November 21, 2012 -
Following a Twitter battle between Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker and a follower, the mayor said he would live on food stamps and challenged his opponent to do the same.
November 20, 2012 -
Microsoft's Rick Rashid notes that the technology could help government officials, law enforcement and immigration officers overcome language barriers to serve their communities.
November 20, 2012 -
Paper-based health records are sometimes lost or out-of-date as foster children are moved around, but a startup is looking to the cloud for a more coordinated solution.
November 19, 2012 -
To make it easier for local businesses to operate and grow jobs in San Francisco, San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee launched San Francisco Enterprise Zone Web App.
November 16, 2012 -
Colorado may be the first state in the nation to launch a mobile-optimized format for its voter registration website, according to the Secretary of State’s Office.
November 16, 2012 -
A Forrester study commissioned by LinkedIn found that a majority of IT decision makers use social networks regularly to assist in making decisions.
November 15, 2012 -
The Web-enabled start-up's involvement is reducing 911 call volume and helping afflicted taxpayers take personal clean-up efforts into their own hands.
November 15, 2012 -
The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council made recommendations that could help not only the federal government, but state and local governments as well.
November 14, 2012 -
From January to June, government requests to block or remove Google content rose 71 percent over the previous reporting period, the company reports.
November 13, 2012 -
New software utilized by neighborhoods in New York and New Jersey matches needs with donations to help organize the chaos, post disaster.
November 13, 2012 -
Voters said 'no' to a Knowledge and Discovery Center project in Carson City, Nev., but officials found a way to build a smaller business accelerator anyway.
November 13, 2012 -
Chicago Public Schools launched a new mapping tool for parents, but unlike a similar tool launched nine years ago, this one was created without the help of a contractor and yielded a better result.
Data Makes Dubuque, Iowa Smart and Sustainable The city of Dubuque, Iowa, partnered with IBM Research to create Smarter Sustainable Dubuque, which has led to several green projects that save the city and its citizens money.
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