State and local government CIOs and key industry players met at the annual Beyond the Beltway conference to discuss the IT spending forecast.
Key tech industry players gathered in Virginia on Monday, March 20, to hear about the IT spending forecast in state and local government in 2017 at the annual Beyond the Beltway conference, hosted by the Center for Digital Government (CDG) *) and Government Technology. Total IT spending across state and local government is projected at $101.3 billion, which represents growth of 1.4 percent over 2016. Also likely to increase in proportion to overall IT spending is the number of IT-related opportunities, which numbered nearly 34,000 in 2016.
Weiterlesen: US: IT Spending in State and Local Government: What Does 2017 Hold?
CivicScape, now in the pilot test phase, thinks it can answer concerns about predictive policing.
CivicScape, an early stage startup, wants to fight crime. And it wants to show you exactly how it does it.
Brett Goldstein — whose work has included stints with the Chicago Police Department, Argonne National Laboratory and the tech company OpenTable — has been working on something akin to CivicScape for about seven years now. And with six city-based pilot projects underway, he is ready to launch the predictive policing company that he hopes will address the controversial aspects of the practice.
Weiterlesen: US: Predictive Policing Startup Publishes Code Online, Seeks to Address Bias
Cattle brands aren't mandatory in Kansas, but that isn't stopping the state from deploying a new tech-savvy way to register the time-tested livestock markings.
Kansas, the historic linchpin of the American cattle industry and a leading beef producer, is for the first time in state history migrating its cattle brand registration process entirely online.
Weiterlesen: US: Kansas Moves Cattle Brand Registration to the Cloud
When it comes to transparency in government, some entities excel while others fall short, which means there's still work to be done.
Technology is to thank for many of the efficiencies enjoyed in the public sector in 2017. It has helped to improve transportation, health care, social services and access to public information. But there is still work to be done.
Weiterlesen: US: Sunshine Week 2017: Where Does Public Access to Government Data Stand?
The Netherlands and Australia created common guidelines to report government financial regulation compliance to save on costs — and U.S. governments could benefit by doing the same.
Private companies in the U.S. pay as much as $2.028 trillion of combined annual costs related to reporting compliance with federal regulations, according to some estimates, but a new report has shown there may be a cheaper way.
Weiterlesen: US: Report: How Governments Could Benefit by Coordinating the Data Structure They Use