Philadelphia launches digital equity plan
The five-year plan describes how the city will address affordability of broadband and devices and tackle the fundamental issues that contribute to the digital divide: barriers of language, race, limited digital literacy skills and disabilities.
Cybersecurity Primer for Local Leaders
The Center for Technology in Government has created a basic, no-nonsense guide to help governments identify, respond to and recover from security breaches.
Cyber primer for local leaders
The Center for Technology in Government has created a basic, no-nonsense primer to help local leaders identify, respond to and recover from security breaches.
Crunch data while the sun shines and save it in an 'information battery'
"Information batteries" can make better use of green energy by storing partially computed data for processing later, researchers at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering suggest.
Selfies now optional for ID.me verification
The company's government customers can now verify users without using automated facial recognition technology.
Ransomware: Who's likely to pay?
When it comes to paying off attackers, local governments fall just behind the energy industry in their willingness to pay ransoms.
Database aims to help tribes adapt to climate change
The Tribal Resilience Action Database would feature adaptation and resilience practices already developed by tribes that can inform climate change adaptation in other communities.
DARPA explores electronics recycling to extract critical elements
If successful, the technology could reinvent recycling and manufacturing to minimize the impact of supply chain disruptions to critical elements essential for the Defense Department's high-performance hardware.
Georgia Moves Voter Registration to the Cloud
The Georgia Registered Voter Information System will be housed on servers that give election officials a more secure and user-friendly system.
Better mental health treatments with synthetic patient data
Synthetic data will allow the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to research mental health treatments without exposing patients' identity.
Georgia moves voter registration to cloud
The Georgia Registered Voter Information System will be housed on FedRAMP-authorized Salesforce servers and give election officials a more secure and user-friendly system.
Sparse eviction data challenges Wyoming's rental assistance programs
A records management system upgrade that paused eviction data collection may have contributed to ignorance about the scope of the state's housing problems.
Can blockchain tokens drive smarter commuting choices?
A gamified app that rewards commuters with blockchain tokens for smart transit choices may encourage users to reserve parking spaces or take public transit.
IARPA's SMART e-PANTS to design responsive clothing
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity wants electronic components it can stitch into textiles that will adapt to changes in the external environment or user input.
Alexa, Webex headed to the moon
Custom-built versions of Amazon's Alexa digital voice assistant and Cisco's Webex video collaboration software will be tested on NASA's unmanned Orion spacecraft as it travels to the moon and back.
Cyber Vulnerabilities Could Impact Municipal Finance
Municipal bond credit analysts consider governments unprepared for cyberattacks, a recent survey says.
Cyber vulnerabilities could impact municipal finance
Municipal bond credit analysts consider governments unprepared for cyberattacks, a recent survey says.
Powering up red team operations
Because it takes a red team so much time and subject matter expertise to build a test infrastructure that emulates sophisticated threats and evades detection, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency wants to automate some of that work.
The unrealized promise in COVID apps
Digital vaccine credentials and exposure notification apps could dramatically streamline public health processes, but their effectiveness in practice so far remains limited.
GAO: Justice needs better use-of-force data
The Department of Justice has work to do on collecting and reporting use-of-force data from the nation’s law enforcement agencies.
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