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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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Stakeholders both inside and outside of the federal agency attended a recent demo day at the bureau's headquarters, discussing the roll that data maps, human-centric design and more will play in next year’s count.
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States have made progress with budget portals that allow citizens to see how tax dollars are spent, but a new report shows they remain lacking in online transparency about economic development subsidies.
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The association's annual survey of state IT leadership shows a jump in digital services as a priority compared with the 2019 results, as well as rising interest in AI and robotic process automation.
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Iowa is the latest state to establish a state IT position dedicated to data management. Rensch comes to the role by way of the Iowa Department of Transportation, where he served as director of the Highway Support Office.
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The city has entered into a five-year partnership with Caltech, which will use an innovative new research field to collect mountains of data on earthquake activity for public safety applications.
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The startup's expansion follows similar moves from open data companies serving state and local government in recent years. ClearGov, however, brings a unique approach and business model to the industry.
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The state is reporting an 18 percent decrease in opioid-related deaths, attributing it in part to data work such as logging calls to support hotlines and using the findings to facilitate efficient resource distribution.
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Plus, the CA.gov redesign is now underway; new tools created to help address online misinformation; Census State Data Centers are offering localized training resources for community groups; and more!
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Remix, a five-year-old startup, has made a name for itself helping government transportation officials redesign streets. Now its founding CEO is stepping down, paving the way for COO Tiffany Chu to lead the company.
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Officials in Davis, Calif., may turn to installing surveillance cameras throughout the city, after a series of armed robberies in the last two months have prompted a search for more ways to deter crime.
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By tapping human-centered design principles, the i-Team in Durham, N.C., has helped the district attorney remove 51,000 charges for 35,000 individuals, many of whom were facing restricted driving privileges.
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A former dark room at the Erie, Pa., Bureau of Police has been turned into an evidence processing area with a $25,000 donation from the Siebenbuerger Club, complete with state-of-the-art fingerprint processing and more.
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Officials in Albuquerque’s mayor’s office told the City Council that staff would review the past two years of crime data after revelations that the city has released numbers that dramatically overstated improvement.
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Drew Dilly is the newest member of CIO Gordon Knopp's IT leadership team, serving as the state's first chief data officer. Dilly will evaluate legacy systems to find opportunities for resource sharing and consolidation.
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Gaul brings experience from private and nonprofit sectors to a role initiated and shaped by Tyler Kleykamp, one of GT’s 2018 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers who helped make Connecticut an early adopter of open data.
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Students at Carencro High in Louisiana are helping to catalog litter around Lafayette Parish by using a new survey app that allows them to upload their findings into an interactive storytelling platform.
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Plus, New Yorkers are battling bad landlords with open data; the Hard to Count Census map has added new contact strategy data; a grant from the Knight Foundation seeks data for civic engagement stories; and more.
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Critical of the way federal data on broadband Internet is currently collected, U.S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi will conduct a survey to collect data on constituents' Internet providers and to test their Internet speed.
