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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Idaho earned an F for government transparency after the launch of the new Transparent Idaho website.
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The recent mudslide in Oso, Wash., showed the power of social media during times of crisis.
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What do federal transparency efforts mean for states, counties and municipalities that rely on federal grant funding?
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With its Nextdoor partnership, the Sheriff’s Department in Sacramento, Calif., will be able to communicate online with neighborhoods in the county.
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The website will be the city's clearinghouse for auctions of homes that the city offers through a program that forces vacant home owners to fix them up and get them occupied.
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The website's data offers communities important information as they plan projects for which they will apply for funding, according to the state's Water Development Board.
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The National Telecommunications & Information Administration has put a compendium of federal spectrum use online at Spectrum.Gov.
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Some government officials are finding Twitter a fast, cheap and easy method of advertising new job openings in their agencies.
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Anti-gambling activists question the wisdom of making it more convenient to play the lottery, citing the risk of increased addiction.
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The former president said Snowden's leaked secrets about government surveillance should force leaders to consider how to balance the use of technology for national security without destroying liberty.
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States are seeing a surge in e-filing this year, leading to quicker refunds. But in Minnesota, last minute changes to tax credits are roiling the filing season.
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Using technology like Google Docs allows the city to confine the council’s questions and contributed ideas about the ordinance to one document.
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CONNECT Our Future is an initiative that's designed to gather information from the public and help officials prepare for expected growth.
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State officials have quietly honed their strategies on Facebook and Twitter, venues where they can bypass traditional media, raise their public image and have a direct conversation with constituents.
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The website ran controversial promotional images, including Photoshopped depictions of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Governor Jerry Brown.
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New tool searched Twitter for the word "missing" and relevant tweets were provided to emergency response officials.
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The city has teamed up with Sonoma County-based CropMobster to form the Elk Grove Community Exchange, where food providers can reach out.
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While technology comes with threats of hackers, malware and cyberattacks, it serves multiple purposes -- and government needs to catch up as society transitions into an all-digital age.
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