States, cities and counties are funding open data initiatives more than ever before, as officials see growing proof that open data can spark economic development, according to…
The city announced on Thursday that Maxsim Percheskiy, a former Code for America fellow, has been named San Diego’s first chief data officer just weeks before a…
The city of Cleveland plans to create the nation’s first commercially available metropolitan 100 gigabit network aimed at attracting health and technology businesses.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh hopes to bring the ideas of the city’s active startup technology community into the government, reflecting a growing trend at all levels of…
State budgets continue to climb into positive territory for the third consecutive year, boosted from an increased growth in federal funding that dried up during the great…
Fewer households in the South have high-speed broadband Internet access, compared to the national average. That makes it harder for public officials to stimulate their state's digital…
Arizona state CIO Aaron Sandeen, deputy CIO Philip Manfredi and chief technology officer Kiran Chinnagangannagari said they will step down from their jobs Jan. 2.
Questions continue to dog San Jose State University about a contract with Cisco to upgrade the school’s wireless networks, which is running two years behind schedule and…
New York City has hired the former chief technology officer at the federal Office of Personnel Management, Amen Ra Mashariki, to become NYC's chief analytics officer.