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Colin Wood

Colin has been writing for Government Technology since 2010. He lives in Seattle with his wife and their dog. He can be reached at cwood@govtech.com and on Google+.

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Best of California 2016: Successful Public-Sector IT Exhibits Flexibility, Adaptability

Following a day of discussion on data analytics, identity access management and enterprise architecture at the 2016 California Technology Forum held Aug. 11, top technology and project leaders in the state were recognized for achievements in many of the same discussion areas.

August 12, 2016
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What Is a Chief Information Officer?

For CIOs, emphasis is usually placed on the customers and their needs rather than the technology itself.

July 28, 2016
· Colin Wood
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Los Angeles CTO Peter Marx Departs, Jeanne Holm Named as Replacement

Marx is credited with leading projects around broadband, legacy system upgrades and open data.

July 13, 2016
· Colin Wood
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City of San Jose Creates Office of Civic Innovation

The crux of the city's new efforts is to assist other departments with forming strategies that align priorities and resources, while lowering barriers to the adoption of new processes.

July 05, 2016
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One Year After OPM Breach, Federal Cybersecurity Continues to Struggle

A new report shows that the federal government is slow to adapt to cyberthreats, even in the face of severe consequences.

May 19, 2016
· Colin Wood
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Los Angeles Connects to 100 Gbps Education Network

Los Angeles leaders say they hope to encourage other cities to do as they have and join the infrastructure connecting California's education and research worlds.

May 16, 2016
· Colin Wood
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Open Data Market Is Growing, Study Says

According to a study conducted by open data company Socrata, investment in and support for open data remain steady. In fact, the company's CEO called today's market the strongest he's ever seen.

May 15, 2016
· Colin Wood
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San Francisco's Superpublic: Cross-Discipline Working Space to Target City Challenges

San Francisco's new lab brings partners from academia, state and federal government, and the private sector to tackle such challenges as performance-based procurement and transportation.

May 11, 2016
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Email Privacy Act: Updating Decades-Old Legislation to Account for Cloud-Stored Data

A bill making its way through Congress may finally remedy legislation drafted three decades ago — that couldn't predict a future of digital mobile devices and cloud-stored data.

May 03, 2016
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Study Reveals Biggest Barrier to Cloud Adoption

The perennial concern with cloud adoption is security, according to the survey, but 70 percent of respondents also said they believe security will become less of a concern by the end of the year.

April 26, 2016
· Colin Wood
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San Jose Partners with Facebook Connectivity Lab to Test Gigabit Wi-Fi

San Jose will be one of Facebook Connectivity Lab’s first examples of how the Terragraph network might be used to cheaply scale high-bandwidth wireless connectivity for a high volume of users.

April 13, 2016
· Colin Wood
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Formulating a Model for Small-City Innovation Offices

Innovation offices in major cities like Los Angeles and New York are interesting and inspirational, but don’t necessarily serve as useful models for cities with a fraction of the population or resources.

April 04, 2016
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Los Angeles County CIO Richard Sanchez Announces Retirement

During the past several years, Sanchez is credited with leading an agency that created a chief data officer role, building a county open data portal and replacing many of the county’s legacy applications, among other accomplishments.

March 16, 2016
· Colin Wood
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San Francisco's Gigabit Master Plan: A Sign of the Times

The diversity in recent municipal broadband projects history indicate a trend of innovation. No longer content to wait for private industry, cities large and small are building the kinds of networks and partnerships that serve the persistent demand for connectivity.

March 15, 2016
· Colin Wood
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California Public Sector CIO Academy Honors Innovative IT Leaders

Judges selected individuals who led effective teams, most faithfully served their organizations and constituencies, exhibited innovative thinking, and promoted information sharing and collaboration across California government.

February 26, 2016
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San Francisco Recruits Three California Cities for Regional 'Startup in Residence' Program

A regional Startup in Residence program with West Sacramento, Oakland and San Leandro expands on San Francisco's 2014 effort and builds toward an international program.

January 28, 2016
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LA Unified Inches Toward Districtwide Tech Upgrades, Wireless Access

The biggest school district in the nation is preparing its students with big investments in broadband connectivity and device support.

January 25, 2016
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National Guard to Deploy Cyber Surveillance Reconnaissance Squadron in California

Federal cyber protection efforts grow this month with new soldiers being deployed across the nation to protect America's digital borders.

December 16, 2015
· Colin Wood
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11 California Cities Take Honors in 2015 Nationwide Digital Survey

California is well represented in the 2015 Digital Cities Survey, an annual selection of the most strategic, efficient and innovative guardians of public-sector tech in the nation. Judged by the Center for Digital Government, operated by Techwire parent company e.Republic Inc., the top-ranked cities will receive an award on Nov. 5 at the annual National League of Cities conference in recognition of their achievements.

November 03, 2015
· Colin Wood, Jessica Mulholland, Steve Towns
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Setting Government Procurement Data Free

Open Procure is looking to speed government adoption of breaking technologies and ease startup entry into the government sector.

October 20, 2015
· Colin Wood
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Nevada Appoints CIO Shannon Rahming

The state's newest IT leader is looking for chances to collaborate as she keeps Nevada's several large, multi-year modernization projects moving.

October 19, 2015
· Colin Wood
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Los Angeles Chief Data Officer Leaves After 13 Months

Los Angeles Chief Data Officer Abhi Nemani left the city toward the end of this month. Nemani announced the departure internally and within his community of data scientists after opening data sets and coordinating open data efforts across the city.

October 06, 2015
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2015 Best of California Awards Honor Public-Sector Tech, Innovation

The 13th annual awards celebrated excellence in apps, management, collaboration, infrastructure and social media.

August 14, 2015
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Technology Is a Social Change Agent

Technology can make governments more efficient, but pushed outward, it can change society too, says incoming Long Beach, Calif., tech chief Bryan Sastokas.

June 08, 2015
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California Finishes Last in Financial Data Transparency Survey

California ranked poorly for several reasons, the biggest being that the state’s data is spread across multiple agencies and portals.

March 18, 2015
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Business Oregon Launches Entrepreneurship in Residence Program

Entrepreneurship in residence (EIR) programs are popular in the tech world, and another has popped up in government.

March 16, 2015
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New LAPD Program Seeks to Dethrone City as King of Hit-and-Runs

A new alert system will pit the efforts of the police, the private sector, the city and the public against one of Los Angeles' bloody problems.

February 13, 2015
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Oakland Releases Automated License Plate Reader Data

The Electronic Frontier Foundation discovered that lower-income neighborhoods saw a disproportionate amount of license plates being scanned by police, but poor neighborhoods also tend to have more crime, which explains greater police presence.

January 25, 2015
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Obama Mentions Tech, Cybersecurity in 2015 State of the Union

The president primarily touted middle-class economics and called for parties to cooperate in this year's addressing, making mere mentions of technology plans and proposals.

January 20, 2015
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Davis, Calif., Reviews 45-Acre Innovation District

Davis is looking to replace fields of wheat with homes and work spaces for a new generation of technologists.

January 19, 2015
· Colin Wood