How State and Local Agencies Can Better Protect Mobile Devices from Hackers
COMMENTARY | Devices like smartphones and tablets can present extra cybersecurity risks, a significant concern as more public employees work remotely.
How the pandemic transformed citizen service
Besides ramping up automated online services, many agencies gained deeper insights into what citizens really needed.
Cybercriminals Use Pandemic to Attack Schools and Colleges
COMMENTARY | Almost 1,700 schools and colleges were hacked in 2020. Ignoring threats to cybersecurity now can be quite costly in the future.
Tracking physical responses, target accuracy to enhance combat marksmanship
The Office of Naval Research is testing whether technology can help it spot dips in warfighters’ performance or lethality.
Bringing big data down to size
The Department of Energy is investing $13.7 million in projects that will address the challenges of moving, storing and processing the massive datasets.
How data, analytics and AI power public health
Advances in immunization information systems and contact tracing are a few example of progress made during the pandemic that will set the tone for years to come.
Hawaii unwraps voluntary digital vaccination record
Hawaii has become the latest state to allow residents to upload and verify their COVID-19 vaccination status.
Artificial Intelligence, Automation Aren’t Killing Labor Market, Report Says
Such technology aren't making it more likely for workers to lose jobs in major 10 industries, the authors found.
The Unemployment Insurance System Is Set to Get a Tech Makeover — but It Needs Much More, the Biden Administration Says
The Labor Department has launched an overhaul of the technology that runs the unemployment insurance system, which was overwhelmed by claims and plagued by fraud during the pandemic. But the agency says Congress must act to fix deeper problems.
Redistricting battles kick off in state courts
Between delayed census redistricting data, increased public interest and access to online redistricting tools, states could see a record number of challenges to maps being drawn with the new data.
Virginia expands sewage surveillance for COVID
To better spot infections before cases spike, the Virginia Department of Health’s wastewater surveillance testing program will start receiving data weekly from 25 sites selected based on geographical location and population-testing rates.
3 Essential Steps in Implementing a Comprehensive User Monitoring Program
Governments must "never trust, always verify" and assume "anyone on the network is potentially hostile or capable of triggering a breach."
COVID dashboard tracks county virus spread
Washoe County, Nev., turned to Esri ArcGIS to create a dashboard that would monitor the virus’ progression through the area.
Report: Hackers Shift from Malware to Less Detectable Credential Hijacking
A cybersecurity firm tracked record levels of cyber intrusion activity over the past year, with attacks coming three times faster.
Tech Officials Urge States to Go Further Embracing Analytics
State CIOs are discovering new analytics applications for putting citizens first and improving outcomes, according to a new government association report.
5 Steps to Protecting Government Data Repositories in the Cloud
COMMENTARY | From ransomware to exfiltration, cybersecurity attacks are targeting sensitive government data. Here’s a reliable approach to protecting mission-critical information.
How states can get the most from data analytics
In the light of the pandemic, data analytics will be crucial for delivering the necessary insights states need to develop their mitigation strategies and federal grant investment decisions, according to a new report.
Analytics platform surfaces insights from regulatory documents
An open-source project that collects, quantifies and visualizes federal and state regulatory text allows policymakers to analyze the data when making decisions on regulations.
V-Safe: How everyday people help the CDC track COVID vaccine safety with their phones
The v-safe registry lets inoculated people report their experiences, including serious suspected side effects, directly to the CDC through smartphones, adding to the data gathered from clinical trials and other safety monitoring systems.
BLM eyes GIS for estimating development mitigation costs
The Bureau of Land Management is looking for GIS services that would help it better estimate compensatory mitigation costs for solar projects and restoring habitat for threatened and endangered species.
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