surveying capabilities, lower complexity and avoid costs related to duplicative data collection operations.
The Mayor on a Mission to Bring a RoboCop Statue to His City
Mike Wiza, mayor of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, wants to score an 11-foot-tall replica of the cyborg police officer from the 1980s action film. But if that effort fails, the city might see about making its own—possibly bigger—version.
FedRAMP issues container security guidance
The new requirements describe the processes, architecture and security considerations for keeping cloud systems using containers in compliance.
Nimble thinking will galvanize federal cloud security
By first fixing small problems with basic cloud solutions, agencies will learn how to move even their secure applications to the cloud.
How cloud can cut carbon emissions
Large-scale facilities can more efficiently manage power capacity, optimize cooling, leverage the most power-efficient servers and increase server utilization rates, a new report says.
3 ways agencies can restore cybersecurity trust
By phasing out BYOD and phasing in zero trust, agencies can created an exponentially less vulnerable government.
CEQA Is an Abomination
COMMENTARY | How California’s signature environmental law got out of control, and how to fix it.
Road Salt is Imperiling Aquatic Ecosystems. It Doesn’t Have to.
COMMENTARY | A pilot project in upstate New York shows how we can balance our need for safe roads with our duty to protect nature.
With Covid Aid Approved, Counties Will Look to Infrastructure
A major public works package, which proved elusive during the Trump years, is the next priority county governments will press for on Capitol Hill.
Retrofitting Parking Garages Could Help With Affordable Housing Shortage
COMMENTARY | As Covid-19 shattered normal commuting patterns and center city parking use, some are investigating how high-rise garages and parking lots can be converted to provide space for housing.
Analysis: One Way or Another, Texans Will Get the Bill for Fixing the Electric Grid
It's going to be expensive to make sure the state's electricity stays on during winter storms like the one that blacked out most of Texas last month, and the money will come, one way or another, from average Texans.
Agencies on track for data center optimization
The Government Accountability Office reported almost all the 24 agencies participating in the Data Center Optimization Initiative are making progress toward their goals.
Unlocking the mysteries of science with Linux containers
Containers give agencies the ability to maximize their HPC workloads while making the process more efficient, repeatable and secure.
A global semiconductor shortage highlights a troubling trend
A small and shrinking number of the world’s computer chips are made in the U.S., impacting the nation’s position as the global leader in electronics.
Space Force seeks central portal for application development
The Space Force wants a user-friendly portal, including back-end infrastructure, data storage, content management, development and testing infrastructure, user testing and validation.
Pittsburgh moving IT infrastructure to Google Cloud
The city announced a $4 million pilot partnership with Google Cloud to migrate its legacy IT infrastructure to the cloud.
Coming Soon to a Snowy Road in Minnesota: 'Plowy McPlowFace'
Plowy McPlowFace was the runaway winner in an online contest to name eight Minnesota Department of Transportation snowplows.
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