Opinion

To ensure travel happens without incident, state and local lawmakers must embrace technologies designed with safety in mind.

On the atomic level, these crystals are extremely orderly – but sometimes defects arise. These defects may be a way to store information in three dimensions.

A top cybersecurity priority for all organizations is to ensure that they use their talents and resources in the most productive and lasting ways possible, and these types of platforms act as that cybertalent force multiplier.

Open data is only as good as the data analytics platforms and true data transparency policies on which it relies.

The NSA and federal government embarked on reforms meant to never allow a breach as devastating as Edward Snowden’s to happen again. But it didn't meet that goal.

Three aspects of open data for governments to consider as they transform data into insights for citizens.

Common data formats and unified data services lay a foundation for organizational intelligence.

The first (and most obvious) thread in cultivating citizen support is to incorporate the quality, quantify and usability of open data.

America's most successful companies have learned a lot about keeping their customers happy. The public sector can join that revolution.

Just as it would not make sense to only fund bridges and highways in one city in the United States, it makes no sense to limit investment in the sensors, systems and networks needed to build smart cities to a single location.

Data-rich businesses are positioned to help their communities. It's an opportunity for data philanthropy.

A new parking solution cuts out one of the most hated pieces of urban infrastructure — the parking meter.

As technology continues to evolve faster than organizations, there’s a gap between Internet of Things products and services and the government practices designed to effectively manage them.

Tulsa officials were reasonably transparent about the incident soon after it happened and the city has been mostly peaceful; In Charlotte, the case is murkier and so was the city's response, raising suspicion.

It enables more efficient and effective government. The obstacles are often more rooted in folklore than in law.

Despite some commonly held misconceptions, many 911 call centers still lack the ability to determine a cellular caller’s location or receive text, image or video messages.

Third parties are doing what government cannot in mitigating risk, providing coverage, literally and figuratively, for the public sector and other players in moving forward with innovations.

Demonstrating how tech can augment rather than supplant city work can go a long way toward making workers more comfortable with new initiatives.