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The mission of the State Information Technology Services Division is to provide standardized, strategic, secure, and state-of-the art information technology to advance the efficiency and delivery of government services to citizens.

Why It’s Time To Think About Self-Driving Cars In Regards To Parking

Self-driving cars may be great for those who don’t want to own a car or get behind the wheel, but they promise to be a nightmare for parking enforcement.

Smart pedestrian crossing system forgoes buttons for cameras

Starting at the end of next year, some of Vienna’s walk-light push-buttons will be disappearing from the city’s pedestrian crossings.

Survey: How Can The Montana Department of Commerce Improve Our Housing Website?

We’d like to hear from you on how Montana Housing can improve its website.

How Cities Can Ensure Fair, Affordable Transit Amid a Glut of Emerging Transportation Technologies

The most promising urban future is one where residents enjoy safe and cheap access to a variety of modes of transportation that make it easy to live well without owning a personal automobile.

Sustainable Missoula: Let’s shift focus to moving people, not motor vehicles

In 2016, the Missoula community adopted ambitious mode split goals, aiming to triple the percentage of people biking and walking, and quadruple busing, as their primary mode of transportation.

NACTO works with 5 cities to build bike and transit networks

A new accelerator program will help the five cities get past the usual resistance to bike and transit infrastructure and change their streets as quickly as possible.

Montana Senator Jon Tester Slams Trump Administration Decision to Close Anaconda Job Corps, Vows to Fight Reckless Action

“Make no mistake, this decision will lead to an immediate loss of jobs in rural America and undermine economic development in communities like Anaconda moving forward,” Tester said. 

Idaho Gov. Signs Executive Order Forming Broadband Task Force

The task force is charged with mapping the state’s existing services and pinpointing gaps in broadband infrastructure to aid in the eventual development of a comprehensive statewide plan.

DRIMS: Missoula entrepreneur’s software streamlines disaster recovery efforts

Relief organizations can log in and share supplies like water, food and shelter opportunities, as well as provide information on long-term assistance like locating employment and housing.

Giving Strong Citizens the Vocabulary to Speak Up for Transportation Change in Their Communities

We’re equipping citizen activists and professionals alike with the vocabulary, arguments, and insights needed to recognize the biases underlying stroad design and push against them; to insist that our streets have to change.

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