Tag: State & Local

March 10, 2015

If you’re on the clock for a state agency in South Carolina, you better not be fooling around on Facebook or Twitter during downtime. A new model State Employee Code of Conduct bans the use of social media by state […]

March 10, 2015

State budgets are escaping the pull of the recession and giving state officials more spending flexibility, but that doesn’t mean states have sufficient leeway to invest in new and emerging technology, according to a just-released state budget analysis and forecast for 2015 […]

March 10, 2015

Samuel Nixon keeps a folder on his desk from his time as a state legislator. That folder contains all of the plans for what would become the Virginia Information Technologies Agency — an agency that he has led for almost five […]

March 10, 2015

Now that the Federal Aviation Administration has established its notice of proposed rulemaking for small commercial drone use, states are scrambling to figure out how the new law applies to their residents. And in Kansas, the state transportation department announced it […]

March 10, 2015

Last spring, Oregon scrapped the Web portal for its state-based health exchange and shifted focus to the federally supported Healthcare.gov — but in the process, racked up at least $26 million in costs for the state. The total bill for […]

March 10, 2015

Michigan receives more than 730,000 attempted cyber attacks per day, and that number continues to rise as hackers try to take valuable data from the state’s networks. In response, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder proposed an additional $7 million in funding […]

March 10, 2015

From the police department to forestry to transportation, just about every agency in the state of Oregon depends heavily on network connectivity to fulfill its mission. Oregon’s IT staff recently conducted a study that found that 70 percent of the […]

March 10, 2015

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Education reformers can now get schooled in their own subject. The Foundation for Excellence in Education on Monday unveiled at SXSWedu a series of free, online courses designed for policymakers crafting decisions on education reform called EdPolicy Leaders Online. […]

March 10, 2015

While federal regulators flesh out details of a 10-year roadmap for electronic health record interoperability, which would pave the way for national data exchange, five GOP senators are demanding that more attention be paid to the plans for security and […]

March 5, 2015

Maryland is considering new policy that would make state GIS data more accessible to the general public. SB 94, sponsored by Sen. Bill Ferguson, D-Baltimore City, eliminates the ability of local governments to charge fees for providing GIS services. The […]

March 4, 2015

    Governor Pat Quinn, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin and Amazon.com, Inc. today announced plans to create more than 1,000 full-time jobs and $75 million in investment in Illinois. Amazon is beginning site selection activities and it plans to open […]

March 2, 2015

Mark VanOrden became executive director of the Utah Department of Technology Services in 2012, after serving for several months as the department’s acting director. Prior to that, VanOrden spent six years as IT director for the Utah Department of Workforce […]

February 27, 2015

Those who know of Google likely know in one way or another of the Google X Innovation Lab — a place where inventions like driverless cars, Google Glass and project Loon, a program to deliver cell connectivity by way of […]

February 27, 2015

A new type of driver’s license may make travel to and from Canada a lot easier for North Dakotans. North Dakota lawmakers have introduced legislation for “enhanced drivers’ licenses” to be issued in the state. If the measure passes, residents […]

February 27, 2015

With revenue bouncing back in many states, governors once again are talking about investment. But are any of them talking about sinking that new money into technology? The answer is, not really — at least not overtly. Our analysis of […]

February 27, 2015

For years, cities have relied on official food inspections as their primary defense against shady restaurants and questionable dishes. But the city of Chicago is raising the stakes through predictive analytics, which not only helps officials catalog offenders, but also […]

February 27, 2015

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has confirmed that his new Net Neutrality plan will ban paid prioritization of content and maintain an open Internet for all. In an opinion piece for Wired, Wheeler explained that his new draft rules will rely […]

February 27, 2015

Legislation on municipal broadband service won’t “break the Internet” like Kim Kardashian’s risqué photo spread in Paper magazine. But a new federal proposal that permits local governments to create or expand their own high-speed networks is a serious eye-opener and […]

February 27, 2015

If private companies want to do business with state agencies in Connecticut, they better make sure their customer data is secured. Connecticut lawmakers may soon require vendors to encrypt all personal data that is stored and transmitted as a condition […]

February 27, 2015

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Early engagement and frank discussions are the essential first steps state agency CIOs need to take when building relationships with elected officials, according to a trio of California lawmakers at the 2015 California Public Sector CIO Academy […]