Budget & Finance
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Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who took office in January, wants more public safety tools to protect stops and stations, and a better user experience. She has ordered officials to come up with a plan. -
The launch of GrantWell, which offers free support to municipal governments, aims to expand their access to federal and state funding. A recent listening tour highlighted local needs.
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Negotiations have stalled over a state Senate proposal to repeal a sales tax exemption on data center equipment. Gov. Abigail Spanberger raised the possibility of a data center electricity consumption tax.
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The steps Louisville is taking to financially empower its public employees and its citizens point the way.
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A modest home on State Line Road in Kansas City, Kan., is the Home for Hackers, where entrepreneurs can plop their laptops down and get started.
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The Bronx, a New York City borough once synonymous with arson and crime, was turned around by a succession of mayors.
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According to some, the labor rights in the gig economy are "fraught with ambiguity," and state governments may be catching up with the tech companies that take advantage of system.
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The initial cost of the cameras are only the tip of the iceberg for municipalities; often the steepest costs come from storage fees.
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Culturally, he’s a mismatch; Trump lost points in the valley for his protectionist views on trade, and when he called for a boycott of Apple for refusing the FBI’s request that it unlock the iPhone of the San Bernardino gunman.
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The Google.org grants align with a growing national movement focused on racial justice and fueled, in part, by the killings of young black men like Tamir Rice in Cleveland and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.
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State lawmakers want pharmaceutical companies to open their books to justify high-priced drugs.
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The government loses billions each year to tax refund fraud, but this summer, Georgia and North Carolina will pilot a new technology that aims to change that.
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Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin urged a Chicago-based company to cancel layoffs after hearing about a plan to replace American workers with foreign workers in a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting.
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As computerized voting machines reach the end of their life span, officials must figure out what to replace them with — and how to pay for it.
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Analysis of donation data in the 2016 election cycle showed that Republican candidates are making inroads in an industry traditionally perceived as closely aligned with Democrats.
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The federal digital service 18F is testing a new platform for small purchase coding projects by startups and technologists.
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Public and private officials looked to the future of technology in the public sector, honing in on three obstacles IT leaders face and potential opportunities.
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The term 'collaboration' gets thrown around a lot in the tech space, but as California officials on the heels of a massive public safety initiative contend, it's the best way of doing IT in government.
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The Texas Department of Information Resources board has voted to appoint Stacey Napier its executive director.
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State IT procurement is broken, says the organization. Here are five ways to fix it.
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Some states are looking at taxing new or different endeavors, like digital downloads, in the face of a changing economy.
