E-Government

Florida Shines in 2013 Transparency Awards

March 13, 2013 - Government transparency nonprofit Sunshine Review awards the most transparent government websites.

White House 'We the People' Site, Explained

March 13, 2013 - A Yahoo News chat with a White House official explains how online petitions are helping citizens engage the Obama administration on issues they care about.

Seattle Confirms New CTO

March 13, 2013 - Erin Devoto's appointment as the city's new CTO means she can move forward with updating aging data centers, leasing excess fiber bandwidth, and enhancing open data and mobile application efforts.

Hurricane Sandy: Lessons Learned in New Jersey

March 13, 2013 - State CIO Steven Emanuel talks about Hurricane Sandy's impact on critical state computer systems and lessons learned from the event.

Living in an Era of True Mobility

March 13, 2013 - Microsoft CTO Stuart McKee predicts that mobile devices — despite presenting unique challenges — will enable new levels of productivity.

New App Helps Jacksonville, Fla., Boost Economic Development

March 12, 2013 - The "JaxHapps" app lets users view information for sports, cultural and music events.

Oklahoma Lawmakers, CIO Partner to Change the Face of Technology

March 12, 2013 - The state's IT initiative promises to cut the cost of running IT in state government, and boost service levels by modernizing equipment and housing it in a state-of-the-art facility.

GovTech Innovators: Greg Griffiths, Government Video Conferencing Expert, NetOp

March 12, 2013 - If the average consumer starts to expect more video and communication online personally, will that expectation transfer to the workplace?

New York Launches Open Data Portal

March 11, 2013 - Open.ny.gov launched the same day Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a new open data executive order.

Davis, Calif., Forms Public-Private Partnership to Hire Chief Innovation Officer

March 11, 2013 - The new innovation officer position is the result of a public-private partnership between Davis, Calif., and technology leadership group techDAVIS.

The Big Apple Enhances Financial Transparency

March 8, 2013 - The upgraded Checkbook NYC 2.0 reveals where money flows within New York City’s $70 billion budget.

Who Runs the Internet? (Infographic)

March 8, 2013 - According to ICANN, no one person, company, organization or government runs the Internet -- and the same goes for its governance.

How Will Technology Change Our Lives?

March 8, 2013 - To coincide with the opening of Microsoft's Envisioning Center, the company released a video that envisions the world in five to 10 years.

Book Review: Social Media in the Public Sector Field Guide

March 8, 2013 - Government agencies and officials who are still hesitant or skeptical about how to utilize social media have a new tool at their disposal.

Can Technology Replace City Inspectors?

March 7, 2013 - A new start-up uses open data sets to target code violations missed by code inspectors to boost municipal revenue.

NYC Announces 'Reinvent Payphones' Design Challenge Winners

March 7, 2013 - Five of the six finalists proposed an interactive information kiosk.

California Puts MyCalPays Project on Hold

March 6, 2013 - The state's Legislative Analyst’s Office said that ongoing problems call for pausing the program entirely for at least a year.

In Oshkosh, Wis., Transparency Is Key

March 6, 2013 - Over time, transparency has evolved from just a buzzword to actually being important to the public.

Top 10 Tech Cities in the U.S.

March 6, 2013 - PrivCo has issued its list of the top 10 cities for technology, measured by the number of privately held tech companies acquired in 2012.

How the Internet Has Changed the World (Infographic)

March 5, 2013 - With more than 550 percent more Internet users in 2012 than in the year 2000, change is inevitable.