EPA National Recycling Strategy Includes Assessment of State, Local Policies
The Environmental Protection Agency released a draft strategy plan this week that proposes a variety of initiatives to improve recycling rates, increase efficiency and improve the market for recycled goods.
A Warning From Michigan
COMMENTARY | The state previews how far Republican judges will go to obstruct Democrats in office.
Cities Giving Paid Leave to Employees to Work the Polls
Facing shortages of poll workers, some city officials are allowing employees to volunteer as election workers in exchange for paid leave.
DOD pushing RPA to the next level
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is working to develop machine learning models that can go beyond the capabilities of robotic process automation and make decisions about financial transactions.
About 750,000 People Are in Jail On Any Given Day. Can They Vote?
A new report from the Prison Policy Initiative says that most people in jail are eligible to vote, but ultimately won’t be able to due to barriers to voter registration and lack of access to ballots.
AI-based ‘listening’ helps VA monitor vets’ mental health
To better monitor veterans’ mental health, especially during the pandemic, the Department of Veterans Affairs is relying on data and artificial intelligence-based analytics.
How digital tech is giving old documents new life
The digitization and transcription of historical land records helps leverage the investment local governments have already made to store, maintain and make those records available to the public.
Famed spy plane gets AI upgrade via Kubernetes
The Air Force has equipped a legacy U-2 surveillance aircraft with machine learning thanks to Kubernetes, an open-source container-orchestration system that automates the application deployment, scaling and management.
Distrusting Trump, States Plan to Vet COVID Vaccines Themselves. Bad Idea, Say Experts.
At least six states and the District of Columbia have indicated they intend to review the scientific data for any vaccine approved to fight COVID-19.
Rural Vacation Towns Made It Through the Summer. Now What?
Shutdowns left businesses and governments with big holes to fill.
Another Hurricane Barrels Toward Gulf Coast
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Hospital capacity concerns in Nebraska … ‘Ticking bomb’ septic tanks in Florida … Oklahoma jail workers charged after making inmates listen to ‘Baby Shark’.
Trump Says He Is Shutting Down Covid-19 Stimulus Negotiations Until After the Election
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had been in discussions with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over a possible new deal.
States Can Expand Equitable Higher Learning Opportunities by Fixing the Community College Transfer Pipeline
COMMENTARY | Millions of students in America’s community colleges want to eventually earn a bachelor’s degree, but just a fraction successfully transfer to and graduate from four-year institutions.
Want to Solve Society’s Most Urgent Problems? Cash Prizes Can Spur Breakthroughs
COMMENTARY | Big cash prizes can be big motivators for people to get involved in developing innovative ideas.
Supreme Court Rules that Absentee Ballots in One State Must Be Signed by a Witness
Democrats warned that requiring absentee ballots to be signed by a witness would pose a voting barrier during the pandemic. Republicans said it will prevent fraud.
865,000 Women Left the Workforce Last Month
Overall, 661,000 jobs were added in the U.S. labor force between August and September—but women still left it at alarming numbers.
Report: The Country's Top Cities for Clean Energy Policy
New York City, Boston and Seattle top the 2020 Clean Energy Scorecard, which ranks 100 cities on local efforts to implement clean energy policy. But only 20 cities are on track to meet their own community climate goals.
Improving procurement through data and analytics
Technology-enabled data and analytics strategy can unlock hidden value for government agencies through increased transparency, proactive risk management, integrated automation and predictive analytics.
Cloud complexity may hinder transformation
As a cloud project gets more sophisticated, the complexity can sometimes become a challenge, a new survey finds.
Opening the Library of Congress to cloud-based computational research
LOC is looking for researchers to experiment with the tools, cost structures and technologies that will make its massive collections widely available to data-driven research.
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