What One City Hopes to Learn by Pausing Use of Facial Recognition Technology
A ban in Baltimore would restrict the city from purchasing facial recognition technology and temporarily restrict use by city agencies, residents and businesses (but not the police).
Government Employees' Online Personal Information Presents Unmitigated Risk
COMMENTARY | Plus, local government workers are constantly facilitating ransomware attacks by clicking on malicious links or attachments within emails.
Algorithm Could Improve How Self-Driving Cars Take on Narrow Streets
Researchers have created a new algorithm that could help self-driving cars get around on narrow, crowded streets.
'This Is 21st Century Infrastructure'
The pandemic highlighted gaps with internet service. But governments are pursuing innovative solutions—and there’s new federal money available for upgrading networks.
Building a resilience framework from phone location data
Researchers at Texas A&M University have mined cellphone location data to build a framework that tracks fluctuations in a population's activity before, during and after a natural disaster to determine its level of resilience.
Pandemic Has Left Public Sector IT Exposed to Cyberattacks
The single largest risk factor reported by respondents is the influx in remote work, according to a recent technology report.
New Data Show Major Broadband Gaps in Smaller Counties
But even larger places have issues with inadequate internet service, according to a National Association of Counties report.
Florida taps education analytics platform to boost employment
The Florida Department of Education will use a cloud-hosted data and analytics platform to determine what educational program will make someone self-sufficient -- and how quickly.
ARPA and the infrastructure bill don’t look like calls for advanced analytics – but they are
Data analytics can not only provide a deep, dispassionate basis for evaluating alternative investments but also deliver unprecedented budgetary transparency and accountability.
Fight for Control Threatens to Destabilize and Fragment the Internet
Power plays are a threat to a stable, open internet.
The Best U.S. Cities to Live In
The city atop the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings is a repeat winner, but several other major metro areas plummeted in the rankings due to factors like high unemployment rates and rising costs of living.
States Weigh Bans on Ransomware Payoffs
The idea is that this would deter attacks because cybercriminals would know they couldn’t get paid.
DOD rolls out AR/VR technology at 5G testbed
The Defense Department has begun deploying 5G-powered augmented reality/virtual reality systems for mission planning and training at some of its 5G testbed sites.
Open-source model finds best places for EV charging stations
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a modeling tool that helps transportation planners decide where to place electric vehicle charging stations to encourage intercity driving.
AI sifts through video data to spot fires
An algorithm detects smoke plumes by comparing images from 25 tower-mounted cameras against the more than 10 million it’s been trained on.
Low- and middle-income countries lack access to big data analysis – here’s how to fill the gap
The LISA 2020 Network helps establish statistics laboratories at universities where professors teach students to provide statistics consulting to other academics, businesses and policy makers.
How Cities are Using Data to Tackle Key Challenges
More than 50% of cities surveyed in a recent report say data analytics are enabling them to deliver services and expand programs more efficiently, effectively and equitably.
Successfully Implementing Cloud Technology in State and Local Government
Commentary | Here are five steps to help guide the planning and changes needed for states and municipalities to move to the cloud.
How Localities and States Can Prepare for Broadband Expansion
Governments can use American Rescue Plan Act funding to pay for broadband infrastructure. Experts say local governments are in the best position to know what initiatives will work to connect residents.
State Data Privacy Bills Growing More Widespread
Ohio lawmakers have introduced legislation to establish “data rights” for citizens. It follows Colorado, which passed a similar law last week.
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