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Backed by private enterprise, the program offers free classes to teach public housing residents about basic computer skills, artificial intelligence and other topics. It comes as a new mayor prepares to take over.
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GL Solutions was recently awarded a contract by the state of Oklahoma to modernize its state licensing systems, marking the fourth state the company has worked with to revamp software.
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The startup, backed by two government technology veterans and other investors, uses AI to speed up the permitting process as many cities face housing shortages. Bellevue, Wash., is among the company’s early clients.
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The U.S. General Services Administration will provide new tools for both buyers and sellers with its 2022 spring release of the Federal Marketplace Strategy. Feedback from actual users informed this latest release.
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Effective immediately, Greg Hoffman, the finance director of North Dakota's IT department, will serve as the state's deputy CIO. Hoffman has close to 20 years of experience, having joined the department in 2005.
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Last week, New York City released a digital version of the Mayor’s Management Report. The digital report intends to give residents an easy way to view and compare city agency data.
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According to the Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services, agencies will have flexibility when it comes to allowing state workers to take advantage of a hybrid work model.
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SponsoredAmidst all the pandemic disruption, 52 percent of Gen Z didn't believe the government had the necessary tools to help them.
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The municipal court in Chandler, Ariz., is expanding its virtual service to better protect survivors of domestic violence through the justice system. The court has teamed up with a local shelter on the project.
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First responders in Jefferson County, N.Y., are now using an upgraded and improved public safety radio system. The project was constructed over 10 years, and the county saved $15 million in the process.
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With evidence that algorithms can treat people unequally, society must question why that is. Research into equity and algorithms indicates that no algorithm can mathematically fulfill all notions of fairness.
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When it comes to accessibility and inclusion, there are steps local and state agencies can take — and others that should be avoided — to provide an equitable government service experience across populations.
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Spirit Airlines has begun using facial-scanning technology at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to speed up boarding for passengers who, the company claims, can opt out of the scan.
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Local officials, voting rights supporters and the election security community have spoken against Georgia’s latest voting bill. Multiple officials said the bill would create needless “security theater” busywork.
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Zoom Video Communications is looking into new features that will enhance the increasingly popular hybrid work model. One leader with the company indicates the platform might eventually offer a virtual world.
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Many Alaska Native tribes and organizations are imagining what they can do for the people they serve as they eye a slice of the $3 billion in federal funding set aside for high-speed Internet expansion.
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Over 2,000 employees who work at the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center were either overpaid or underpaid thanks to a December ransomware attack that targeted payroll company Kronos.
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According to an announcement from Apple, Arizona has started allowing the use of digital IDs and driver's licenses at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Other states are soon to follow.
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Jersey City, N.J., is working to bring more citizens' voices into city funding decisions with the launch of a participatory budget pilot program that allows citizens to submit and vote on their ideas online.
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The new web-based database will allow different agencies to use the same system. The 45-year-old system that's being replaced is remarkably advanced, however, despite its long history and old coding.
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