Government Technology

"I think it’s really going to open people’s eyes to the power of data and what we can all do with it," he explained. "If we get people out of these silos, and we start sharing it, the development community, the public, the government itself, we’re going to see more and more benefits over time."

Once an open data initiative is in place, subsets of other technologies such as mobility can emerge from it, for example, through building mobile apps from the open data.

The program tailored for would-be CIOs is accepting applications through Sept. 10. The CGCIO is the only training program of its kind, according to a university press release.

Mobile data, video analytics, license plate recognition and remote monitoring for police and fire.

"This is an evolution in our efforts to have more transparent meetings with our citizens, who are really engaged with the community."

Messina, 42, who is from Denver, managed his first campaign as an undergraduate at the University of Montana and in the 20 years since has never lost a race.

Younger workers typically use technology to solve problems even if they don’t work under a CIO or in an IT enterprise. Here are three tips to younger public employees for bringing more technology into their day-to-day work.

The award Riverside won is bestowed upon one city from more than 400 worldwide that the ICF deems to have overcome local challenges by using information and communications technology most effectively to build sustainable local prosperity and social inclusion.

It wasn’t until recently that the Internet and social media tools made crowdsourcing more efficient and effective

What cities really need in the long run, of course, are not temporary technologists and their stopgap services. Cities need a full-fledged, permanent industry around this stuff.