Rise of the citizen data scientist
New tools give end users the ability to develop their own use-cases for AI-driven analytics.
NIST to make popular tech reports machine readable
The National Institute for Standards and Technology is looking for publishing software that will convert Microsoft Word and XML-based to multiple formats that will be accessible to both people and programs.
How predicting floods is like catching a baseball
Rather than trying to reproduce the complex calculations across the environmental factors involved in a flood event, researchers built a program that rapidly predicts the impacts of coastal flooding.
Early-warning system for chemical threats
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is testing its ChemSigma initiative, a pilot study to provide initial data and insights into how such real-time chemical sensor networks would function.
In Kansas, Using an App to Streamline DMV Registrations
The state launched the iKan app as a way to make it easier for residents to renew driver’s licenses or vehicle registrations. A state official said it also ended up generating new revenue.
NOAA launches coastal flooding dashboard
The Coastal Inundation Dashboard combines data from 200 coastal water-level stations into one web-based tool to help local decision-makers get real time information on an approaching storms as well as insights into longer-term risks like high-tide flooding and sea-level rise.
Maine Enacts the Nation’s Strictest Internet Privacy Bill
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Oregon lawmakers push for year-round daylight savings … Phoenix bans feeding pigeons … Boston grants permit for “straight pride” parade.
NASA to test deep space atomic clock
The space agency will be conducting a year-long test of its toaster-sized deep space atomic clock, designed to make sure spacecraft can navigate accurately and autonomously on journeys to Mars and beyond.
FCC Votes to Stop More Suspected Robocalls
Complaints about robocalls have been a major issue for state attorneys general, who advocated for more federal action.
Has facial recognition outpaced existing law?
The use of facial-recognition technology by law enforcement agencies may have outpaced the regulations that govern it, lawmakers suggest.
Satisfying two data center optimization metrics with one tool
Intelligent power distribution units at the rack level can help agencies monitor power consumption to meet DCOI targets.
HHS offers 57 varieties of AI, automation
The Department of Health and Human Services Department selected 57 companies for its IAAI contract vehicle, which is designed to quickly obtain intelligent automation and artificial intelligence products and services.
FCC may tap connected-vehicle spectrum for next-gen Wi-Fi
Spectrum set aside for Dedicated Short Range Communications may be opened up to unlicensed use to help accelerate deployment of next-generation Wi-Fi, which will bolster emerging 5G wireless communications.
Big tech surveillance could damage democracy
Big tech has become competitive field of mass intelligence gathering that is ripe for abuses so long as it remains largely unregulated.
Big Tech Surveillance Could Damage Democracy
COMMENTARY | Oversight and regulation may seem dramatic and anti-growth at the moment, but it is a necessary check on big tech.
DHS election security efforts need more work, IG says
Staff shortages are making it difficult for the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate with states on securing the nation’s election infrastructure, the agency's inspector general said.
RPA takes hold in agency procurement
As it takes over repetitive internal tasks, robotic process automation could transform federal acquisition in only a few years, an OMB exec says.
In the rush to digital transformation, don’t overlook accessibility
Agencies must heed accessibility requirements ever more closely and continually strive toward making all public-facing online properties fully inclusive.
Solving the mobility puzzle: Portland tests analysis tool based on cellphone data
The Replica technology takes de-identified location data from cellphones and pulls it into a dashboard that shows how, when, where and why people actually move around the city.
Agencies warming up to AI
As artificial intelligence demonstrates savings and manpower efficiencies, agencies are moving from experimentation to wider implementation.
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