Indianapolis Mayor Denounces Indiana’s Religious Objections Law and Reaffirms City’s Openness
Amid the ongoing furor that’s tarnishing Indiana’s economic image, Greg Ballard calls on his fellow Republicans to extend state civil rights protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
A Grimly Fascinating Map of Toxic Spills in Brooklyn
The borough is splattered with escaped pollutants like oil, paint, raw sewage, and mystery blood.
In Raleigh, State Lawmakers Throw Wrench in City's Central Park Plan. Again.
City leaders have an agreement to buy a giant piece of state land to create their own grand central park. But new legislation may pit municipal leaders against the highest bidder.
What’s new at Data.gov
Data.gov has incorporated third-party tools for data visualization and built a Help Desk feature based on the Open311 specification.
GTL offers communications services platform for corrections
The Flex platform provides several options for managing email, messaging and video communication throughout corrections enterprises.
GCN opens nominations for 2015 GCN Awards
The GCN Awards represent an opportunity for agencies and the IT industry to recognize the work and commitment of agency teams who often make the difference between a project that just meets its marks and those with outstanding originality, value and productivity.
Concierge service for big data transfers
Argonne National Labs’ Globus offers cloud-based service that manages bandwidth and improves reliability in transferring very large datasets.
Another City Government Announces Indiana Travel Ban
With the Hoosier State’s national image damaged over its new “discriminatory law,” more pressure is building from mayors, business and tech leaders.
How to write a winning GCN Award nomination
GCN Award judges are looking for nominations that address three main criteria: the scale of the accomplishment or degree of difficulty shown by the project; the level of innovation or originality of the project and its team; and lastly, the impact of the system: what significant effect it made on the business operations of the agency and the general public.
Next Stop on Route Fifty’s ‘Roadmap’ Roadtrip: Kansas
With KanVote, a former state lawmaker aims to make it easier to vote in the Sunflower State.
Questions Simmer in Oregon Over Legality of Local Marijuana Taxes
Measure 91 prohibits local taxes on recreational weed, but that’s not stopping some cities and counties from trying to assert home rule.
The Economics of Religious Freedom Bills
Legislation signed in Indiana this week could allow businesses to discriminate against same-sex couples. Other companies are hitting back.
When Enticing Millennials, Cost-of-Living Comparisons Aren’t Always What They Seem
Yes, Columbus may be less expensive, but there’s a catch.
Another Reason to Love California High-Speed Rail: It's Drought-Friendly
Despite what critics say, the project will encourage higher-density growth—and save precious water over the long term.
SSA fortifies data future with move to all virtual storage
SSA is embracing virtualization across all of its media – including tape – as it migrates to a new 300,000 square-foot National Support Center in Urbana, Md., which opened last September.
The secret to IoT could be timing, literally
Integrating the cyber and physical worlds really is a matter of timing, according to a new report by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Researchers show air-gapped systems susceptible to attack
Air-gapped systems, thought to be the most secure because of their isolation, have newly discovered vulnerabilities.
Progress toward an identity ecosystem
Identity must be the foundation for future security platforms because traditional network, data and systems protections are of limited use against today's sophisticated cyber criminals.
Portland’s Pressing Civic Issues Are Bigger Than the Design of Airport Carpet
Among other issues in the City of Roses: An upcoming vote on Uber’s reintroduction and ‘Ban the Box’ discussions.
The Feedback Loop That Will Make America's Richest Cities Even Richer
Certain multisyllabic phrases—geographic sorting, economic agglomeration, cumulative advantage—are all fancy ways of saying smart young people move toward jobs and density.
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