Government Technology

He shows how a combination of unexpected questions and smart data crunching can produce strangely useful insights, and shares tips on how to release large sets of data so that anyone can use them.

"This is actually going to be very helpful for not only keeping track of what our peer states are doing, but informing our decisions."

"There are all sorts of projects we want public input so we need to make sure people are informed."

This site may be used to research permit records by anyone. When registered with the City, users can review or request inspections and check permit status online.

We are likely to see pressure to re-municipalize water systems.

We anticipate that this will be a growth area for cities and that we will see more opportunity for online transactions in the future.

What about state and local governments?

"I think it’s imperative that we in the private sector take the lead, instead of waiting for the government and waiting for Congress to do things."

"The aim is to make departments use data to change the way they do business. That’s just a foreign concept in government."

Companies need to eventually show that the percentage of veterans in their workforce is the same as the total share of veterans in the national population — about 7 percent.