Government Experience
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The state has been trying to revamp a pair of aging IT systems for some time, with one being related to worker's compensation and the other being the state’s financial systems. -
The federal government’s now-defunct United States Digital Service has served as an inspiration for states that are increasingly putting human experience at the center of their tech projects.
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The blockchain-based token, believed to be the first from a U.S. public entity, is for individual and institutional use. The executive director of the Wyoming Stable Token Commission is planning what comes next.
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The broadband service will benefit students who rely on the Internet for homework assignments, college applications and other school-related work.
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San Antonio is the second Texas city, after Austin, to receive the ultra-fast Internet speeds. Although there has been no definite date for the service to be available, construction is entering its final phase.
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Texas prison inmates shouldn't be allowed to have active social media accounts, even if friends or family on the outside actually run them, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has decided.
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At Facebook’s F8 Developer Conference, Facebook gave the world a glimpse of the future of communication and user experience.
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As Google continues to bundle its services to sweeten the deal for brands, a disproportionate amount of ad spending will move to Google and away from publishers that might have otherwise been included in the campaigns.
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Schools are scrambling to provide courses that emphasize cybersecurity, an element traditional computer science tracks have not included.
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Verizon and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh say the company will spend $300 million to install fiber optic cable throughout the entire city.
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Public officials who use private email accounts to conduct official business cannot conceal their personal email addresses when releasing public information, a state appeals court ruled Friday April 8.
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The new feature could make it easier for state and local governments to get their messages out to the people who already care enough to follow them.
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Here are some tips to help guide your communication strategy in more challenging circumstances.
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Meet the 2016 Government Social Media Conference scholarship winner, and hear the answer to the question that earned her a ticket to the conference.
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The city of Wichita, Kan., dropped its time-consuming, in-person budget meetings (with low constituent turnout) in favor of engaging the public online throughout the city’s six districts.
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Rep. Dave Loebsack’s Small Business Broadband Deployment Act extends the FCC exemption from its enhanced transparency rules for small Internet service providers for five years to help extend rural broadband in the state.
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A downturn in the economy in 2008 and the need for more control of the information circulating through the community drove positive changes in one California law enforcement agency.
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As public-sector organizations grapple with using social media effectively, experts won’t hesitate to advise that a strong, comprehensive policy be a part of the discussion. Here are some things to consider when crafting that policy.
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The idea is to allow police to go through the online history of the accused looking for any information about the alleged crime. Backers of the law said it could also prevent juveniles from stirring up trouble.
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Under the new act, the government would have to obtain a warrant from a court before asking providers to disclose the contents of emails regardless of how long the communications had been held in electronic storage.
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The latest development makes WhatsApp one of the most secure instant messaging apps now available for smartphones.
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