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Southbridge, Mass., now has a way for citizens to submit crime tips anonymously and receive police notifications by downloading the free "Southbridge PD" app. Officials say crimes in progress still require a call to 911.
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Two-way communication during an emergency event is what public safety officials are advocating for with the so-called CodeRed program.
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Patrol officers will soon be able to issue citations and quickly file them with district courts from their cruisers.
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Sewer-based fiber to the home networks may be a cost-effective way to provide superfast Internet connections. Quincy, Ill. is pursuing this option slowly.
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Indiana online archives includes court and military records.
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Palo Alto, Calif., and Lamar, Colo., now accept bill paying of city services and fines through smartphones on a platform called Bling Nation.
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Gopal Khanna will leave his post on Dec. 15, wrapping up five years of service, in which he helped save the state $200 million.
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With a new garbage-to-biofuel facility set to be operational by late 2011, Edmonton expects to reduce Alberta’s carbon footprint by 6 million tons over 25 years.
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In what could be her last speech as California’s CIO, Teri Takai celebrates achievements of the past two and a half years, says there’s much work left to be done by the next administration.
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Virginia localities, state agencies, courts, schools and universities honored for innovative IT projects at the 2010 Virginia Governor’s Technology Awards.
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Federal agencies can now tap the wisdom of crowds to generate solutions to pressing problems.
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California county outsourcing model attributed to solid structure and governance.
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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announces launch of open source standard for any city to hook 311 to social networks.
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Los Angeles CTO Randi Levin is spearheading a first-of-its kind implementation of Gmail thats under way and set for a summer rollout.
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Gov. Dave Heineman on statewide EHRs, public safety communication and more.
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New York state CIO Dr. Melodie Mayberry-Stewart discusses government meetings via webcast and systems consolidation.
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Vint Cerf, Google VP and Chief Internet Evangelist, talks about the web's evolution. Cerf provides views on municipal wireless and mobile connectivity.
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State IT jobs and IT job fairs went virtual in the Second Life kiosk developed by the State of Missouri.
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The Center for Digital Government's 2010 Best of the Web winners announced for state, county and city websites.
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A failed memory card in a storage area network knocked out the computers of 24 state agencies; the Virginia Information Technologies Agency says problem at data center should be fully fixed by Monday.
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Here are some essential questions government decision-makers should be asking about the still-new phenomenon of cloud computing.
