Why vaccine distribution programs must be digital, scalable and citizen-focused
Success will not hinge on technology alone, but on its adaptability, ease-of-use and focus on the citizen experience.
How digital transformation supports the VA during the pandemic
The Department of Veteran Affairs’ Office of Information and Technology enabled a remote workforce, expanded telehealth and developed apps to help its staff better serve the nation’s veterans.
DOD: digital contact tracing key to force readiness
The Defense Health Agency envisions personnel wearing an unobtrusive device that supports proximity logging and recording in all military environments, including those disconnected from wide-area networks, to guard against coronavirus spread.
Iowa gets pushback on CARES-funded IT projects
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is coming under fire for using millions in federal coronavirus relief funds to pay for two IT projects that some consider unrelated to the pandemic.
Rural health cooperatives are challenged by connectivity and social distancing – but are innovating
Rural health collaboratives are relying more on self-reported data, which has its own limitations, but is certainly better than no data at all.
How COVID accelerated smart city development
Many of the early hotspot cities were also at the forefront of innovation, prompting questions over how well connected cities would respond to the pandemic.
State CIOs roll with COVID’s disruption
Expanded work-from-home and remote work options, wider use of collaboration platforms and increased attention on digital government services and user experience are the most likely business processes, practices and investments to change post-COVID, according to a new report.
NY, NJ launch COVID exposure apps
New York and New Jersey are joining Pennsylvania and Delaware in a regional COVID Alert app network that supplements public health officials’ efforts to trace and contact individuals who may have been exposed to the COVID-19 virus.
Digital technologies will help build resilient communities after the coronavirus pandemic
In the midst of a maelstrom, inexpensive, readily available digital technologies -- among them social media, mobile apps, analytics and cloud computing -- help communities cope with the pandemic and learn crucial lessons.
CARES dashboard ensures county spending delivers results
The CARES Act Funding Outcomes Dashboard helps Pierce County, Wash., monitor funding and key performance indicators for public health emergency response, economic stabilization and recovery, community response and resilience, and essential government services.
OPM’s DIY COVID dashboard
Using open source data and a custom-developed Python application, developers built an easy-to-use, automatically-updating dashboard.
HHS gears up for widespread COVID surveillance – through wastewater
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to test wastewater in 42 states for signs of the COVID-19 virus.
Wearables, AI deliver ‘left-of-cough’ COVID awareness
The Rapid Analysis of Threat Exposure system alerts wearers to the virus up to 48 hours before they become symptomatic, allowing them to quarantine, get tested and seek treatment without spreading the disease.
Successful contact tracing: Setting up, scaling and advancing operations
Efficient contact tracing centers must be well staffed, scalable and conscientious of data protection.
Cybercriminals strike schools amid pandemic
School IT staffs have been consumed with transitioning teachers, staff and families to virtual learning, making districts even more vulnerable to hackers, experts say.
Why risk is a range -- not a number
During a disaster, looking at a range of possibilities, rather than a target number, gives emergency planners a better way to gauge risk.
8 data leaders on leveraging data during and after COVID-19
The pandemic has demonstrated that data-centered leaders must become a part of the emergency response playbook.
Hacking the pandemic: How Taiwan’s digital democracy holds COVID-19 at bay
The unlikely heroes of Taiwan’s success are civic tech hacktivists, the coders and activists who the country’s celebrity digital minister Audrey Tang described as the “nobodies” who “hack democracy.”
How NY’s Tech SWAT Team ramped up COVID response
New York’s Office of Information Technology Services formed a COVID-19 Technology SWAT Team to build IT solutions quickly -- and at no cost.
Smithsonian retools for post-COVID visitor tech
To support social distancing, the National Museum of African American History and Culture is developing a strategy to convert elements of its in-person interactive exhibits to mobile apps.
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