The mapping technology company Esri is encouraging agencies at all levels of government to share data related to pandemic response efforts on the new platform.

The group says slowly making progress on the multi-year effort to simplify the rules state IT offices must comply with.

A new requirement calls for state chief information officers and chief information security officers to be included in the governance process for two influential federal grant programs.

A small team at open data firm Socrata rushed to build a GIS-powered map with potentially life-saving information in just three days.

A new federal mechanism for cybersecurity grants promises to ameliorate workforce woes and give states more control over managing pre-digital infrastructure amid major attacks.

If the Department of Homeland Security were to shut down, states and municipal agencies that receive federal grants would also face struggles to pay employees, protect borders…