David Elges, who was appointed by Marty Walsh in 2018, stepped down after Mayor Michelle Wu was sworn in earlier this week.

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said the pandemic "exposed significant vulnerabilities" in states' unemployment systems that led to tens of billions of dollars in phony claims.

Elges was most recently the CIO of Washington, D.C.'s Child and Family Services Agency.

With help from the public, the city is now training its algorithm and hopes to go live with a new, smarter service request system by the end…

The city is channeling dollars from telecom contracts into a new fund designed to help residents use technology and become more engaged online.

Housing violations, complaints and requests are drawn up from the city's open data portal with a new web interface supplied by the technology department.

Boston's new city master plan offers one example of how cities can use data, civic engagement and technology to solve long-term challenges.

Former Democratic National Committee data chief Andrew Therriault will lead the city’s data efforts and analytics team.

Boston is piloting a new Web and mobile application, developed from a hackathon, that will let citizens track the progress of their permit applications online.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh hopes to bring the ideas of the city’s active startup technology community into the government, reflecting a growing trend at all levels of…