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Digital Cities & Digital Counties Survey: Best Practice Guide

March 27, 2013 - This Best Practice Guide helps address some of these weaknesses by highlighting the best practices displayed by cities and counties that are managing to move the needle and innovate.

Government on the Go

March 27, 2013 - Discover the many benefits zero clients can bring your government agency.

Tablet Tipping Point: Tablets might be small, but they make a big difference in government

March 27, 2013 - Find out how to determine the right tablet for your agency’s needs and how to overcome some common tablet challenges.

Fastest- and Slowest-Growing Cities in America (Infographic)

$util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $content.startDate) - One similarity in all of the fastest-growing areas is their relatively low population densities.

Special Report: IT Tools for Safer Communities

$util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $content.startDate) - As policymakers grapple with gun violence, technology may offer nonpartisan options for improvement.

Holograms Add New Dimension to Fighting Fire

$util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $content.startDate) - An Italian researcher is developing a device that could someday give firefighters a 3-D scene of the fires they fight — and the people they're working to save.

New Transparency Grades Issued for States

$util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $content.startDate) - A new report finds all 50 states now maintain online spending transparency websites. View grades issued for each state.

RSA 2013: How Bad Will Cyber War Become?

$util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $content.startDate) - Security experts say that cyber crime will get more dangerous, but they disagree on the severity.

What Does the Presidential Directive on Records Management Really Require?

$util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $content.startDate) - Federal agencies can use these 12 ideas to leverage staff rather than money on electronic record-keeping goals.

Top 10 Organizational Trends You Can't Afford to Ignore

March 26, 2013 - Ten trends agencies should focus on to increase operational efficiencies, close service gaps, and be able to quickly respond to change. By undertaking transformation projects, agencies can gain rapid cost savings, do more with less and achieve sustainable operational excellence.

Cops Worldwide Participate in Global Tweet-a-Thon

$util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $content.startDate) - Law enforcement connects and shares thoughts about what wearing a police badge really means.

Colorado Embraces New IT Security Philosophy

$util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $content.startDate) - Jonathan Trull is leading Colorado state government into a new era of cybersecurity.

Column: Technology Fiascoes and the Failure of Analysis

$util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $content.startDate) - There are too many IT project failures in government. Getting the upfront analysis right could prevent a lot of them.

RSA 2013: Hackers Await Government’s Embrace of Mobile Payments

$util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $content.startDate) - Security experts at this year’s RSA conference discuss how dangerous this new area would be.

Industry Perspective: 7 Steps for Staying Safe in the Superstorm Era

$util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $content.startDate) - Here are seven ways to be more effective in delivering your emergency notifications.

The 'Messy' Side of Innovation

$util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $content.startDate) - Starbucks shares the "messy" details of innovation done the private-sector way -- but could such an approach in government yield results?

Column: How Bad Is Our Infrastructure, Really?

$util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $content.startDate) - American Society of Civil Engineers report finds that the nation's energy networks and road, bridge, rail and water systems will require $3.6 trillion by 2020.

The Real Impact of Big Data for Lean and Modern Government

March 25, 2013 - What is Big Data? What can it do for you?

Making Tablets and Touch Devices Work for Government

March 25, 2013 - An overview of the advantages mobile devices can bring to the public sector, and how to effectively manage and secure them for government work

Alabama Gov. Signs Legislation to Streamline State IT

$util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $content.startDate) - Under SB 117, the state will establish a Secretary of Information Technology, who will develop and implement a plan to coordinate purchasing, management and use of IT across state agencies.