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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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Uber and Lyft, the two giants of ridehailing in the U.S., have started providing data to the city of Seattle, offering a first-time view into its popularity and how it fits into the larger transportation picture.
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Data science can map where street harassment is most prevalent, ensure public bins don't overflow and identify neighbourhoods with poor fire safety standards in the home.
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The tech giant will give the university $10 million to fund scholarships and new equipment to enhance data science research activities.
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The Caselaw Access Project, from the Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School, went live Oct. 29 and aggregates millions of state and federal cases on a free website.
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Plus, CityLab hosts largest-ever gathering of local gov CIOs; Brooklyn, N.Y., welcomes new hub for VR and AR tech; and Louisville, Ky., publishes new Bird Scooter data.
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Breaking down siloed data and introducing new systems comes with myriad challenges, but the outcome will be worth the trouble, one official says.
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Baltimore County, Md., added GPS to 850 vehicles and saw county vehicles drive 817,000 fewer miles than in the previous year and save nearly $300,000 worth of fuel, according to the Regional Research Bureau report.
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More than a dozen cities and agencies across the San Francisco Bay Area have embarked on a potentially far-reaching plan for adaptive traffic signal operations.
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The strange bedfellows are pushing legislation that would put a year-long moratorium on new for-hire vehicle licenses.
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Frustration led to the creation of a smartphone app to inform voters about their options in Fort Bend County, Texas, and similar tools are taking hold in other parts of the state.
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A magnetic levitation train could make the travel time between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., about 15 minutes.
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Multi-sourcing in Texas, Indiana's data-driven opioid strategy, a unified citizen experience in Tennessee and powering through procurement pain points: highlights from state IT leaders at NASCIO.
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Since motorized on-demand scooters zipped onto the national scene, cities have been struggling to quantify the risk they bring to streets.
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Experts at the MetroLab Network Annual Summit warned about the need for control of data-heavy public safety projects, while emphasizing the positive side of community engagement.
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It’s been called the “new latin” for students, and for those who get their degree it’s considered the “sexiest job of the 21st century.”
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ClearGov Budgets hopes to wean small governments off spreadsheets.
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County planners have turned to technology to engage with the public and plot a course for expansion in the region.
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Plus, Philadelphia selects internal innovation grant recipients; The New York Times maps every building in America; and the Durham, N.C., iTeam looks to use human-centered design to improve city forms.
