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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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Respondents to a recent KPMG survey echoed the old maxim of “not if but when” and showed shaky confidence when it came to organizational preparedness to cybervulnerabilities.
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Throughout the year, the Center for Digital Government surveys cities, counties and states driving public-sector technology forward. Here are some takeaways from those surveys and a look back at the year in gov tech.
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John Kramlich, a member of the St. Louis civic tech group OpenSTL, has built what appears to be the first online map of nationwide Toys for Tots drop-off locations, and the site has already seen significant traffic.
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The city and telecom giant will install an array of sensors in a 30-block area of downtown Las Vegas to study how big data and predictive analytics can prevent travel problems before they happen.
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The Census data shows that cities like Portland still have a sweeping advantage over rural parts of the state when it comes to access to fast, reliable connectivity.
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Some argue the balance between privacy and security is at risk with a plan to put facial-recognition technology in the hands of law enforcement at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport.
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It’s been four years since students from 1st to 12th grade received laptops and other technology, but scores on standardized tests remain flat.
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Cincinnati's prolific operation has matured into one of the country’s leading municipal data programs, despite limited resources and a small team. Data director Leigh Tami reflects on its evolution and discusses the future of the work.
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Chief Executive Sundar Pichai took questions about privacy, censorship and work with the U.S. and Chinese governments during a Tuesday morning Judiciary Committee hearing.
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Three civil liberties groups are behind a lawsuit that accuses the California Department of Justice of violating privacy rights by retaining the DNA profiles of individuals not convicted of a felony.
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Advances in sensor technology and analytics can improve how cities use their parking spaces, which can reduce congestion, enhance air quality and boost revenue.
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A study found the relationship between gig-driving and traffic can be influenced by a range of urban environmental factors, including land use, location, time of day, urban density and existing transit options.
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Philadelphia's mayor and staff have pushed for evidence-based decision making through their collaboration GovLaBPHL, which studies human interaction, but are they making steps to ensure unbiased data?
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The city installed a 235 kilowatt-hour-sized battery that predicts when demand charges occur. The building can then draw from the stored energy in the battery, rather than the grid, thus saving money.
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When a front facial photo of a pet was analyzed during the testing process, the software picked the correct animal out of a database of 25,000 other pets 98 percent of the time.
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The 30 license plate readers placed throughout St. Johns County, Fla., have lowered crime rate and helped locate 81 stolen cars, 57 stolen tags, 27 convicts, and 11 missing people, according to the sheriff's office.
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Fueled by a $1 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, Anchorage, Alaska, is building a lab inside an art museum for artists, designers, engineers and the community to team-up to tackle climate change.
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At least 30 percent of all households in nine counties lack any Internet access. In 10 counties, fewer than half have some sort of wired broadband service.
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