The report's author encouraged state chief information officers to continue improving their data governance to support decision making across a broad range of policy areas.

Officials said a pair of new initiatives are geared toward helping residents better understand the city's digital services and open data.

Virginia Tech researchers are building a statewide broadband coverage map that they say will be more accurate than what's provided by the FCC.

Officials believe eight terabytes of data, including criminal evidence, was permanently lost when a city worker accidentally deleted it in an incident that was not publicly disclosed for four months.

"City Incubator" at NYU's Open Data Policy Lab promises to help 10 local government technology officials from around the world develop their projects.

What Works Cities, a division of Bloomberg Philanthropies, certified a new round of cities for their data practices, bringing the total number of participants to 254.

Bringing city technologists together with non-technical staff is generating new ideas and projects in the local government.

Los Angeles's data team is using community and internal city partnerships to enhance economic, environmental and broadband equity.

The city published a collection of map-based tools as a way for non-data-scientists to better understand and engage with their city.