Michigan, National Park Service to test mobility tech in local national parks
State agencies will work with NPS on projects to relieve traffic congestion and improve environmental sustainability, visitor access or safety.
NYC launches climate dashboard
The metrics track climate-related risks to New York City’s physical, social and financial future.
Arkansas outlines broadband connection plans
A hybrid fiber-wireless approach will provide the best near-term solution as future-proof fiber-to-the-home connections are built out.
Microsoft raises bug bounties by up to 30%
The scenario-based bounties focus on vulnerabilities that have the highest potential impact on customer privacy and security.
Chicago makes childhood education data accessible through new cloud
The Chicago Early Childhood Integrated Data System will bring together data from across systems and programs in neighborhood-level analyses and program-specific dashboards.
Ohio tees up GPU-powered high-performance cluster
The Ohio Supercomputer Center announced Ascend, a new high-performance computing cluster to support artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data and data analytics.
Malware fight unites local law enforcement, national guard in training exercise
The Cyber Strike exercise featured a live training environment where individuals from different organizations worked on a closed network to disable a malware application.
North Dakota launches whole-of-government cyber response
Agencies are planning a statewide response to a significant disruption to energy, internet-based communications or other critical infrastructure.
North Carolina First State to Prohibit Agencies From Paying Ransoms
State and local government agencies in North Carolina may not submit payments to—or even communicate with—someone who has encrypted their IT systems. Other states are considering similar legislation.
NC prohibits agencies from paying ransoms
State and local government agencies in North Carolina may not submit payments to -- or even communicate with -- someone who has encrypted their IT systems. Other states are considering similar legislation.
Pardon application process moves online
Pennsylvania’s digitization of pardon applications is the first update to the paper-based process “since the advent of computers,” officials said.
Compromised Email Behind Fake Emergency Data Requests
Emails that look like they’re coming from law enforcement agencies have mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies turning sensitive data over to hackers.
City leans into metrics to boost services delivery, cut ‘time tax’
With a new dynamic report that provides up-to-date metrics on city agency performance and the creation of a chief efficiency officer position, New York City Mayor Eric Adams aims to improve city services delivery.
Ohio brings ballistics analysis in-house
The state is investing in systems to help forensic investigators more quickly determine whether a firearm may have been used in multiple shootings.
IBM launches AI-accelerated, ‘quantum-safe’ mainframe
IBM’s z16 mainframe is designed for hybrid cloud environments, features an on-chip AI accelerator and what the company calls the industry’s first quantum-safe system.
New Mexico positions itself as a quantum computing hub
The Quantum New Mexico Coalition brings together two national labs and more than 30 colleges, businesses and nonprofit organizations to build the business and workforce infrastructure for a quantum computing economy.
Compromised email behind fake emergency data requests
Emails that look like they’re coming from law enforcement agencies have mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies turning sensitive data over to hackers.
Phishing Scam Targets Election Officials, FBI Warns
Election officials in at least nine states received emails with attachments that redirected to credential harvesting sites.
Phishing scam targets election officials, FBI warns
Election officials in at least nine states received emails with attachments that redirected to credential harvesting sites.
How agencies can build data literacy
Only 21% of the global workforce seems to be fully confident in their data literacy skills, and just 24% percent of senior decision-makers pass standard data literacy tests, a new report says.
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