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In Singapore’s IT department, innovation comes not only from in-house technical expertise, but through pushing those skills out to the rest of the enterprise and supporting innovation nationally. -
Ranchbot’s sensors use satellite technology to monitor tank levels, trends and operation, enabling customers to check water data on their phones or computers in real time.
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A new partnership is endowing state transportation departments in Ohio and Pennsylvania with multiple data points through which to better understand traffic on their roadways and corridors.
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Researchers believe that steps taken by the U.S. Census Bureau to safeguard individual response data could degrade the value of that data in areas like housing policy, transportation planning and legislative map-drawing.
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Some Boise, Idaho, police and fire employees, retired workers and their dependents may have had personal information stolen as part of a security breach of a company that administers their health benefits.
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Embracing new technology, the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands and the Maine Forest Service are in the process of purchasing up to 20 drones to help monitor and map the state’s natural resources.
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The crowdsourced navigation app Waze has added new features that allow users to report unplowed streets and roadways coated with ice to government, subsequently receiving related notifications.
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Plus, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, approves funding for a full-time digital inclusion staffer; Chicago launches a new data portal that details developer compliance with affordable housing rules; and more!
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Washington CIO Jim Weaver has chosen Ruckle, the privacy officer and information governance administrator for the Department of Social and Health Services. She starts in the new role Jan. 1.
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Wisconsin has received the second-highest marks in the nation for economic development-related transparency and online access to information, according to a new report from a pair of advocacy organizations.
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Stakeholders both inside and outside of the federal agency attended a recent demo day at the bureau's headquarters, discussing the roll that data maps, human-centric design and more will play in next year’s count.
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States have made progress with budget portals that allow citizens to see how tax dollars are spent, but a new report shows they remain lacking in online transparency about economic development subsidies.
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The association's annual survey of state IT leadership shows a jump in digital services as a priority compared with the 2019 results, as well as rising interest in AI and robotic process automation.
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Iowa is the latest state to establish a state IT position dedicated to data management. Rensch comes to the role by way of the Iowa Department of Transportation, where he served as director of the Highway Support Office.
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The city has entered into a five-year partnership with Caltech, which will use an innovative new research field to collect mountains of data on earthquake activity for public safety applications.
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The startup's expansion follows similar moves from open data companies serving state and local government in recent years. ClearGov, however, brings a unique approach and business model to the industry.
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The state is reporting an 18 percent decrease in opioid-related deaths, attributing it in part to data work such as logging calls to support hotlines and using the findings to facilitate efficient resource distribution.
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Plus, the CA.gov redesign is now underway; new tools created to help address online misinformation; Census State Data Centers are offering localized training resources for community groups; and more!
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Remix, a five-year-old startup, has made a name for itself helping government transportation officials redesign streets. Now its founding CEO is stepping down, paving the way for COO Tiffany Chu to lead the company.
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Officials in Davis, Calif., may turn to installing surveillance cameras throughout the city, after a series of armed robberies in the last two months have prompted a search for more ways to deter crime.
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By tapping human-centered design principles, the i-Team in Durham, N.C., has helped the district attorney remove 51,000 charges for 35,000 individuals, many of whom were facing restricted driving privileges.
