Open source software is enjoying a renaissance within governments. Much of this is due to the popularity of open data initiatives, but it goes beyond that. Governments…

Talk to Cathy Stepp, the Secretary of Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources, and she’ll reassure you of two things that are in nearly everyone’s DNA in her…

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the appointment of five leading experts on public safety, wireless broadband communications, and state and local government to serve…

Boston recently became the first American city to join the World Council of City Data, a global consortium working to develop international standards for city data with…

The datathon, the pet project of Deputy Secretary of Technology Anthony Fung, put teams from different Virginia agencies together and challenged them to create applications using state…

In partnership, Socrata and NLC will work closely with cities of all sizes, locally and globally, to develop solutions that will help address some of the most…

The program will feature remarks by White House Cyber Security advisor Michael Daniel; federal, state and local partners; and panel sessions featuring both the public and private…

As part of Innovation Week in Colorado, the Colorado Innovation Network (COIN) today released the third annual innovation report, “The State of Innovation: Colorado 2014 Report”, which…

The Fire Department of New York is now using RFID tags on firefighters that allow the city’s operations center to see where each is located during an…

The state of Maryland’s Council on Open Data held its first official meeting on Aug. 25 in Baltimore to discuss how the state can provide citizens with…