How Cities Are Marking the 20th Anniversary of 9/11
Events to honor those who lost their lives are planned this week, including a reading of the names of the nearly 3,000 victims and other remembrances.
Data Show Rise in Households Struggling to Afford Food For Kids
But the new federal statistics also reveal food insecurity among children in 2020 didn't reach levels seen during the last recession.
How New York is subsidizing Amazon
Local agencies across the state lure the retail giant to town using generous tax incentives.
Packaging Generates A lot of Waste – Now Maine and Oregon Want Manufacturers to Foot the Bill For Getting Rid of It
COMMENTARY | Packaging for consumer products represents a large share of U.S. solid waste, and barely half of it is recycled.
Legislation proposes restarting the Smart Cities Challenge
The Smart Technologies for Accessible and Resilient Transportation Act seeks to encouraging the adoption of smart transportation technology by renewing the Smart Cities Challenge.
5 Steps to Protecting Government Data Repositories in the Cloud
COMMENTARY | From ransomware to exfiltration, cybersecurity attacks are targeting sensitive government data. Here’s a reliable approach to protecting mission-critical information.
How states can get the most from data analytics
In the light of the pandemic, data analytics will be crucial for delivering the necessary insights states need to develop their mitigation strategies and federal grant investment decisions, according to a new report.
Napa County installs AI-based early fire detection
The pole-mounted artificial intelligence-based system uses optical and heat sensors to detect and analyze smoke plumes that indicate fire.
White House drafts zero-trust guidance
The administration is looking for comments on strategic guidance containing baseline expectations for agency migrations to a zero-trust architecture.
Analytics platform surfaces insights from regulatory documents
An open-source project that collects, quantifies and visualizes federal and state regulatory text allows policymakers to analyze the data when making decisions on regulations.
Congressional Funding Sought to Implement Policy on Body-Worn Cameras
The announcement follows tensions with some local police departments over the authority to release footage recorded during joint operations.
Best and Worst Cities for Cat Lovers
Cities in warm climates are among the best for felines and their humans while really big cities are far less than "purr-fect" in this regard, according to a new ranking.
Out-of-State Toll Scofflaws Vex State Authorities
States such as New Jersey are losing millions when out-of-state drivers fail to pay their tolls, fines and fees. Some states are looking at reciprocal agreements.
Removing Urban Highways Can Improve Neighborhoods Blighted by Decades of Racist Policies
COMMENTARY | At least 28 cities have begun or are planning to partly or fully remove highways that have isolated Black neighborhoods.
10 States Didn’t Pay Off Unemployment Loans Ahead of Interest Deadline
States that borrowed money from the federal government to cover unemployment benefits began to accrue interest Monday. Together they have more than $45 billion in loans outstanding.
Lyft and Uber Establish Legal Funds to Protect Drivers from Texas Abortion Law
The ride-booking companies said they would cover legal fees if their drivers are sued under the state’s new law, which allows private citizens to file lawsuits against anyone who “aids and abets” a woman in obtaining an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
V-Safe: How everyday people help the CDC track COVID vaccine safety with their phones
The v-safe registry lets inoculated people report their experiences, including serious suspected side effects, directly to the CDC through smartphones, adding to the data gathered from clinical trials and other safety monitoring systems.
Cloud can help speed FOIA response
Centralized, cloud-based repositories that consolidate information make it easier for agencies to search for data needed to fulfill Freedom of Information Act requests.
BLM eyes GIS for estimating development mitigation costs
The Bureau of Land Management is looking for GIS services that would help it better estimate compensatory mitigation costs for solar projects and restoring habitat for threatened and endangered species.
Rethinking backups to combat ransomware
A backup system that is a virtual device not only manages the storing of the agency’s data on physical media but it also creates a virtualized copy of that data for production.
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