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States Aim to Launch More Mobile Apps

State governments are aggressively deploying mobile technology, but which approaches catch on best?

Social Media Directors are Finding a Place in Government

Governments try out new media directors to handle social networking on their behalf.

Wind-Powered Traffic Lights to Get Real-World Testing

Project in Lincoln, Neb., aims to use wind- and solar-powered traffic lights to feed the power grid and provide a backup system in case of power failure.

New England Regional Tech Collaboration Under Way

New Hampshire leads a multistate effort to address state technology challenges.

National Emergency Alert System Goes Live

FEMA’s new Commercial Mobile Alert System broadcasts emergency alert notifications to citizens’ cellphones based on location.

Search Warrants With E-Signatures Come to California

The Butte County, Calif., District Attorney’s Office announced that local judges now can sign off on search warrants with e-signatures.

5 Best Practices for Open Local Government

University of Utah students to ask all 273 of the state’s local governments to adopt these best practices.

Iowa Voter Data Portal Offers Real-Time View

Election Day information simplifies voting process and illuminates voter activity.

The ‘Year of Chaos’ for Health Insurance Exchanges

Are the Supreme Court’s deliberations derailing state efforts?

Utah’s iPad User’s Manual for State Employees

Utah makes guide for state workers to offer support, guidance on bring-your-own devices.

Minnesota Puts State Email Services in the Cloud

Minnesota’s Office of Enterprise Technology upgrades almost 40,000 state workers to Microsoft Office 365, will bring cities into shared system.

Border Security the Focus of Arizona State University Lab

Arizona State University partners with General Dynamics to focus on border control and homeland security solutions.

Smart Snowplows Keep the Highway to Valdez, Alaska, Clear

GPS and heads-up display technology keep Alaska snowplow drivers on the road, even if they can’t see it.

School Laptop Scandal Teaches Valuable Lessons

The Pennsylvania school district notorious for a webcam misstep doesn't want others to make its same mistakes.

5 Tips for Managing Successful Vendor Relationships

Experts share best practices on creating and maintaining a healthy customer-vendor relationship.

The Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers of 2012

Government Technology’s Top 25 honors innovators in the public sector.

Balancing Military Service and a Civilian Career Pays Off for These IT Professionals

These IT professionals cite their ongoing and past military obligations as a key to their success.

The Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers of 2013

Government Technology’s Top 25 honors innovators in the public sector.

Ohio Local Governments to Explore Shared IT Services

Cities in two Ohio counties look to school district shared services arrangement as a model for potential collaboration.

Consistent Federal IT Rules May Ease State and Local Cloud Adoption

Officials say FedRAMP will launch this year, removing a key obstacle to federal cloud adoption — and states may benefit too.