by CivicMeter Staff | Jan 31, 2018 | Government IT
Data-mining techniques helped uncover a ten-year $1 million scam perpetrated by the top officials of the Sugardale Medical Center according to a special issue of the Journal of Forensic and Investigative Accounting (JFIA). Brent Carter and his forensic accounting team...
by CivicMeter Staff | Dec 4, 2017 | Government IT, Uncategorized
Aimed at improving intelligence gathering and ensuring a more friction-free transmission of vital information, the recent launch of Amazon Web Services (AWS) new Secret Region for the handling of classified government data is seen enhancing the United States’...
by CivicMeter Staff | Dec 4, 2017 | Government IT
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is cracking down on the porous security of federal agency websites and email systems. A “Binding Operational Directive” issued by the DHS in October requires all federal agencies to upgrade security for their web and email...
by CivicMeter Staff | Dec 4, 2017 | Government IT
Several prominent public technology officials have recently announced their intention to leave office. New York City’s Director of Innovation Leaving for World Economic Forum New York City Director of Innovation Jeff Merritt is to move across the country to San...
by CivicMeter Staff | Dec 4, 2017 | Government IT, Uncategorized
Convenient. Accessible. Secure. These adjectives describe an ideal website. But the websites of federal government agencies are far from ideal. A recent report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) indicates that a great majority of the...
by CivicMeter Staff | Nov 10, 2017 | Civic Data & Tech, Government IT
The answers to the important questions of budget allocation and performance monitoring in local governments are here, but they are hidden in the unruly thicket of data that grows ever larger by the moment. Too many trees too close together can obscure the view of the...
