The Real Reason for Maryland's Delayed School Year: Tourism
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan mandated a later start date for students in an effort to rake in more money from the tourism industry.
SF’s legacy tech undercounted public transit riders
As a result of measurement errors, San Francisco’s transit agency inaccurately reported ridership declines from fiscal year 2014 to 2015.
California launches open source data portal
A revamped open data portal in California is up and running, and it’s powered by DKAN open source software.
4 steps for improving cyber preparedness
Because state and local governments collect and store vast amounts of personal data, they are prime targets for cyberattacks.
EPA opens its Smart City Air Challenge
The challenge will award $40,000 in seed money to two communities that demonstrate the best air quality data collection and sharing strategies.
Drone forensics boosts UAS defense
Department 13 has launched a forensics service to help authorities examine drones suspected of illegal activity.
Download Our New State and Local Law Enforcement Ebook
The challenges police agencies face are immense. The threats and dangers are real. And the solutions are not simple.
How Analytics Are Saving Kentucky Money on Snow and Ice
Knowing which snow plow and salt spreader routes to take and how much material to use could save the state millions of dollars.
The Building Smart Cities Conference Brings Global Innovations to Municipal Governments
A look at best practices in infrastructure, technology and sustainability through an international lens.
Chicago Mayor Eats Words Pitching Police Increase; Congress Mulls 17 State Water Infrastructure Projects
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Aerial spraying of mosquitos in South Beach; $9 billion school bond measure makes California's ballot; and wildfire threatens Utah sage grouse
Amid Slow Growth, Tax Revenue Has Recovered in 29 States
But some pockets of new fiscal stress have also emerged.
Puerto Rico’s Invisible Health Crisis
The island of Vieques has some of the highest sickness rates in the Caribbean. Is the U.S. Navy responsible?
Ohio Struggles to Resolve Big Public Education Funding Questions
Since the 1997 DeRolph ruling, school district administrators have lamented the state’s ever-changing models to fund schools.
Securing cyber-physical systems
Defense of cyber-physical systems requires multidisciplinary collaboration to address their inherent vulnerabilities.
Archiving Obama administration websites for digital posterity
This year’s End of Term project team has formed to collect, preserve and archive federal government websites and online content accrued during the Obama administration.
DOT launches open National Transit Map
The map was built using information submitted by 270 transit agencies that provided open, machine-readable geospatial data on 398,000 stops and 10,000 routes.
FirstNet’s first steps
Five Early Builder projects focus on different aspects of first responder use to help FirstNet evaluate technical standards and capabilities, test new equipment and develop lessons learned.
Okla. Shutters Disposal Wells Following Big Quake; Ill. Gov. Fires 29 State Transportation Employees
Also in our State and Local Labor Day Weekend Digest: Judges rule Mo. must reveal source of lethal injection drugs; Justice Department to decide whether to retry McDonnell; Scottsdale firefighters wrangle exotic snakes.
Research on Rural Broadband Finds Unexpected Results
When it comes to luring creative class employees and entrepreneurs, “it may not be having the effect you want,” notes one author of a recently published academic paper.
Where the Good Jobs Are
In the U.S., job growth continues to be concentrated in a small number of high-performing metros.
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