Can a rice cooker disinfect an N95 mask?
From industrial decontamination units to kitchen appliances, scientists have devised ways to extend the life of N95 masks.
How data visualizations drive decisions
As governments lean into data-driven pandemic response, one expert offers insights into how agencies can make their data visualizations more transparent and trustworthy.
States enlist chatbots for pandemic response
Approximately three-quarters of states have chatbots helping agencies answer unemployment insurance or COVID-related questions, according to new research from the National Association of State CIOs.
Open-source solution to CARES Act grants management
With the free toolset, State governments can find newly available CARES grants, track the status of internal grant approvals, build workflows for signing off on subgrants and comply with transparency and reporting requirements.
NIH opens COVID-19 big data hub to researchers
The National Institutes of Health launched a secure, cloud-based research hub that will apply machine learning to a massive clinical COVID-19 dataset to inform best practices for resource allocation, drug discovery and treatment options.
RPA takes on more services delivery
One positive outcome of the coronavirus pandemic has been agencies’ increased ability to quickly adapt to new circumstances, thanks, in many cases, to their use of robotic process automation and chatbots to deliver internal and external services.
Pandemic, privacy rules add to worries over 2020 census accuracy
Disruption from the pandemic adds to existing worries around the accuracy of this year’s census data, including the introduction of a technique to protect residents’ privacy and a potentially low response rate stemming from distrust in the government.
Census faces pandemic-related delays, cyber and IT challenges
Along with a number of IT testing and cybersecurity challenges already facing the 2020 census, it must now also manage new issues and delays caused by the spread of the coronavirus, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Local gov delivers equitable broadband during pandemic
COVID-19 highlighted the need for county and city governments to provide their workers and K-12 students with internet connections and related technology, especially laptops.
How will states safely reopen parks? Tennessee has a plan
Staff at Tennessee State Parks built GIS apps to assess risk to visitors and staff, keep the governor’s office informed and alert the public to changes in parks’ status.
Cloud strategy smoothed State Department’s shift to remote work
The State Department began moving its operations to the cloud in 2019, so it wasn’t caught flat-footed when the pandemic forced a sudden shift to remote work.
Workplaces are turning to devices to monitor social distancing, but does the tech respect privacy?
Organizations, eager to limit liability for employees and customers, are considering a variety of emerging technologies for limiting pandemic spread.
NYC’s food assistance portal signals next wave of services delivery
A no-code, cloud-based platform let city workers build a management hub where residents can request food assistance and simultaneously invoke the workflows that coordinate food distribution.
Smart cities can help us manage post-COVID life, but they’ll need trust as well as tech
To avoid the perils of individual-level monitoring systems, cities must focus on how to leverage technology that enables the collection, analysis and reporting of data while protecting privacy.
Facial recognition adapts to a mask-wearing public
With more people wearing masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, facial recognition developers are building datasets of images featuring masked faces and upgrading existing solutions.
3 ideas for records management challenges during COVID
Agency records management responsibilities didn’t disappear, they just got more complicated.
Super-powered SIM models COVID spread through Chicago
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory are using the Theta supercomputer to simulate the spread of COVID-19 throughout Chicago so researchers can learn how the virus spreads.
COVID dashboard helps state and local leaders plan for reopening
Maps and red-yellow-green indicators for key indicators give decision-makers a structured understanding of how a state or county is performing.
Are thermal cameras a magic bullet for COVID-19 fever detection? There’s not enough evidence to know
Although government and industry are deploying systems involving infrared thermal cameras to perform fever-screening, there is a glaring lack of clinical evidence that they work.
What did agencies learn from telework’s high-speed rollout?
The Government Accountability Office plans to review how agencies implemented remote work solutions.
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