California's tough new online privacy laws, combined with the emergence of chief privacy officers in city and county governments, send a signal that it's a new day for data protection in the Golden State.
FirstNet was conceived in the wake of 9/11 as a solution to the radio communications failures that plagued first responders at the height of the disaster. FirstNet is supposed to give police and fire personnel a seamless, state-of-the-art, high-speed voice and data communications system. Sixteen years later, FirstNet is closer to becoming a reality.
James Keene, city manager of Palo Alto, wants cities to break up big technology projects into more manageable pieces that can be built more quickly, an idea called “agile development” that is already a growing trend in public-sector IT.
Thanks to a combination of venture capital, new tech and entrepreneurial spirit, more companies than ever now offer digital services and tools specifically for government.
The vast amounts of video data -- and the metadata to track and manage the video clips for retention and chain of custody purposes -- is a technology issue that CIOs are trying to address.
How did Los Angeles spend more than $1 billion to buy an iPad for every student and instead end up losing its leader and being investigated by the FBI and SEC?
