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Analytics Software Can Help Cities Effectively Deliver Services

Analytics technology can help city officials make critical decisions and streamline processes.

Poor Project Management Dooms Many IT Projects (Opinion)

Organizations need practical application of fundamental project management principles.

Open Source Software Gaining Acceptance (Opinion)

Open source offers global support and tested security, but requires due diligence.

Aligning Technology and Policy Key to Winning Support for IT Improvements (Opinion)

Using technology to make government work smarter and more efficiently.

San Diego County's CIO Shares Secrets Behind the County's Success With IT Outsourcing

California county outsourcing model attributed to solid structure and governance.

Crime and Traffic Safety Data Help Public Safety Agencies Reduce Serious Crashes and Crimes

Using data to find the overlap between traffic accidents and serious crime, public safety managers can deploy resources efficiently and effectively.

Maine CIO Dick Thompson to Retire

Maine CIO Dick Thompson, the country's third longest-serving state CIO, to step down this summer for private-sector job.

Law Enforcement in a Digital Age (Opinion)

Cyber-crime means more collaboration is needed at the state and local levels.

Colorado CIO Mike Locatis Named Chief Deputy CIO of California

Mike Locatis could soon become Teri Takai's successor as CIO of California.

Centralizing Security Tools Across the Enterprise Is a No-Brainer (Opinion)

Like the standardized nature of e-mail, information security tools and services can be rationalized into the enterprise to provide much more consistent security while decreasing costs and the overall security footprint.

CIO Steve Reneker Discusses How Riverside, Calif., Fights Graffiti with GPS-Enabled Cameras

Graffiti abatement tool uses GPS data to help link taggers to graffiti elsewhere in Riverside.

Smart Cards Tap Into Future of City Transit Systems

Transit networks in New York and New Jersey link up to launch a smart card pilot program for riders of subways and buses. Will this be the end of the MetroCard?

IT Trends: Stimulus-Funded Transportation Projects; Changing Fonts to Save Printing Costs

FarmVille costs Bulgarian councilman his job.

New Products from Lenovo, Leica, HP

High-definition monitor, GIS device, notebook PC.

Does Technology Make Our World Too Convenient? (Opinion)

Analytics helps predict crime, traffic needs, but are we losing the human connection?

National Intelligent Transportation Vision Begins to Take Shape

Research on smart driving systems show how information technology can change the way people commute.

Law Enforcement Needs a Standards-Based Communications Infrastructure

It's time to collaborate on the right regional projects for information and communication technology and build upon them.

Regional Projects Could be Models for National Public-Safety Information Sharing

Colorado's COPLINK, Virginia's information exchange and the Automated Regional Justice Information System could be worth building upon.

In Lean Times, Information and Communication Technology Has Come Full Circle (Opinion)

Information and communication technology budgets must do more with less.

Recovery Act's Data Reports Improving, States Say

But the U.S. General Accountability Office says continued vigilance is required to ensure accuracy of data uploaded to FederalReporting.gov.