What alchemy and astrology can teach artificial intelligence researchers
It's time to shift away from the alchemy and astrology phase of AI research where designers try to replace or simulate human behavior in machines.
Biometrics key to White House strategy on combatting terrorist travel
The National Strategy to Combat Terrorist Travel, which will rely on validating identities and leveraging biometric ID systems to detect and stop terrorists as they travel.
How the public sector modernizes procurement
Government can maximize return on every taxpayer dollar with improved spend management, more efficient processes and overall better visibility into supplier relationships.
Operational security drives mission results
We can collectively reduce cyber risks across government and implement modern solutions to drive operational excellence if agencies use the security programs in place.
How's my driving? DARPA looks to self-aware autonomous systems
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants autonomous systems that can evaluate how well they're doing a specific task and explain that to their human partners.
Renewable Energy is Within Reach–Just Ask Holyoke, Mass.
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N.Y.C. Mayor Looks to Tame Abuse of Official Parking Placards
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State Legislators Want to Mandate Worker Tracking Software for Contractors
NASCIO opposes the legislation proposed in 23 states. One company has been vocal in advocating for the bills.
Climate Change Enters Its Blood-Sucking Phase
As winters grow warmer in North America, thirsty ticks are on the move.
Why Local Governments Aren’t All Aboard the Blockchain Train
From high costs of implementation to more pressing regulatory concerns, current barriers to entry make the technology difficult to implement.
The States That Gained and Lost The Most Solar Energy Jobs Last Year
Overall the industry shed about 8,000 positions in 2018.
Care About Climate Change? Care About Scooters
COMMENTARY | Solving our biggest global crisis of a rapidly warming planet means considering everything through the lens of potential solutions, even something as small as the electric scooter.
New Jersey Said 10 Years Ago It Would Rank Its Most Contaminated Sites. It Never Did.
The rankings were supposed to ensure that the most dangerous sites remained a priority even as the state gave private companies a bigger role in cleanups.
DHS outlines cloud, data center modernization strategy
The Department of Homeland Security plans move to a modernized cloud-based infrastructure and consolidate two main enterprise computing data centers.
Online election defense improving, threat report finds
Symantec's annual internet threat report credited the U.S. government and social media companies with using a mix of intelligence, bot tracking and lessons learned from the 2016 election to identify and close thousands of accounts and pages believed to be associated with foreign influence campaigns.
4 factors that make or break a data strategy
An effective data analytics strategy requires a deep understand of the tools, processes and people involved.
Sandia digs deeper into its cyber deception sandbox
The virtual system attracts potential cyber attackers with a supercharged honeypot that features an entire virtual environment and tricks them into sticking around.
Fed Up With High Health Care Costs, A Community Asks for A Better Deal
A Colorado county where residents are dealing with hospital and medical costs much higher than in other parts of the state is now turning to a new model to negotiate on behalf of some of the largest employers in the region.
Cook County takes steps to erase its regional gang database
An Illinois county database that included 25,000 names, as well as countless errors, is on the verge of being dismantled under a new ordinance.
Health Department’s Dog Crackdown Brings No Joy to Brewery Taproom
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Austin’s measles risk … former Little Rock mayor’s unused paid time off … and a Florida county’s understaffed 911 dispatch center.
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