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New poll results show bipartisan opposition to the proposed 10-year artificial intelligence regulatory moratorium. A majority of respondents say both states and the federal government should implement policy. -
As data management becomes an increasingly important priority for state governments and the people they serve, experts examine what authority the federal government has to access private state information.
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Administrative support for the Office of Data Governance and Analytics has moved to the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, in an effort to improve efficiency and further enable teamwork.
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Kansas City, in collaboration with the University of Missouri and other local governments, has created a model to tackle the policies and procedures needed to manage sensitive data in communities as tech use grows.
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The novel coronavirus has surfaced new approaches to monitoring the spread of the pandemic. Some officials have called for cellphone tracking to meet this end, stirring controversy around personal privacy.
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Gov. Brian Kemp announced the release of a free telehealth app that would allow residents to be screened by a medical clinician via video call or phone. A separate Web portal is also tracking infected individuals.
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Movement data pointed to an increase in vehicle activity on Easter Sunday in several U.S. counties. This revelation comes as many states urge residents to avoid nonessential travel to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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The Madison County, Ill., Health Department unveiled a new coronavirus-tracking resource Wednesday. The tool shows, officials said, that efforts to curb the spread of infections have been working in the county.
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The state of Connecticut is looking to ease out of the stay-at-home coronavirus orders with plans including extensive medical surveillance and enforced voluntary quarantines. The quarantines would be enforced with mobile phone technology.
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Michael Schnuerle made history as the first chief data officer of Louisville, Ky. A long-time maker of open-source tools, he will join the Open Mobility Foundation later in April.
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Earlier this month, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation released a report outlining numerous tech-driven stimulus proposals to help the United States be better prepared for pandemics in the future.
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Emergency services in New Hampshire and Massachusetts are already getting these addresses as a result of authorization by their respective state agencies. At present, that's not happening in Maine.
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An online platform called Aloha Trace is meant to track the spread of coronavirus throughout the state of Hawaii. The online survey focuses on respondent symptoms, location and movement in the community.
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Indicating the number of COVID-19 cases in a ZIP code does not necessarily identify the patients. But, the chances that a patient could be identified increase as health departments release additional information.
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The recovery from COVID-19 will be as consequential in shaping communities as the immediate crisis itself. To prepare, state, local and community leaders must prioritize their data capacity now to ensure recovery.
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The U.S. Digital Response is a volunteer effort made of some 3,500 technology experts. Their mission is to help all levels of government meet increased service demands during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Two online surveys using data science both aim to collect and analyze how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting Houston and its surrounding areas. Both surveys are have launched and are an initiative by Rice University.
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City officials can now easily view zoning maps, land use, environmental data, infrastructure, signs, ADA improvements, parcel information, parks and other data layers within the mapping system.
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Big tech companies, like Google, are sharing data from your smartphones to help governments in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The situation has raised concerns among privacy advocates.
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Plus, government support groups launch a new COVID-19 local action tracker, the Civic Innovation Challenge kicks off with $9 million in funding, and the New York State Digital Service is now hiring.
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The groups, representing more than 300 police chiefs, 87 county sheriffs and about 10,400 officers, are asking the Department of Health to share COVID-19 infection locations so they can take precautions in responding to calls at the addresses.
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