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FAA Moves Ahead on Commercial Drones

The Federal Aviation Administration has signed off on two approvals for key commercial unmanned aircraft projects. On June 5, the agency granted a “special airworthy certificate” to Amazon for its Prime Air drone-based package delivery service, an FAA spokesperson said in a statement emailed to FCW. The certificate allows Amazon to “operate its MK27 unmanned

Why Some Counties Are Powerhouses for Innovation

By the time the application window closed, Amazon had received 238 proposals from cities and regions throughout North America looking to become the second headquarters of the behemoth tech company. Amazon invited proposals especially from places that looked a lot like its native Seattle: metro areas with more than a million people; a stable and

Amazon”s Alexa Skills Help Mining of Open Data

The Georgia and Utah state governments have created Alexa skills to make information about government services more accessible. Now, local governments like Johns Creek, Ga., are getting in on the action. The city of Johns Creek worked with Esri’s open source Sonar project to create an Alexa skill that has saved the city 10 hours