Government Experience
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The city recently launched its Kensington Dashboard, which offers a comprehensive picture of the area through data, to inform residents and stakeholders about progress toward resolving its challenges. -
A statewide effort led by the Controller’s Office has connected grant management directly to its enterprise resource planning system, changing how agencies track, process and deliver funding.
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The Center of Excellence in Environmental Forecasting, recently stood up in a joint state-education endeavor, will aggregate information to inform residents on everything from hazards to recreation.
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While the social media can't replace face-to-face interactions, it has a wider reach, and with such platforms as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Periscope, police can hold "virtual community meetings" every couple of minutes.
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Free speech rights are a tricky balance at private universities, particularly ones with religious affiliations.
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The for-profit Capella University has created one of the nation's first online master of science in analytics programs with help from SAS, a top software analytics company.
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The Department of Technology and California’s Save Our Water public education program partnered to develop and launch the mobile-optimized website SaveWater.ca.gov.
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Facebook's Connectivity Lab has completed work on an unmanned aircraft it calls Aquila, which can send Internet signals from the sky to users below.
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A City University of New York faculty member leads a team that made Wikipedia printable and quantified the massive amount of data on the crowdsourced website.
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Every time you click on a link, search the Internet or post a photo to social media, personal information is being collected, says Washington state's first chief privacy officer.
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Social media is likely more effective in motivating people to vote than it is changing their minds about an issue.
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Sensors in the containers monitor how full the receptacles are — and tweet when they’re ready to be emptied.
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After merely four years after it began, Google+ -- which was supposed to create a huge social network with a billion or more users -- will be removed as "the mechanism by which people share and engage within other Google products."
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Recently, Sanders overtook Hillary Rodham Clinton in the number of people searching his name on Google, and his Senate Facebook page has 1.5 million followers, more than any other senator.
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Emergency management agencies are beginning to work on how to incorporate social media into operations to improve situational awareness for responders
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The town is considering a trial run of sorts by offering an Internet hot spot in the downtown area.
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A recent survey found that 63 percent of both Twitter and Facebook users now say each platform serves as a source for news about events and issues outside the realm of friends and family.
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No matter the privacy settings, what is posted on Facebook, Twitter and the like can be used against you in a court of law.
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The latest cyber scam involves trying to extort money from individuals and business owners by infecting and taking control of the victim’s computer.
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As the Public Service Commission moves forward with its overdue study of the system, advocates ask Cuomo to join them in "a concrete effort to protect and improve telecommunications in New York."
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The state's broadband project coordinator says having access to a state-of-the-art open fiber-optic network that reaches every home and business is as important as building roads and bringing water and electricity to residents.
