City Budgets Taking Historic Sales Tax Hit, NLC Data Shows
August 13, 2020
Florida Governor Selects State Lawmaker as Next CIO
August 13, 2020
What’s New in Civic Tech: CDOs Key to States' COVID Recovery
August 13, 2020
Monthly Updates: Government Employment During the Pandemic
August 12, 2020
Workforce Automation Soars as the Pandemic Rages On
August 12, 2020
5 Major Shifts Needed Post-COVID-19 to Transform Education
August 12, 2020
Orlando Improves Citizen Satisfaction with Existing Tools
August 11, 2020
Colorado CIO Theresa Szczurek to Step Down in September
August 11, 2020
Cyberspace Is Critical Infrastructure – It Will Take Effective Government Oversight to Make It Safe
August 11, 2020
Barriers to Social Services Fuel Racial Inequity (Contributed)
August 10, 2020
Government Jobs Continue Growth Apace with Economy — Maybe
August 10, 2020
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Emerging Tech Gains Ground as Pandemic Continues to Spread
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City Budgets Taking Historic Sales Tax Hit, NLC Data Shows
Ben Miller / Aug 13, 2020
The pandemic has led to the steepest yearly decline in sales tax revenue in at least 24 years, according to a just-released report. And the National League of Cities expects recovery to be slow.
Monthly Updates: Government Employment During the Pandemic
Ben Miller / Aug 12, 2020
A regularly updated look at how a historic pandemic has changed the public-sector workforce, month by month and sector by sector. Plus, is seasonally adjusted data missing something important?
New Data: Police Spending Has Been Rising for Years
Ben Miller / Jul 15, 2020
Amid calls to reduce police funding, a recent report from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that in 2017, police spending per capita recovered to its pre-recession peak after years of steady increases.
Tracking the Rapid Rise in Unemployment Insurance Claims
Ben Miller / Apr 20, 2020
Every state in the country is currently going through a historic, gargantuan rise in unemployment insurance claims. Numbers from the U.S. Department of Labor help to show when, where and how much.
Map: State Coronavirus Websites and Number of Reported Cases
Ben Miller / Mar 19, 2020
As institutions shut down to slow the spread of COVID-19, every state has set up a website to inform residents. Here we link to those pages, as well as give daily updates on the number of reported cases in each state.
Text-to-911 Saves Lives, but Data Suggests It Remains Rare
Ben Miller / Apr 14, 2020
Data on the availability of text-to-911 is spotty, so it's difficult to get a consistent national picture. However, the numbers that are available show that some states are far more advanced than others.
How an Adaptive Network Helps the Colorado Department of Transportation Make Travel Safer and More Convenient
August 17, 10AM PDT
Voting in the Age of COVID-19: Preparing for 2020 Elections
August 17, 11AM PDT
How One Incident Led this City to Move Data Backup and Disaster Recovery to the Cloud
August 18, 11AM PDT
Achieving Cybersecurity Resilience: Taking a Lifecycle Approach
August 19, 10AM PDT
Building a More Adaptable Organization: How to Develop, Deploy and Scale Apps Quickly to Respond to Changing Needs
August 25, 11AM PDT
The Crisis-Ready Digital Experience - Building a digital experience optimized for any crisis situation
August 26, 10AM PDT
How Arizona is Provisioning Rental and Utility Assistance - Quickly and Simply
August 26, 11AM PDT
No More Alert Fatigue: How Good Data Drives a Sophisticated Cyber Strategy
August 27, 11AM PDT
Brief: New Mexico Announces Court System Smartphone App
August 13, 2020
Cybersecurity Audit Shows Positive Changes for NC College
August 13, 2020
Missouri Health Care System Sued Over Data Breach
August 13, 2020
Uber, Lyft May Halt California Ops Over Labor Fight
August 13, 2020
How a Southern California Historic Site Could Showcase EVs
August 13, 2020
Seattle School Board Approves Fall Online Learning Plans
August 13, 2020
All Lexington, Ky., Police Officers Will Soon Have Body Cams
August 13, 2020
Tech Challenges Complicate California's COVID-19 Response
August 12, 2020
Pennsylvania Transit Agency Disrupted by Malware Attack
August 12, 2020
Brief: Missouri Commits Nearly $2M to Broadband Expansion
August 12, 2020
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