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Cybersecurity experts say AI and automation are changing how much impact manipulated data can have on government technology systems. -
Martha Norrick left her job earlier this year and has since joined the incoming mayor’s transition team on technology. She was an advocate of open data and data literacy.
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The state is in procurement on a new GoHawaii app, intended to integrate agricultural declarations and tourism questions. Hawaii recently marked the 75th anniversary of its in-flight visitor survey.
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For the past month, users have not had online access to critical inspection reports on Georgia assisted living communities, personal care homes, nursing homes, and hospitals because the state’s website has been offline.
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Lexington, Ky., and the nonprofit Preventum Initiative are teaming up to launch a new smartphone application for opioid education and prevention aimed at 75,000 Fayette County youth under the age of 18.
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The California Consumer Privacy Act represents the most powerful consumer privacy protection law of its kind in the United States, though states and the federal government are looking at their own versions.
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The end of the partnership means a loss of public access to tabulated crime data collected by Motorola Solutions, which various crime-mapping websites and open data advocates have found useful.
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As preparations for the first primarily digital U.S. Census ramp up in communities across the country, experts continue to caution that there will be misinformation campaigns designed to deter participation.
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Indiana CDO Darshan Shah left civil service for a position at a not-for-profit supporting the life sciences. Management Performance Hub Chief of Staff Josh Martin will serve as the interim state CDO.
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The Northampton, Mass., City Council has voted to ban facial recognition technology that collects biometric information, passing the ordinance unanimously through its nine-person governing body.
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Transportation for America selected Bellevue, Wash.; Minneapolis, Minn.; and Boston as locations to study the demands placed on curb space. The cities are part of the 2020 Transportation for America Smart Cities Collaborative.
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Plus, Los Angeles County unveils an interactive map aimed at addressing homelessness; Next Century Cities shares a toolkit to help communities support the 2020 Census; Detroit looks to expand its data team; and more!
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Castle Rock State Park in California is using the KETOS water-monitoring system which conducts continuous tests of the park's drinking water.
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Critics of the project say the system is intrusive and could be used to spy on citizens, although police insist they are not monitoring camera feeds. Some critics also raise concerns that there is a lack of oversight.
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Researchers believe that steps taken by the U.S. Census Bureau to safeguard individual response data could degrade the value of that data in areas like housing policy, transportation planning and legislative map-drawing.
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Some Boise, Idaho, police and fire employees, retired workers and their dependents may have had personal information stolen as part of a security breach of a company that administers their health benefits.
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Embracing new technology, the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands and the Maine Forest Service are in the process of purchasing up to 20 drones to help monitor and map the state’s natural resources.
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The crowdsourced navigation app Waze has added new features that allow users to report unplowed streets and roadways coated with ice to government, subsequently receiving related notifications.
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Plus, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, approves funding for a full-time digital inclusion staffer; Chicago launches a new data portal that details developer compliance with affordable housing rules; and more!
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Washington CIO Jim Weaver has chosen Ruckle, the privacy officer and information governance administrator for the Department of Social and Health Services. She starts in the new role Jan. 1.
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Wisconsin has received the second-highest marks in the nation for economic development-related transparency and online access to information, according to a new report from a pair of advocacy organizations.
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