Government Technology

Government Technology and the Center for Digital Government announced the top-ranked municipalities from their 2010 Digital Cities Survey, which quantifies the impacts of cities' IT efforts.

The city of Miami is putting its 311 phone system and the civic problems it's used to report online, enabling residents and city officials to easily track local problems.

In one North Carolina county, the land development process -- from permitting to building plan submission to inspection -- is now organized under one electronic, online system.

This article from Government Technology looks at the idea of municipal Wi-Fi Internet access and why it has struggled to take off.

As part of their Envision 2040 process, the City of San José is soliciting user input through a web-based wiki.

High technology and the Internet will have an increasingly broad impact on the way our cities and communities deal with transportation, traffic, and mobility, according to commentator John M. Eger.

The group spearheading the Everglades restoration is seeking input from a variety of sources.

John M. Eger writes about how the Internet can help us rethink our cities.

The USGS begins publishing maps that show the probability of earthquake shaking in the next 24 hours in California.

The new web service offers citizens and contractors the ability to apply for and recieve multiple over-the-counter permits from multiple jurisdictions in a single transaction.

Internet-based geographic information systems (GIS) are proving to be a useful tool for reclaiming brownfield sites.

Six states have adopted laws to permit Segway use in places normally off-limits to motorized vehicles.

Census 2000 data is a wealth of information if you know where and how to look for it.

Legislation to limit the amount of pollution and energy used by data centers and telecom hotels may impact economic development.

Using the Internet and GIS together, local officials in Connecticut are learning how to control land use for future generations.

New York City is rolling out a variety of amazing new applications using massive wharehouse of urban data.

The California Department of Transportation builds an innovative "transit portal."

An International court rules that an Australian city doesn't own the trademark rights to it's name.

San Diego's Operation Gatekeeper is using innovative technologies to stem the flow of illegal immigrants.

Portland and Seattle emerge as the most wired U.S. cities in Nielson's Net Ratings.