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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CIOs need to develop better ways to measure the impact of technology.
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It's time for a recap and review of this philanthropic, collaborative startup that has put down roots in eight cities so far.
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Demand for drone technology across many fields is leading to economic growth, but the lack of federal regulations still concerns many.
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Many state auditors and comptrollers are slow to take advantage of digital technology because of a culture that often impedes innovation, inflexible rules and an unskilled workforce, a new survey finds.
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The 16 tech companies that went public this year represent 12 percent of all IPOs over the period, down from a norm of 20 to 25 percent.
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Cooperative purchasing programs like NASPO's ValuePoint find growing popularity with technology buyers.
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Cities are moving toward a regulatory regime that, rather than striving to protect incumbents from competition, attempts to do a better job of protecting health and safety -- and at lower costs to taxpayers.
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Tennessee may join the handful of states that charge citizens for seeking public information from the government -- a practice that opponents say hinders transparency.
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The Govtech Fund has invested in a crime analytics app called Mark43, which has been deployed in the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department.
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But as Bitcoin and other digital currencies evolve, the technology that underlies them may soon spread into other transactions: trading stock, buying and selling real estate, purchasing music and much more.
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Smart City Holdings blocked Wi-Fi connections in multiple convention centers nationwide, forcing exhibitors and visitors to pay up to $80 a day to access its Wi-Fi services.
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Automatic benefits: Can they help the right people get what they need to get out of poverty and reduce administrative costs?
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Facebook has a preliminary tax deal that would apply to a third large data center in Prineville, Ore., with exemptions similar to deals that covered its first two facilities there.
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Google and Dell officials say the Chromebook can solve many typical workplace problems with its streamlined installation time, universal management tools and improved app compatibility.
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Every state now runs some kind of public accountability—or “checkbook”—site. The goal is to increase transparency and accountability.
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In one of the most sweeping cases yet involving securities fraud and computer crime, prosecutors and the Securities Exchange Commission unveiled what they said was a long-running scheme to profit from corporate earnings, deals and other market-moving data.
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University and Japanese officials are joining Texas Secretary of State Carlos Cascos to unveil a roughly $13 million project aiming to make data centers more energy efficient.
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In an effort to bottle the tornado of fraudulent claims made each year, seven state assistance programs run by the Georgia Department of Community Health and the state's Department of Human Services will begin using a Fraud Detection-as-a-Service solution next year.
