February 15, 2019
Fredericksburg first to join Virginia’s ‘smart communities’ network
Officials in Fredericksburg, Virginia, are preparing the first phase of a data analytics project, using help from the state government and other partners as it becomes the first city to …
January 29, 2019
Qlarion Partners with CIT to Launch Smart Community Analytics Platform
City of Fredericksburg to pilot smart city platform RESTON, VA – Qlarion, a data and analytics firm that specializes in government innovation, is pleased to announce it has partnered with the …
December 10, 2018
Qlarion Named Best Place to Work in Virginia for Fifth Year in a Row
RESTON, VA – December 10, 2018 – Qlarion, a data and analytics firm that specializes in government innovation, today announced it was named as one of the 2019 Best Places …
November 30, 2018
Virginia’s ‘Model’ Opioid Data-Sharing Platform Nearly Ready
As the epidemic’s death toll rises, the state is working to get more information into the hands of regional substance abuse coalitions to mitigate deaths and other negative impacts. The …
October 12, 2018
Virginia Prepares Opioid Data-Sharing and Analysis Platform
Virginia has awarded Qlarion, a data and analytics firm that specializes in government innovation, a contract to create a data-sharing and analysis platform to help manage the state’s growing opioid …
September 19, 2018
Commonwealth Fights Opioid Crisis by Awarding Qlarion a Contract to Develop Analytics Platform
Commonwealth Fights Opioid Crisis by Awarding Qlarion a Contract to Develop Analytics Platform Qlarion to coordinate effort with Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice …
September 4, 2018
Your Fancy New Analytics Platform Doesn’t Matter If No One Uses It
Data analytics has the potential to revolutionize the services state and local governments provide to their citizens, with some agency representatives calling it “the most disruptive thing that we have going …
August 16, 2018
4 Steps to Excellence in Data Analytics
Data management and analysis are cornerstones of the 2018 President’s Management Agenda (PMA), which calls “full utilization of four cross-cutting drivers of change”: policy, people, process and platform. Unfortunately, data analytics efforts …
July 5, 2018
Filling open data’s empty ‘Field of Dreams’
Nine years after the government introduced Data.gov, the promise of open data remains an open question for federal agencies. While data transparency has worked well and provided citizens with easier …
June 14, 2018
Qlarion CEO Jake Bittner on Government Matters
Jake Bittner, CEO of Qlarion and Sonny Kakar, founder & CEO of Sevatec, join Government Matters host Francis Rose to discuss the Federal Data Strategy and how data can help both …
April 12, 2018
Qlarion Retains Anthony Fung as Strategic Advisor; Sets Course for Future Growth
Qlarion, a big data and analytics firm that specializes in government innovation, today announced that Anthony Fung has engaged with the company as a strategic advisor. Currently CEO of GovInsight, a boutique …
March 12, 2018
Design Thinking, Lean Startup Methods Can Unleash Agency Innovation
Federal agencies seeking to modernize are often faced with two all-too-familiar dilemmas. Legacy procurement practices, designed specifically for the acquisition of tools, all too often work against their modernization efforts, …
