Should Voter Registration Be Automatic?
Under a first-of-its-kind law, Oregon will mail a ballot to any citizen with a driver's license.
McConnell to Governors: Don’t Comply with EPA Rules
The White House calls the Senate majority leader's efforts "inappropriate and unfounded."
Next Stop on Route Fifty’s ‘Roadmap’ Series: Colorado’s Western Slope
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As Drought Crisis Deepens, California Localities Face Tough Ongoing Water Reductions
Santa Cruz can’t import water like many other Golden State cities. “We’re on our own,” water czar says.
Google Nearline offers fast retrieval from cold storage
Google said its Nearline Storage service provides users with rapid retrieval of long-term storage at a low cost.
How Colorado Is Getting Its State Employees to Lose Weight
Participants in the ‘State of Slim’ pilot program have lost an average of 8.59% of their body weight.
Microsoft beefs up Azure for Internet of Things
Microsoft’s Azure IoT Suite combines the business intelligence capabilities of Power BI using real-time data (Azure Stream Analytics) and Azure Machine Learning capabilities.
GOP Voters Back Obamacare Fix. GOP Governors, Not So Much.
A poll finds widespread support for restoring the Affordable Care Act's insurance subsidies if the Supreme Court invalidates them.
Minnesota consolidates geospatial sites
The state is building the Minnesota Geospatial Commons, a collaborative site for users and publishers of geospatial data, maps, services and applications.
County shelter uses facial recognition to ID lost dogs
Miami-Dade County Animal Services has partnered with Finding Rover, a free mobile app that helps pet owners find their lost dogs using facial recognition technology.
IARPA preps insider threat monitoring projects
The intelligence community will brief firms on its plans for new insider threat detection and monitoring systems.
States Not Eager to Regulate Fertility Industry
States are wary of regulating the fertility industry, although more people are demanding information about their biological parents and offspring.
With Revamped Code Website, Chicago Tackles ‘Ridiculous’ Municipal Problem
The Windy City’s efforts to digitally transform its laws and regulatory codes takes a big step forward.
Inequality Keeps Creeping Higher in America's Largest Cities
A new analysis finds that the largest cities in the U.S. are also some of its most unequal, now more than ever.
NASA crowdsources asteroid hunt with desktop app
A program developed during a NASA software challenge lets amateur astronomers identify new asteroids with a desktop computer.
IT modernization strategy: Reuse rather than replace
Agencies can modernize by reusing, not replacing, core business assets, allowing for smart use of existing funds and faster time to market for new functionality and services.
HHS opens research pubs, grant data
In pursuit of its open government goals, the Department of Health and Human Services is expanding access to financial data and to the results of its funded scientific research.
Archives seeks help transcribing historical documents
As part of Sunshine Week, the National Archives is recruiting citizen volunteers to transcribe historical documents.
Next BlackBerry tablet is aimed at government
BlackBerry announced the SecuTablet, a new secure tablet outfitted with technology components from Samsung, IBM and Secusmart, a German encryption company acquired by BlackBerry last year.
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Our next eBook captures six stories of how innovators at the state, county and municipal government level are making groundbreaking advances.
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