The hackable election?
According to a new report, a hack targeting only a few systems in a swing state could be enough to alter the outcome of a national race.
County turns to analytics to better protect at-risk children
Predictive analytics will help New Hanover County, N.C., better identify and track children at risk of abuse and neglect.
Facial recognition tech nabs ID fraudsters
Since the New York Department of Motor Vehicles upgraded its technology in January, the agency has opened 900 new investigations and made 100 arrests.
Boston shares its CityScore secrets
The city posts the code for its CityScore performance management dashboard on GitHub.
These States Are Getting Grants to Help Them Explore Gas Tax Alternatives
The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced $14.2 million in awards.
The Benefits of Michigan’s Cyber Infrastructure
IT centralization and having a technocrat for a governor helps, according to the Great Lake State’s chief information officer.
A Building Boom is Driving Economic Growth in Most States
This year, construction’s contribution to the U.S. economy soared above $650 billion for the first time since 2008.
A Shield for New York City’s Businesses
Nightclubs and entertainment venues can be vulnerable locations to protect and Brooklyn’s borough president, a former police officer, says local agencies must work to ‘harden these soft targets.’
Virginia’s Worrisome Hepatitis A Outbreak; Major Pension Investment Headache in Kentucky
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Water contamination questions in Pennsylvania; Colorado State Fair’s marijuana boost; and Florida tourism suffers.
Texas taps app for reporting alcohol violations
A new mobile app from Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission allows users to search the agency’s library of licenses and permits and report suspected violations.
Rooting out hidden code in media files
In recent months steganography has gotten more sophisticated with data hidden in music and in Instagram images.
Washington takes the pain out of health data exchange
The state’s Department of Labor and Industries is making it easier for claim managers to gather timely and accurate clinical data on injured workers from healthcare organizations.
What the public sector needs to know about personalization
Personalization is a combination of qualitative and quantitative know-how -- the right technology, coupled with the right questions to deliver the best possible user experience.
Recent State Voter Registration System Cyberattacks Prompt FBI Alert
But the "election process isn’t really at great risk from what happened with this hack,” according to the general counsel of the Illinois State Board of Elections.
How Apps Can Prompt Police Departments to Release More Stats
In trying to answer questions about U.S. crime using open data, app developers on the online analytics platform Foxtrot Code are requiring even more transparency from city officials.
Policies States Should Implement to Boost Child Immunization Rates
Data on policies strongarming parents is lacking, but rejecting nonmedical exemptions is a start.
HPC speeds analysis of ‘alternative futures’ for water management
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is using its High Performance Computing Innovation Center for water allocation simulations.
Tropical Storm to Bring Heavy Rain to Florida; Will Baltimore’s Drug Problems Alter Local Aquatic Life?
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Tulsa’s gonorrhea and chlamydia hot spots; Confederate T-shirt courtroom dispute in South Carolina; Indiana’s ‘Grave in the Middle of the Road’
Crowdsourcing the Louisiana flood response
With the advent of mobile devices, crowdsourced information can be integrated into situational awareness applications.
Arizona and Illinois election systems targeted by foreign hackers
The hack that took data on 200,000 registered voters in Illinois and another that penetrated an Arizona election system are suspected to have originated in Russia.
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