Opinion

To unlock the full potential of open data, the USDA contract for Recreation.gov must encourage entrepreneurs to build third-party “retail” applications.

As the headlines about the National Security Agency's voracious data-gathering show, when it comes to protecting privacy, relying on high officials' good intentions isn't enough.

Much of the security of our personal data depends on businesses implementing proper protocols to protect databases. But government can’t rely on market incentives alone to compel the best data security practices.

While no law will be perfect or address all concerns involving drone use, the quicker solid laws are put into place the easier it will be to tweak those laws to protect privacy.

For many government leaders, innovation can be a mysterious and misunderstood process. The good news is that it isn’t as difficult as most people think.

With a new governor in office and legislators just now getting down to serious business in Austin, it's an opportune time for state officials to clean up, open up and recommit themselves to fiscal responsibility and public accountability.

As the technology improves, biometric voting systems will become more efficient — and increasingly standard around the world.

Open data is now table stakes, and any government that is not participating is behind its peers.

Wise elected officials, video recognition software, more women coders, government embracing the cloud are all on Bill Schrier's tech wish list this year.

The state's new IT agency would have broad authority to avoid redundancy, reject waste and enforce consistent quality standards.

Whether it is in retaliation for a movie or an effort to gain military or commercial advantage, cyberspace is a modern battleground and we’re on it.

The plunging price of gasoline presents an opportunity to upgrade the nation's crumbling transportation infrastructure.

No matter how good an organization’s security strategy is, attackers will always find a way into a victim’s networks.

Continuous delivery will keep growing in popularity in the private sector, and government agencies should take notice.

Some cities are starting to look seriously at how sensor data can inform better policy decisions and better investment of public resources.

Although the state has numerous organizations working to increase innovation, critics question whether entrepreneurs are encouraged to develop and profit from their ideas.

Getting at what mattered amid the noise of public service.

Cities can let potentially disruptive developments just happen to them, or they can embrace the change and figure out how to use it.