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Disaster Zone
A Book for Emergency Managers
What is on your list for professional development?
November 15, 2021
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Eric Holdeman
Disaster Zone
The Pandemic — It’s Not All Good News
The winter surge in cases may be beginning.
November 15, 2021
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Eric Holdeman
Disaster Zone
Fusion Centers in the United States
This is where you can report tips on possible terrorist activities.
November 15, 2021
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Eric Holdeman
Disaster Zone
Pet-Friendly Sheltering Online Training
Another resource for managing pets in disasters.
November 15, 2021
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Eric Holdeman
K-12 Education
Stanislaus Schools Try New 'Equitable' Grading Practices
The three largest districts in Stanislaus County are testing new grading policies that take life circumstances into account, allow for grade recovery and focus on subject mastery, rather than attendance or extra credit.
November 15, 2021
Civic Innovation
Cheyenne, Wyo., Investing Rescue Funds in Software, Tech
Technology and software upgrades made up more than half of the proposals presented Friday to Cheyenne City Council during the final work session dedicated to the distribution of American Rescue Plan Act funds.
November 15, 2021
Justice & Public Safety
South Carolina City Works to Map Drug Overdose Hot Spots
The Aiken Center is partnering with local law enforcement agencies to help combat drug misuse issues in Aiken County, S.C., primarily by using new mapping technology to identify overdose hot spots.
November 15, 2021
Broadband & Network
Pennsylvania Taking Regional Approach to Broadband Improvement
The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission is teaming with Carnegie Mellon University, Allies for Children and others to take a regional approach to improving broadband service in a 10-county area.
November 15, 2021
Nava Acquires Beam to ‘Raise the Bar’ for Public Service IT
Ben Miller
Ben Miller is the associate editor of data and business for Government Technology. His reporting experience includes breaking news, business, community features and technical subjects. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, and lives in Sacramento, Calif.
September 16, 2015
Lohrmann on Cybersecurity
Dedicated State and Local Cyber Grants Are Finally Arriving
The newly approved federal infrastructure deal brings with it a great holiday present for state and local governments: dedicated cyber funding. Here’s the history, and the future, of cyber grants.
November 14, 2021
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Dan Lohrmann
Civic Innovation
Oakland Program Empowers Groups to Tackle Digital Divide
The Town Link program will support 10 organizations in Oakland, Calif., to offer digital skills programs to support their community as one piece of the city’s efforts to bridge the digital divide.
November 12, 2021
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Julia Edinger
K-12 Education
K-12 Schools Trying New Roles, Protocols for Data Management
To get the most out of student performance metrics and recover from learning loss that occurred over the past year, education officials are rethinking data management with new positions and data standards.
November 12, 2021
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Brandon Paykamian
Policy
North Carolina Legalizes Driverless Delivery Vehicles
Following in the footsteps of states like Florida and Nevada, North Carolina now allows "neighborhood occupantless vehicles" to deliver goods to homes. Legislators wanted to get ahead of a growing industry.
November 12, 2021
Cybersecurity
Mo. Gives Credit Services to Teachers After Security Fiasco
After Gov. Mike Parson condemned a reporter for exposing a data leak on a state website, his administration will pay $800,000 to provide credit monitoring to 620,000 former and current teachers affected by the leak.
November 12, 2021
Broadband & Network
Opinion: Internet Providers Don't Care About Your Privacy
A Federal Trade Commission report says the largest Internet service providers don't clearly inform customers about the many ways their data is used and often have "problematic interfaces" for customer data options.
November 12, 2021
Sponsored
Preparing Government Employees for Cloud
While cloud environments have plenty of moving parts — and hybrid ones even more so — government technology leaders must focus on an element with even greater numbers: their workforce.
November 12, 2021
GovTech Biz
Software Helps City Planners Visualize Parcel Potential
Software from Gridics is giving city planners access to 3D environments to help residents develop homes, analyze proposed zoning changes and development plans, and understand the potential effects of climate change.
November 12, 2021
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Katya Diaz
Question of the Day
How much did an iPhone X with a USB-C port sell for?
Answer: $86,001.
November 12, 2021
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News Staff
Higher Education
Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland Out of 'Wet Lab' Space
As Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, max out their available space for biomedical research, Baltimore city officials worry that promising startups might relocate for lack of resources.
November 12, 2021
K-12 Education
PowerSchool Buys Kickboard Behavior Management Platform
The California-based educational software developer bought Kickboard, whose technology tracks and measures classroom behavior of students, after projecting an annual sales increase of more than 25 percent in 2021.
November 12, 2021
Public Safety
NorCal Wildfire Survivors Say FEMA Not Responsive to Needs
"When you look at FEMA , it really revolves around East Coast and Midwestern disasters — it's floods, it's hurricanes, it's tornadoes," Santa Rosa Fire Chief Scott Westrope said.
November 12, 2021
Public Safety
COVID Breakthrough Infections Surging in Minnesota
The trend underscores the waning immunity in Minnesotans who received COVID-19 vaccines six or more months ago, including seniors and people with underlying health conditions who were prioritized for the earliest doses last winter.
November 12, 2021
Emerging Tech
Massachusetts Mayor to Head City’s Crypto Exploratory Board
Mayor William Reichelt of West Springfield, Mass., will chair an ad hoc Cryptocurrency Exploratory Committee that aims to examine the benefits and risks of the fast-rising cryptocurrency market.
November 12, 2021
Emerging Tech
FCC Contemplates Allowing Experimental Orbital Launch
SpaceX's founder and CEO tweeted last month that the company's Starship-Super Heavy combination could be ready for its first orbital launch attempt from Boca Chica "if all goes well" and "pending regulatory approval."
November 12, 2021
Broadband & Network
North Carolina Anticipates Generational Broadband Funding
If a bipartisan infrastructure plan in Congress and a state budget get passed in the coming week, North Carolina could be on the receiving end of more than a billion dollars to expand broadband Internet access.
November 12, 2021
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