New York State ‘Bridge Strikes’ Prompt New Detection Systems
State parkways are off limits to trucks and buses. But it only takes one to cause a big traffic headache or worse.
Next Stop on Route Fifty’s ‘Roadmap’ Journey: Cincinnati
“I want the permitting line to be the shortest line in the city,” Mayor John Cranley says.
Ebola modeling floats flood response app
Virginia Tech graduate students built a tool that integrates local open data with an Ebola response model to aid emergency response to flooding.
NOAA partners with fisherman to save cod populations
The unusual partnership combines fishermen’s experience with unmanned underwater vehicles to locate and protect spawning clusters of cod.
IBM opens network tech testing facilities
Two new Network Innovation Centers aim to help customers explore software-defined networking, network functions virtualization and other emerging cloud technologies.
Survey: Data warehouses in no danger from Hadoop
A recent poll finds that data warehousing is still considered a critical business component, despite its challenges of scalability and cost.
Localities make their plays for unmanned systems growth
A western alliance aims to establish Utah as a hub for commercial use of unmanned aerial systems, while Oregon invests in its UAS test range and a California county lays the foundation for a testing facility for driverless ground vehicles.
California's New Water Restrictions Demand Transparency From Farmers
Governor Jerry Brown has finally called out how poorly the state accounts for agricultural water use.
Things Got Weird In Florida When a Medicaid Official Went Missing
The CMS negotiator went on vacation, but state officials are seizing the chance to criticize the Obama administration.
Western Governors: We’ve Taken Meaningful Steps to Protect the Sage Grouse
In a new report, the Western Governors’ Association says state and local action to protect habitats should be adequate to avoid having the bird designated an endangered species.
Indiana Lawmakers Introduce a 'Fix' to Controversial 'Religious Freedom' Law
The new bill includes language that would prohibit people from denying goods and services to others based on their sexual orientation.
Homeless Encampments Present Decisionmaking Challenges for City Leaders
As some local governments regularly turn to camp evictions, others try to regulate site locations. But too much municipal management of encampments can become problematic.
States Consider Slapping Limits on Their Lotteries
Almost every state has a lottery. But as advertising campaigns grow more aggressive and lottery officials consider online and mobile ticket sales, lawmakers in some states are raising questions about whether state lotteries have gone too far and prey on problem gamblers.
EPA seeks Smart Tools for field inspectors
Smart Tools will allow inspectors at the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct, document and report their inspections using a mobile device or tablet.
How to calculate open data's ROI
Researchers at NYU’s Governance Lab have come up with a formula that could help IT managers compare open data costs and benefits.
25 cities partner for health care innovation
The 2015 Multi-City Innovation Campaign focuses on health and human services challenges where technology interventions intersect, and can directly impact, city or county government services and goals.
The Problem With Funding Government Through Fines
A budget shortfall at the Nevada Supreme Court underlines a broader fiscal quandary
With DISA project, big data plans get bigger
DISA’s big data solution plan promises warfighters ‘unparalleled visibility’ into the DOD Information Network.
15 proverbs for the mindful developer
Words of wisdom for the mindful developer compiled from Antonin Januska's Programmer's Proverbs.
With No Plan B, New Poll Finds Michigan’s Road-Funding Proposal in Trouble
Gov. Rick Snyder has been using chunks of concrete as props to make his case for voters to support Proposal 1. He has a lot of convincing to do, still.
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