Citizenship Question Would Not Have Lowered Census Response, Test Finds
A test the Census Bureau conducted this summer found that people who were asked whether or not they are U.S. citizens were not significantly deterred from answering the survey.
A Move to Allow Digital Driver’s Licenses as a Legal Form of ID
Under a Colorado program, bars and other businesses will have the choice of whether or not to accept them. Similar initiatives are taking shape in other states.
Women Still Underrepresented in Elected Office at All Levels of Government, Report Says
Despite record numbers of women serving in Congress, women remain a minority at the local, state and federal levels of government, according to data released this week.
Deaths Attributed to Those With Concealed Carry Permits Tracked in New Report
Researchers found 1,335 deaths in the past twelve years, spread across 40 states.
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It's Getting Riskier to Walk and Bike After Dark
The last decade has seen a gruesome rise in nighttime traffic fatalities for walkers and bike riders, with no conclusive explanation.
California Is Becoming Unlivable
The state is plagued by two major issues: wildfires and a lack of affordable housing. Each problem exacerbates the other.
Rural and Safety Net Hospitals Prepare for Cut in Federal Support
Many safety net and rural hospitals have slim or negative operating margins.
Lessons Learned in Procurement Overhaul
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Automated budget building
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Budget and Analysis Group found a way to lighten the budgeting burden through a modernization project called the Consolidated Budget System.
Keeping Navy manpower at the ready
The Navy’s Total Force Manpower Management System pulls all manpower business processes, policies and documents into one enterprise system.
USDA cultivates customer service
The Department of Agriculture's Voice of the Customer Centers of Excellence Program uses feedback management technology to create an enterprisewide view of the agency’s customer service posture.
Filling the cyber talent pipeline
The Energy Department’s Savannah River Site is partnering with a local university to offer specializations in network security, cryptography, ethical hacking, cyber defense, digital forensics and cyber ethics.
The Air Force's search engine for emerging tech solutions
The artificial intelligence-fueled database searches nontraditional companies and experts for answers to emerging technology problems.
Putting veteran services on speed dial
Based on Salesforce Service Cloud, the White House VA Hotline in May received more than 250,000 calls from the veteran community, with 94% of callers' questions addressed promptly.
AI, analytics drive Army's predictive maintenance
The artificial intelligence systems can predict towing failures for vehicles and monitor weapons training operations, collecting valuable data along the way.
Dependable diplomacy
A series of email outages pushed the State Department to improve the availability and resilience of its infrastructure with a converged system that spans a three-site high-availability disaster recovery architecture.
Better cybersecurity through high-performance computing
The Defense Department’s High Performance Computing Modernization Program leverages HPC resources to speed response to changes in the cyber environment.
Pennsylvania makes snail mail smarter
Pennsylvania Department of Revenue implemented the U.S. Postal Service’s Intelligent Mail barcode to improve delivery of tax-related mail and reduce costs associated with sending letters to incorrect addresses.
HHS brings automation to acquisition
The PSC Work Smarter tool binds business process modeling with robotic process automation to create a platform that can automate tedious tasks across a range of software systems
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