Government Technology

We’re seeing how new technology and methods, along with more sophisticated data analytics, can turn volumes of data into actionable insights and help change this all-too-common pattern.

Can these companies make a difference in how governments share, conserve and connect?

One of the most obvious benefits of a digital driver’s license is that it can be updated instantly — there’s no need for the state to print a new card or for the citizen to buy and wait for a new card. Changing an address or updating the card’s layout when the citizen ages from 20 to 21 can all be accomplished online.

As the individual with the
platform and budget authority
to guide public education and economic
development at the state level, the governor
plays a central role in ensuring that public
educational institutions provide students
with the knowledge and abilities required
for a successful life and career.

Aside from recognizing the best websites in government, the Center for Digital Government’s annual Best of the Web awards also provide the world a benchmark of how well state and local governments in the U.S. are doing their job.

Democratization of data may be the most important urban trend in the long run.

The first prototype is what officials call a Virtual Resource Library (VRL), an online hub that once finished, will act as a crowdsourced resource for county services and collaboration. The second prototype is an enterprise app designed to pluck data from departments for countywide analytics.

The partnership is meant to drive enhanced IT integration and management throughout the state.

For a second year, fresh sets of eyes and cutting-edge data analytics skills are the tools grad students will bring Virginia through the state’s data internship program

Cities are moving toward a regulatory regime that, rather than striving to protect incumbents from competition, attempts to do a better job of protecting health and safety — and at lower costs to taxpayers.