Making Train Delay Information More Accessible Via Text Messaging
In California, Altamont Commuter Express passengers have a new tool to plan their trip.
N.C. Governor: State Needs $2.8 Billion Infrastructure Bond Proposal to Stay Competitive
“We’re selling quality of life,” according to Pat McCrory.
A GPS-Enabled, One-Stop Shop for Everything Real Estate
In Washington state, Skagit County employee workloads are down and iMap hits are up.
Mississippi Happy to Take Louisiana’s Movie Business; California Farmers Happy to Take Modesto’s Sewer Water
Also: The Internet makes public sector conservation a success, Florida’s Rick Scott making the public pay to be shunned and a Miami neighborhood halts spillover gentrification, for now.
Massachusetts Uses Job Training as a Path to Sobriety
Eleven states are using federal grant money to help people with addictions find a road to sobriety. In Massachusetts, one pathway is through job training.
Phishing schemes mimic OPM breach notifications
US-CERT warns feds to look carefully before clicking on those emails about identity-protection services.
Consistency, agility and cost: the calculus of cloud
At the recent Amazon Web Services symposium, experts agreed that cost savings can come from a move to the cloud -- but there's more to it than that.
More than patriotic: Independent e-signature technology
No one denies that John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence. An e-signature should provide same irrefutable verification for centuries to come.
Can states take advantage of FedRAMP?
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program is the law of the land for federal agencies looking to the cloud, but could FedRAMP become a broader standard for other governments as well?
Keeping Light Pollution Down as a Service to Stargazers
Oceanside, California’s smart streetlights and green energy plants are saving money too.
Cities Re-examine Their Confederate Icons
“It is not only time for a reappraisal of all public symbols that reflect upon the ‘peculiar institution’ of slavery, but also time for removal.”
Amazon Seeking Local and Regional Government Cloud Innovators
A contest sponsored by the company will award between $25K and $50K credits to eight winners.
A Plan to End State Worker Domestic Partner Benefits; LePage’s Abuse of Power in Maine?
Also: Iowa’s new laws on growlers and gambling cheats.
Fact verification as easy as spellcheck?
Researchers at Indiana University are working on knowledge graphs that use semantic relatedness between concepts to determine the likely truth of a statement.
Speak up: Last chance for the GCN reader survey
GCN has been evolving and adapting to cover public sector IT for 34 years -- we'd love your input as we plan for 2015 and beyond.
SharePoint 2016 built on cloud foundation
When SharePoint Server 2016 is released next year, Microsoft’s cloud services will be deeply ingrained, creating a more unified end user experience across components.
Red light cameras up for debate
While red light camera systems promise a revenue stream and safer intersections, some cities are not so sure.
How spectrum sharing works
A database dynamically allocates frequencies and maintains protocols for user priority so that devices can share the same frequency bands.
How Twitter and Instagram Could Help Inform Local Disaster Response Efforts
State and local emergency management agencies are looking for new ways to monitor and use information posted on social media.
Texas AG Thinks County Officials Can Avoid Issuing Marriage Licenses to Same-Sex Couples
Exercising religious freedom or discrimination?
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