Bot management 101: What one agency learned from its RPA pilot
The Bureau of Fiscal Service discovered that managing robotic process automation is more like managing staff than it thought.
Facial recognition in the dark
Army researchers have developed a way to enhance images from night-vision cameras to match them with photos in existing biometric face databases or on watch lists.
Taking down malicious drones
The White House has proposed allowing the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security to detect and disable drones that pose a safety or security threat to specific U.S.-based assets or missions.
Pittsburgh Airport Partnership Will Create Testing Ground for New Technology
Artificial intelligence could soon make its way into the aviation space through a collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University.
What Cities Need to Know About Chatbots and Data Security
Chatbots make city services more efficient, but are they safe to use?
Salt Lake City, NYC land wireless testbed pilot
The National Science Foundation’s Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research program named the first two cities that will serve as testbeds for new communication and networking technologies.
Building a better chatbot
Robotic process automation can help make agencies' internal chatbots more useful.
NIST generates quantum-based random numbers
National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers are using quantum mechanics to generate truly random numbers, potentially enhancing security and cryptographic systems.
Blockchain, automation and learning to love your legacy systems
HHS’ Jose Arrieta makes the case that a strong data layer can serve as middleware for microservice-driven modernization.
Show and tell for emerging tech
GSA's emerging technology working groups are running pilots in virtual reality, artificial intelligence, blockchain, robotic process automation and social technologies.
San Francisco’s 100,000 Light Bulb Giveaway
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Mississippi governor orders county-owned bridges closed … Kentucky’s new pension law … mapping Alaska’s thawing permafrost … and N.Y.C., Salt Lake City selected for wireless research testing.
Americans Say They’re Ready for Robots to Deliver the Mail
A survey conducted by the Postal Service inspector general polled citizens on how they would feel if a robot delivered the mail with—or instead of—a human.
Army plans Robotics Innovation Center
The Fort Benning-based center would work with academia and industry on integrating robotics and autonomous systems into combat teams.
The Limits of Earthquake Early-Warning Alerts
Last week’s quake near L.A. shows the promise of the West Coast seismic notification system under development. But its effectiveness will depend on those using the technology.
There Is Science (and Power) Behind Effective Citizen Communication
Scottsdale, Arizona’s assistant city manager discusses how boosting engagement with residents can be more than just a marketing gimmick.
Mitigating Traffic at Intersections With AI and Video Detection
The city of Maricopa, Arizona doesn’t have a traffic engineer, and now it doesn’t need one.
Tiny towns, small states bet on bitcoin even as some shun its miners
While bitcoin mining may not create many jobs, state officials and cryptocurrency advocates believe in the economic potential of the industries created through blockchain technology.
Miss Our ‘City in Beta’ Tech Roadshow Event in San Jose?
If so, be sure to register and watch the digital edition on April 11.
DHS drafts handbook for responder tech integration
The Next Generation First Responder Integration Handbook outlines a “plug-and-play,” standards-based environment designed to enable commercially developed technologies to run on existing first responder infrastructure.
West Virginia tries blockchain-based mobile voting
Military voters from two counties can cast absentee ballots with the secure mobile application.
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