How Public Transit Agencies Deal with All Your Angry, Mean, and Terrible Tweets
Some cities ignore the abuse, but others have found success engaging it head on.
Cities open-source fiscal data via OpenGov
Minneapolis and Pittsburgh have opened their financial data with the OpenGov platform.
I Fell in Love at a Sewage Treatment Plant
A marriage of good looks and high efficiency, it has everything I could look for in great architecture—and my ideal Valentine.
Mobile momentum picks up in state and local gov
While extracting value from mobile applications can be challenging for local governments, most are on the path to delivering information and services anywhere, anytime on any device.
More Police, Managed More Effectively, Really Can Reduce Crime
When a city applies moneyball methods to policing, it lowers the rate of offenses by an average of 10 percent.
Is Open Data in Minneapolis Really Open?
Minneapolis released eight years of finances via OpenGov last week, after launching its own portal in December. But some wonder if the efforts are truly transparent.
Record-Breaking Megadrought Looms for United States
In just a few decades, a huge swath of the U.S. could experience the biggest megadrought that the nation has seen in 1,000 years.
FAA copes with legacy tech in shopping for next-gen systems
While looking toward acquiring new tech for enterprise telecommunications, much of FAA’s legacy system will remain in place.
Tech in the crossfire of DHS funding debate
Officials at the Department of Homeland Security have been warning of the consequences to technology programs in the event of a DHS shutdown.
SBA opens online matchmaking for small business loans
The Small Business Administration is launching LINC, an online matching service that will provide lenders the financial information they need to help small entrepreneurs get business loans.
America's Infrastructure Crisis Is Really a Maintenance Crisis
Here's what states can do about it.
Box adds user-managed encryption keys to enterprise cloud
The Box Enterprise Key Management is cloud-enabled content management and collaboration system that gives enterprises full control over encryption keys, while preserving Box user experience.
Cyber info sharing: More noise than signal?
Can government manage the growing ecosystem around cybersecurity information sharing while still improving how fast it reacts to threats?
Cities Gain a Competitive Edge by Striving for Excellence
In a guest article, El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez notes how “there is already a clear roadmap to greater public sector efficiency.”
Phoenix Has a Secret Weapon In Its War Against Graffiti
A corps of Blight Busters has assisted the city in its “Team Phoenix” approach to tackling the problem.
Simulator tests software for next-gen prosthetics
The Gazebo simulator is helping DARPA develop prosthetic limbs with intuitive controls and sensory feedback.
Coast Guard searches for next-gen 911 data links
The Coast Guard said it wants to build an interface to take advantage of geo-positioning and other metadata produced by 911 call centers.
More Police, Managed More Effectively, Really Can Reduce Crime
When a city applies Moneyball methods to policing, it lowers the rate of offenses by an average of 10 percent.
Philadelphia's Quasi-Secret Effort to Make Chinese Takeout Healthier Is Working
Nearly 200 of the city’s Chinese restaurants have reduced the amount of sodium in some of their most popular dishes, and no one seemed to notice.
Why DevOps is good for government
When developers and operations staff work closely to continuously deploy and monitor applications they reduce the waste from hand offs and build quality – key motivators for agile and lean methodology.
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