Reimagining Street Parking to Improve Traffic Flow, Business Opportunities
COMMENTARY | The pandemic has created a unique opportunity for forward-thinking municipalities to fundamentally change transit and mobility.
The Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Hackers Had a Secret Weapon: Self-Promoting Cybersecurity Firms
Five months before DarkSide attacked the Colonial pipeline, two researchers discovered a way to rescue its ransomware victims. Then an antivirus company’s announcement alerted the hackers.
Why More Public Libraries Are Doubling as Food Distribution Hubs
COMMENTARY | What might look like a new role for libraries builds on their long tradition of serving as innovation spaces, community centers and sanctuaries for people who are homeless or mentally ill.
America’s Entire Understanding of the Pandemic Was Shaped by Messy Data
COMMENTARY | Our view of this crisis has been blurry from the beginning.
State and Local Leaders Form New Group to Tackle Broadband Gaps
Members of the NewDEAL Forum launched the task force this week. It’ll focus on issues like expanding high-speed internet access in rural areas and improving affordability.
The Real History of America’s Failed Mental-Health-Care System
COMMENTARY | A popular theory links the closing of state psychiatric hospitals to the increased incarceration of people with mental illness. But the reality is more complicated.
Survey: The Top Challenges for State and Local Government Workforces
The Covid-19 pandemic caused cuts in benefits, pay freezes, furloughs and layoffs, but there have been some positive changes this year, according to a recent survey.
Multiple States Offer Bonuses to Entice Residents Back to Work
The payments, largely funded by federal coronavirus relief money, are designed to address a labor shortage that some economists say is due to slow wage growth.
Fast computers, 5G networks and radar that passes through walls are bringing ‘X-ray vision’ closer to reality
Radar sensors can often collect and process large amounts of data – even in harsh environments – and generate high-resolution images of targets.
Who are you? Rising to the data protection challenge
Mainframes allow agencies to implement zero trust, multifactor authentication and privileged user access as standard practices, without requiring additional capacity.
Communications board digs into Christmas bombing outage
In the wake of the Nashville Christmas bombing that disrupted regional telecom service, the Tennessee Emergency Communications Board has been working with AT&T to ensure a more resilient 911 network.
Post-pandemic telework infrastructure
With a year of remote experience and the prospect of hybrid operations on the horizon, IT leaders are drafting plans for long-term secure access and more effective collaboration.
Microsoft, Ball Aerospace show satellites can connect cloud services to the battlefield
Commercial cloud computing can be used to process and securely deliver actionable information from low-Earth orbit satellites to military ground stations, command centers or direct to warfighters on the battlefield.
More States Consider Automatic Criminal Record Expungement
About 1 in 3 U.S. adults have a criminal record.
Report Highlights How AI Could Amplify Future Disinformation Campaigns
A Georgetown center's report assesses how artificial intelligence could sway the opinions of millions by writing "seemingly credible" and "compelling fake" news stories.
Colorado Lawmakers Wage Multifront Assault on High Drug Costs
Colorado is one of many states resolved not to wait for federal action to reduce drug costs. Its legislature is considering several ways to lower costs for consumers and the state.
Survey: The States Where Residents Feel Least and Most Safe
Concerns about mass shootings, personal violence, property crime and package theft are the things Americans are most worried about, according to a recent national safety survey.
What Bike and Pedestrian Advocates Say is Missing From the Senate Roads Bill
The $304 billion draft legislation includes policies they wanted, but a major new grant program was left out and one group sees deeper flaws. Amendments are set to be considered this week.
Racial Biases Persist in Public Sector Hiring. What can be done?
A new study shows that Black candidates are at an enormous disadvantage in making it through the government hiring process. But states and cities are finding solutions.
Report: 1 out of 6 Americans Stay in Jobs They Hate to Keep Their Health Insurance
Black employees and people making less than $48,000 per year were more likely to not quit to ensure continued access to health benefits, according to a West Health-Gallup survey.
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