How Charlotte built a 4G public safety infrastructure with room to grow
Connecting 950 police and fire public safety vehicles, the secure network is intended to provide desktop-like access to mobile officers.
Helping Ohioans understand and embrace organ donation
The Swipe to Donate Life project used existing systems to build a much better process and reach more would-be organ donors.
This Michigan County Made Mortgaging Easier With Searchable Electronic Records
New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau disclosure forms don’t have to slow transactions down.
New Quake Prediction for Los Angeles; Majority of New Jerseyans Opposed to Gas Tax Hike
Tax surprises await some elderly Kansans and mussels monitoring Puget Sound water quality.
Census enlists Accenture for website improvements
The U.S. Census Bureau is partnering with Accenture Federal Services to make it easier to access information on Census.gov.
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.
Building a better network for connected cars
To expand the number of connected cars, researchers are developing middleware that uses Wi-Fi and LTE cellular services to enable vehicle communications.
Drone defense options grow from detection to disruption
While detecting drones can be a challenge, thwarting them once discovered can be even more difficult.
Many States Still Grapple With Regulating Medical Marijuana
As voters push for legal access to marijuana for medical and recreational use, state lawmakers are being warned to act fast in regulating the burgeoning industry.
Detroit ups its app game
Detroit has released three apps to improve non-emergency services, make public transit more transparent for riders and connect with police.
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.
Why Houston Untethered Its 311 Service After Hurricane Ike
It’s no longer every call center operator for themselves.
New Rules Will Improve Understanding of Costs, Benefits of Business Tax Incentives
The Government Accounting Standards Board has moved on several fronts in recent years to improve clarity, consistency and transparency in the financial data that governments collect.
Drone registry plan expected by Christmas
The Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration aim to have a web-based registration portal for privately owned unmanned aerial vehicles up and running before Christmas.
NGA seeks insider threat detection tech for virtual networks
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency is looking for capabilities to bolster authentication and track activity across its virtual networks.
Can connected cars and smarter infrastructure make transit safer?
A new report from the GAO breaks down the benefits and challenges facing vehicle-to-infrastructure technology.
Help for California Towns With Dry Wells; Making America More Dementia Friendly Now
Also: Hoping to end the gerrymander in Ohio and working to turnaround the criminal justice disaster in Maryland
LA County unravels a web of child care fraud
Los Angeles County built a platform that links data mining, social network analysis and rules management to fight child care fraud.
Substance Use Disorder and the Role of States
According to the most recent data, of the nearly 22 million Americans who have a substance use disorder, less than 20 percent received the treatment they needed.
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