Price tag on NY’s vaccination app keeps rising
New York’s Excelsior Pass vaccine authentication app may cost much more than first expected.
Illinois takes a big hit on COVID-related unemployment fraud
The state’s Department of Employment Security said close to $15 million has been paid to fraudsters, but the state could have lost as much as $1 billion, one tech exec said.
Protecting citizen-facing staff from phishing starts with a people-first approach
Intelligent solutions that adopt a zero-trust model can analyze the content and context of each email before it reaches an employee’s inbox.
Want More Affordable Housing? Try Building Narrower Streets
New research highlights how city streets that are too wide can take up valuable space that could be used to build more homes.
Transit Leaders See New Federal Money as a Bridge, Not the End of the Line
Bus, subway and local rail systems nearly shut down when the pandemic first struck. Now they’re trying to find a new way forward.
Demography Is Not Destiny
COMMENTARY | New numbers provide a reminder of the fluidity of American identity.
Federal Eviction Ban Could be Headed Back to Supreme Court
A federal appeals court has allowed the moratorium to stand. Realtors challenging it say they'll ask the high court to weigh in.
You’ve Been Vaccinated. Now Prove It.
Critics raise logistical and privacy concerns over vaccine documentation.
How a simple crystal could help pave the way to full-scale quantum computing
New research tackles a core problem at the heart of scaling up quantum computers: How do we go from controlling just a few qubits to controlling millions?
Can tech protect R&D from foreign adversaries?
The Air Force Research Laboratory wants to assess the risks posed by researchers who may be passing R&D to foreign adversaries.
AI on the line: Monitoring prisoners’ phone calls for criminal intent
Speech-recognition technology, semantic analytics and machine learning can flag phone calls in near real time that contain conversations that point to violence or criminal behavior.
How automation takes the time and guesswork out of security compliance
With automation, IT teams can spot the moment a configuration starts to drift from security baselines and proactively notify administrators in near-real-time.
The States Where Unemployment Claims Have Shrunk the Least and the Most
The biggest gainers are in the South and the Great Plains and the losers are everywhere.
Suspending Driver’s Licenses Is Inefficient Way to Recoup Fines
COMMENTARY | Punishing people for not having enough money to pay fees not only poses constitutional problems, it creates counterproductive budget policy.
Businesses Challenge One City’s Covid Vaccine Mandate
New York City will require proof of Covid-19 vaccination for entry to restaurants, gyms and entertainment venues. San Francisco and New Orleans have issued similar orders.
More Seats Than Passengers: Paperwork, Taliban Slow Afghanistan Evacuation
But the pace is picking up. Some 6,000, including Americans, "will soon board planes," a State Department spokesman said.
How crisis management tech helps emergency managers prepare for active shooter incidents
Incident management technology’s time-saving collaboration gives first responders and hospital staff more time to focus on life-saving efforts and allows emergency managers to review details of the event and find potential areas for improvement.
Vaccine Booster Shots Coming Soon
Public health officials announced plans for vaccine booster shots for recipients of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. Plus, other Covid-19 updates.
The Internet Archive has been fighting for 25 years to keep what’s on the web from disappearing – and you can help
Archiving government websites promotes transparency and accountability. Especially during times of transition, government websites are vulnerable to deletion with changing political parties.
Agencies experiment with augmented reality
The IRS wants to see if augmented reality can help smartphone users better understand tax forms, and the Drug Enforcement Agency wants an AR solution overlays live video from aircraft with advanced mapping information.
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