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Tod Newcombe

Tod Newcombe

Managing Editor

Tod is the managing editor of Governing and the contributing editor of our sister publication, Government Technology. He was previously the editor of Public CIO, e.Republic’s award-winning publication for IT executives in the public sector, and is the author of several books on information management. 

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Can Phone Apps Rebuild Trust in Government?
Some cities think the key to getting citizens to trust in and see the value of government again is developing civic technology that's proven to work.
June 05, 2014
 · Tod Newcombe
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Beyond Congestion Pricing: Reducing Traffic Problems by Changing People’s Commuting Habits
A company called Urban Engines works with city transit authorities to figure out better ways to use existing infrastructure and to craft incentives to change people’s transportation behaviors and reduce congestion.
June 04, 2014
 · Tod Newcombe
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NYC’s Simple Plan for Reducing IT Fraud and Waste
After losing hundreds of millions of dollars, the city is starting to clamp down on IT contractors to make sure taxpayer dollars are being spent wisely.
May 19, 2014
 · Tod Newcombe
A man interested in establishing a municipal broadband network protests against Comcast.
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Comcast-Time Warner Merger Would Hurt Municipal Broadband
If the feds allow two of the biggest cable companies to combine, municipalities would lose even more power to create high-quality, low-cost publicly owned broadband services for their citizens.
May 09, 2014
 · Tod Newcombe
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Santander: The Smartest Smart City
The Spanish city is embedded with more than 12,000 sensors to help the government operate as efficiently as possible. It’s changing the way Europe thinks about cities.
April 21, 2014
 · Tod Newcombe
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The United Arab Emirates: A Rising Star in E-Government
How the small Middle Eastern country jumped from 49th to 28th in online service delivery should have state and local CIOs in the United States paying close attention.
April 21, 2014
 · Tod Newcombe
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A New Way for Schools to Pay for Technology
The federal program that funds technology in schools spends about $600 million on outdated tools like pagers. The FCC wants to reform it, but how that happens is subject to political debate.
April 07, 2014
 · Tod Newcombe
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Small Cities Struggle to Battle the Rise in Heroin Abuse
There’s a whole new generation of heroin addicts in rural areas and smaller, struggling cities, which have few resources to fight the epidemic and its affects.
March 21, 2014
 · Tod Newcombe
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Why Is Government Still Using Windows XP?
Many state and local governments are still using the soon-to-be obsolete operating system, and the upgrade transition is proving very slow and costly.
March 17, 2014
 · Tod Newcombe
Cybersecurity experts train students at the U.S. Cyber Challenge Delaware Camp hosted by the University of Delaware.
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Delaware Seeks to Stem the Shortage of Cybersecurity Workers
Facing a national shortage of experts able to battle the growing number of cyberthreats, Delaware's new initiative to boost its cybersecurity workforce could be a model for other states.
March 10, 2014
 · Tod Newcombe
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