Mobile

State Gathers Data to Map Internet Coverage, Performance

To improve broadband mapping accuracy, Vermont state workers will be testing the wireless network along state highways. Residents can supplement that data with their own test results.

  • By Susan Miller

San Diego Looks at ‘Geofencing’ to Slow E-Scooters

Virtual perimeters could help improve safety.

  • By Michael Grass

States Where You’re Most Likely to Be Texting While Driving

And iPhone users are the worst offenders.

  • By Michael J. Coren, Quartz

An Important Emergency Response Scenario for Every State and Local Government

Can your agency effectively respond to a disaster amid a widespread telecommunications outage?

  • By Michael Grass

Mobile Fieldworkers the Focus of New Smart Communities Challenge

Grants totaling $143,250 in tools, training and technical support for data collection are up for grabs.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

D.C.’s Foster Care App Illustrates the Importance of a Mobile-First Mentality

Many government agencies shy away from mobile apps, but the District of Columbia's Child and Family Services Agency recognized that’s just what it needed.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

This Housing Authority Took App Delivery Into the Cloud

Workplace entry is easier when core software can quickly be pushed to anyone’s device securely.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

New Apps Help Taxpayers Report Waste, Fraud and Abuse

Cities and states are spending thousands on mobile apps that allow people to report government fraud, waste and abuse. Are they worth it?

  • By The Pew Charitable Trusts

This County’s App Is Helping Voters Find Polling Places With the Shortest Lines

QR code-enabled, its simplicity is easy for other counties to replicate.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

How One Mayor Started Treating His Citizens More Like Customers

“We forget it’s the person whose trash we’re picking up who is the one who puts us in office,” says Provo, Utah, Mayor John Curtis.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

Arkansas’ Popular Highway App Would Be Nothing Without the Cloud

With 80 percent of the state’s licensed drivers using IDrive, scalability is a necessity.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

N.Y.C. Plans to Make Mobile Phone Meter Payments Possible for 85,000 Parking Spots

The pay-by-cell-phone technology is already popular in other U.S. cities.

  • By Bill Lucia
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Smart Cities Pushing Public Wi-Fi Must Be Mindful of Overcrowding Frequencies

Cell carriers’ new LTE-U technology could further strain broadband’s open spectrum, barring FCC regulation or the establishment of agreed-upon industry standards.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

This Smart City App Collects Data L.A. Will Use to Improve Transportation

Urban planning is a lot easier when you’re tracking regional travel.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

‘Godzilla El Niño’ May Have Met Its Match in Los Angeles’ Crisis Mapping

The City of Angels is providing residents with location intelligence where they’re at—on their mobile devices using Google Maps.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

San Diego Invests $11 Million in a New Land Management Solution

The permitting tool is 16 months out from launch but has the potential to scale with the city.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

Water Utilities Embrace Customer Engagement

Behavioral psychology can promote conservation in a drought.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

Why NY.gov’s Pageviews Quadrupled Last Year

A new user-centric approach to Web design is being employed with state agency sites.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

How Georgia Reorganized All Its Parks and Rec Data in 9 Months

What was once scattered across multiple agencies is now easily accessible through one portal thanks to a cross-sector collaborative effort. And the effort is also boosting digital engagement and state revenue.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

This New, Scalable Disaster Recovery Solution Can Help Cities Weather Storms

Ewing, New Jersey police cruisers rolled with Pertino software and Cradlepoint hardware before the latter acquired the former earlier this week.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

When Revamping Public Engagement, Governments Can Use the Cloud

A West Virginia state agency sped up its grant processing by building an app on top of a CRM.

  • By Dave Nyczepir