Infant Drug Withdrawal Rates Linked to High Unemployment, Study Finds
Shortages of mental-health clinicians also affected the rates of infant withdrawal cases, researchers from Vanderbilt University found.
How tech helps stretch asset maintenance talent
An advanced enterprise asset management solution with built-in analytics and artificial intelligence is a more effective way to help overcome the shortage of skilled technicians.
Supreme Court Tells Moose Hunter He Can Take Hovercraft Out on Alaskan River
John Sturgeon and the state of Alaska argued the National Park Service didn't have jurisdiction over a river that flowed through a national preserve. The high court agreed.
What's wrong with government CX?
Automated and digital services can improve customer experience so long as they're consciously deployed in service to drivers that matter, according to the author of Forrester's U.S. Federal Customer Experience Index.
Federal 100: Leaning into the future
Celebrating those who have leveraged artificial intelligence and automation to help agencies gain insights into their data and deliver services faster and more accurately.
Groups oppose states tracking contractor costs with keystroke monitoring
Tech and government advocacy groups are urging states to reject proposed legislation requiring keystroke-level oversight in service of greater billing transparency.
How IARPA invents its way to security
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency's virtuous user environment, or Virtue, puts a user's apps and roles into unconnected cloud containers.
Key Federal Agency Doesn’t Have the Staff to Oversee $35B in 2017 Hurricane Recovery Money
A slow process has led to four states and territories devastated by hurricanes receiving virtually none of the funds Congress appropriated.
Marijuana Legalization Halts in New Jersey
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Report: State Governments Aren’t Doing Enough to Fix Recruitment Woes
The number of available state government jobs grew from 2013 to 2017, while applicants for those positions dropped.
Rural America Faces a Housing Cost Crunch
Housing in a quarter of rural counties has gotten a lot less affordable.
Americans Drove a Record Number of Miles Last Year
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Cities' Affordable Housing Practices are Limited by State Government
New research from the National League of Cities illustrates the broad differences in housing policy from place to place.
Contractors and Advocacy Groups Push Back on State Efforts to Mandate Surveillance Software
State legislation pushed by one company to require contractors to install the software would compromise data privacy and carry steep costs for companies and governments, the groups argue.
Cyber recruitment: It's not (always) about the money
For all the focus on government's inability to compete with private-sector pay, the exact dollar figure, while important, isn't disqualifying.
Most agencies secured against DNS tampering, DHS officials say
A "handful" of federal agencies still have yet to fully comply with a January 2019 emergency directive on DNS tampering, according to a Department of Homeland Security official.
21 cloud champions
With the growing importance of cloud services, it's no wonder so many of this year's Federal 100 award winners have been honored for modernizing infrastructure and delivering savings by moving agency processes to the cloud.
The future of identity management in the mobile era
Behavioral analytics and chipset-based security will be central to the way government manages identity verification.
Oglala Sioux Tribe Calls for Help in South Dakota as Flooding Continues
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Not Out of the Woods Yet—State Borrows $100 Million As it Looks to Solve Forest Controversy
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