Opinion

All too often, policies are simply replicated from state to state with little attention to research showing that they work.

Before commercial drones are deployed in the United States, federal baseline rules to limit their surveillance capabilities should be established.

To improve public services with data-driven technology, governments need to work harder than ever to recruit, hire and retain highly skilled data engineers and managers.

The potential benefits of governments that are capable of continuous adaptation has never been greater.

The combination of new cloud-accessible, easily implemented customer relationship management technology coupled with mobility enables meaningful results.

Feel-good stories are nice, but there's a role for academia in bringing scientific rigor to the process.

A sophomore CIO from America's second most populous county reflects on what it takes to integrate people, government and technology.

Strategic sourcing is a way to do procurement with proven benefits, and it's catching on at all levels of government. But some myths need to be dispelled.

While transparency may promote government accountability and reduce corruption, rules to improve openness in government also can have negative consequences.

The feds are gearing up to share proactively in an effort to build trust across the layers of governmental entities, and across the public-private sector divide — and it will ultimately enable more productive sharing and communication among state and local governments.

Many cities already have emergency response technology in place, but with so many people reaching out to social media, these tools will continue to grow, and people will continue to turn to Facebook first.

Edmonton's open data plans and policies can set an example for other cities looking to bring more citizens into the "civic rink."

Too many local governments think they don’t have the budget to harness technology that would foster greater efficiency and transparency for residents.

As we welcome Amazon and other tech-savvy firms into our lives, critics worry about the future of our data.

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By turning capital expense into operating expense, managed services can provide new options to public safety IT pros working to maximize the impact of every dollar.

Mobile technology can help officials securely distribute customized emergency plans to improve awareness, readiness and response times.

The bill would preempt the various state notification requirements in favor of a national one that would apply only to breaches that could lead to identity theft or economic loss.