Government Experience
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SUNY Oneonta’s Milne Library and Cooperstown Graduate Program were awarded a $50,000 grant to digitize the university’s archive of New York state folklife and oral history recordings. -
Visitors to the Colorado state Capitol can now access free American Sign Language interpreting services through the Aira ASL app, building on the state’s existing work to expand language access with this tool.
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Mississippi has announced a new AI data center build that promises tax revenue and job creation. Such gains are not always easy to quantify, but policymakers can push developers to deliver.
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Here are a couple of ways the Internet of Things is currently being used, and how it has affected citizens and cities.
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A new social media policy will ask employees to sign off on understanding that “I can be held liable for anything I write, post or present online.”
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When C-SPAN went dark in the midst of a congressional sit-in protesting the lack of new gun control legislation, members of the U.S. House of Representatives took to social media platforms to cover the happenings in a less traditional way.
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New Mexico's highest court did not ban judges from websites like Facebook and Twitter, but warned about the appearance of impropriety and offered guidelines that some observers worry may go too far.
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Council Members James Vacca and Ben Kallos want online comments on pending legislation to be considered official public feedback.
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The state is soliciting public feedback on its latest online venture, designed with the mobile user in mind.
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The idea of having an Amazon Echo tied to government offerings may seem more like a novelty than anything else, but in Mississippi and Utah the technology is adding real value to the voice-activated devices.
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US Ignite has created a network of 15 communities that will partner to provide gigabit-scale solutions to municipal problems.
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CIO David Cagigal outlines his vision for a more unified customer experience online.
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Google, Twitter and other companies whose businesses rely on fast, open Internet access have pushed hard for net neutrality.
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The new franchise agreement requires Google to pay 3 percent of its gross revenues for a new "digital equity support fee" to be administered by the city.
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Speculation that the social platform could be acquired by another company ignited after announcements about Microsoft's purchase of LinkedIn.
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The rules prohibit broadband providers from blocking, slowing or selling faster delivery of legal content flowing through their networks to consumers.
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A rural network that was supposed to bring broadband to the masses has dissolved after accepting $24 million in federal grants.
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Purchase of the professional networking site is expected to close this calendar year.
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The municipal partnership with local universities will focus on training in five skilled labor fields: advanced welding, computer network systems, advanced manufacturing technology, computer-aided drafting and community health.
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Your agency needs a social media policy. Seriously, your agency needs a social media policy.
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Though the federal government's role in the Internet's functionality is minor, it has given some repressive regimes a pretext to push for more control by governments over other aspects of the Internet.
