Since it was launched on Oct. 19, 15,000 people have visited Delaware’s open data portal. Delaware residents can use the portal to find out if traffic is slowed down because of nearby construction sites, whether their favorite restaurants have passed inspection, where to find a good bike trail, and what companies the state is conducting business with.
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 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.
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.
In 2007 the Florida state Legislature created the Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research to mentor and invest in Florida companies. In the 2015-16 fiscal year the companies mentored by the institute had a $129 million impact on Florida’s GSD.
California’s Department of Motor Vehicles asked the public to critique proposed regulations that would allow self-driving cars without a steering wheel or pedals on public roads.
The Illinois Department of Information and Technology has partnered with the State of Telangana, India, to advance their smart state initiatives.
The third largest cloud computing company in the world, OVH, will be investing $47 million to establish its first U.S. data center, and North American headquarters, in Fauquier County, Va.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced a $1.5 million grant to the Ben Franklin TechVentures (BFTV) technology incubator/post-incubator facility.
