Census 2020 gets its first challenges
Some cities and municipalities are pushing the Census Bureau to correct population counts they say are too low.
Air Force commits millions for wearables to counteract troops’ exhaustion
Human monitoring devices could support military staff who work in extreme conditions.
Containerization and virtualization in a hybrid world
Agencies are mixing physical servers, virtual machines and containers to get the required storage and computer resources they need to maximize performance.
Detroit tests cloud-enabled pavement monitoring
In-vehicle sensors collect and analyze data and send it to the cloud where the city can access it as a GIS layer to see road surface ratings.
Las Vegas taps digital twin for sustainability
With a digital twin, the city can leverage street-level data collected through IoT sensors to model future energy use, emissions, mobility and emergency management.
Army plans ICAM rethink to support unified network operations
To make mobile device use more secure, the Army is preparing a new identity and access requirements as it adopts zero trust security principles.
Defense officials develop 5G-enabled medical applications to support future troops
Vendors were recently selected to push forward military telemedicine experiments.
ID verification, analytics can help agencies fight fraud
Combining an automated verification system and data analytics for prevention and detection helps create a powerful tool for government IT professionals facing a flood of fraud.
Pentagon Moves to Improve its Cybersecurity-Centered Engagement with Universities
A new consortium aims to enable deeper collaboration on digital challenges.
A Shift Away from Daily COVID Case Counts Has Begun
Public health officials are considering a shift from increasingly inaccurate case data to numbers they say better represent the effect of the disease on the community and the health care system: hospitalizations and deaths.
City heat officers lean into tech to control temperatures, inform response
The newly appointed chief heat officers in Miami-Dade County and Phoenix are using innovative materials and data to address urban heat challenges.
Maryland Health Department hit with ransomware
For more than two weeks, COVID surveillance data wasn't released publicly, and many day-to-day operational services are still unavailable.
6 strategies for better mobile services delivery
Mobile development is no cakewalk, but accessible user-centered apps that allow individuals to solve their own problems can improve government services delivery and spark digital transformation.
Top Public Sector Cybersecurity Threat No Longer is Employees
Hackers pose the greatest cyber risks for states and localities, followed by careless workers and foreign governments, according to an annual IT report.
Tennessee taps evidence-based budgeting for funding decisions
Using clearinghouse data, an evidence framework and internal analytic tools, the state's Office of Evidence and Impact evaluates programs to help decision-makers see whether more funding is warranted.
How to balance self-service analytics and security
Agencies need an an easy way for employees to access data while balancing ongoing privacy and security concerns.
NIST Updates Cybersecurity Engineering Guidelines
Amid constant cybersecurity threats, NIST added more insight for engineers and programmers on how to mitigate system vulnerabilities.
Wyoming health IT modernization nears completion
The modules of the Wyoming Integrated Next Generation System were procured separately to ensure best-of-breed solutions.
3 phases on the journey to multicloud
To reap all the benefits that multicloud has to offer, agencies should assess their current IT systems, determine where workloads belong and focus on business goals.
Cloud solutions speed rental assistance payments
The New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration quickly launched a portal for residents to submit applications and track their progress, and a North Carolina county developed an integrated customer contact solution to better deliver payments and services.
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