Local Participatory Budgeting Might Not Be ‘One Size Fits All,’ But It’s Catching On
Processes benefit underrepresented communities and low-profile projects, though not necessarily the ones you’d expect.
Philadelphia City Hall Creates Open Data and Digital Transformation Office
But its establishment hints at the city's offices being too siloed.
Chicago’s Bloody Weekend; Seattle Monitors Portland’s Homeless Camps
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: NYC bars must serve pregnant women; Flint’s mayor may have wanted relief funds for campaign; New Mexico teachers can criticize standardized tests again.
The Student Debt Crisis at State Community Colleges
Policymakers tend to focus on stories of scary-high debt. But students who owe much less are actually more likely to default.
8 tech trends that will drive public sector change
Deloitte’s annual Technology Trends report outlines the new capabilities in digital, cloud, virtual reality and analytics that will disrupt government operations in the next two years.
Predicting earthquake damage with big data analytics
Seismic Concern collects data on the physical environment and integrates time- and location-sensitive population information to immediately deliver a report on earthquake hot spots to subscribing localities.
DARPA director clear-eyed and cautious on AI
Arati Prabhakar, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency director, cautioned against reliance on the current generation of artificial intelligence to solve complex problems.
NASA releases searchable tech transfer database
The database includes thousands of expired NASA patents now in the public domain that are freely available for unrestricted commercial use.
Lessons from tax season: 4 tips for preventing cyberattacks on the workforce
Scams targeting employees during this recent tax season serve as a sobering reminder of the significant security risks workers unknowingly pose to their organizations.
The Justice Department and North Carolina Are Suing Each Other Over Bathrooms
"This is about the dignity and respect we accord our fellow citizens" Attorney General Loretta Lynch says.
G2G Marketplace adds CenturyLink services
Cloud and security services provider inks blanket purchase agreement for state and local governments.
Pa. Trims Corrections Costs by Relocating Inmates in Need of Radiation Treatment
Savings are relatively small compared to overall state corrections spending.
State CIOs Eye Stronger Cyber Partnership With the Feds
The 30-some officials stressed the need for improved network defense and access to federal resources, during their annual Fly-In to Washington D.C.
Alaska Food Safety Funding Faces Major Cuts; Radioactive Storage Idea Raises Questions in S.D.
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Seattle’s achievement gap; Tulsa looks at walkability; and equalizing taxes in Rhode Island.
Green Projects in 8 Cities Receive $30,000 to $75,000 Matching Grants
The money comes through a program affiliated with a Florida-based nonprofit.
Navy aims to boost energy, data center efficiency at California bases
With assistance from Schneider Electric, the Navy expects to increase the reliability and capacity of the facilities, reduce overall operational and maintenance costs and add renewable sources to the its energy portfolio.
States Require Opioid Prescribers to Check for 'Doctor Shopping'
“We in the health care profession had a lot of years to police ourselves and clean this up, and we didn’t do it.”
Colorado consolidates data on child care programs
Colorado’s Office of Early Childhood has gone to the cloud for tools to improve the quality rating system for child care and early education programs across the state.
States require opioid prescribers to check for 'doctor shopping'
In states where physicians are required to use monitoring systems, overall opioid prescribing has plummeted, as have drug-related hospitalizations and overdose deaths.
Services push new mobile apps
The Army and Navy produced new mobile applications recently to help improve soldier readiness and increase access to mandatory training.
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