Donald Trump won the presidency in the wee hours of the morning of Nov. 9 to the shock of many people, including election forecasters. The poor quality of the big data used to create their forecasts may account for why so many people did not anticipate the election results.
The Center for Digital Government announced the 2016 Digital Cities Survey winners. The annual survey, now in its 15th year, honors cities that use tech to improve citizen services, enhance transparency, and encourage citizen engagement.
The number of hospitals using electronic health records in 2016 is more than nine times the number in 2008, according to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s 2016 report to Congress.
Onvia released the results of its Q3 State and Local Procurement Snapshot, which shows state governments continue to publish more formal bidding opportunities. State agencies have increased spending from last year, more than education and local agencies.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $4.7 million for its Distance Learning and Telemedicine program, which will support 18 projects across 16 states.
Highly active digital citizens–“Digital Super-Users”–are pushing state governments to accelerate digital growth, according to a recent study released by Accenture.
The City of Pittsburgh’s Department of Innovation and Performance is redesigning the city’s website, and is gathering community opinion on how the site should look and operate.
Iron Mountain expanded its Pennsylvania data center by 20,000 square feet and three megawatts of capacity last week in order to attract Federal and state government customers.
The Lower Colorado River Authority has 275 flood sensors deployed throughout its 44,000-square-mile domain. With a $650,000 grant from the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate, the LCRA hopes to increase that number.
The U.S. Department of Transportation is partnering with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to deploy two devices that will collect weather-related transportation data.
