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The myColorado app now lets ID verifiers like government agencies or businesses scan a QR code on a user’s digital ID to quickly determine its validity. Some 1.8 million of the state’s residents use the app. -
Streamline’s products include tools that expand digital access for people with disabilities. The new year will bring a new federal accessibility rule for web and mobile communication affecting state and local government.
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At a Georgia Technology Authority roundtable, Google and state tech leaders explored how AI is transforming the search function, why clicks aren’t everything anymore and what that means for government.
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Before COVID-19, many governments wouldn't dream of having remote proceedings. That reality has changed. What guardrails should be in place to prevent abuse of tech-driven meetings?
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In an effort to streamline the payment of fees and fines, state courts are now accepting payments through convenience stores like Family Dollar and 7-Eleven with the help of industry partners.
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The company reports that approximately 190 accounts with ties to white supremacy groups have been removed after encouraging members to attend protests over the police killing of George Floyd.
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Plus, a technology SWAT team is supporting New York State’s COVID-19 response; NASCIO’s state IT recognition award submissions are now open; and New York City has now launched its text-to-911 capability.
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Last week, another 106,821 Texans filed for unemployment. Already, the agency has processed more than four typical years' worth of unemployment claims since mid-March.
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Though restaurant inspections have begun ramping back up in recent weeks, routine, in-person health inspections have been severely curtailed in Hampton Roads, Va., since the end of March.
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Tech experts who work with county court systems have implemented a number of changes to help the justice system continue to function in the time of COVID-19, and some of those changes may become permanent.
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After feuding with Twitter over fact-checking labels, President Trump signed an order urging regulators to reconsider statutes that protect social media companies from liability for third-party content on their platforms.
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Officials with Harford County are extending the reach of public Wi-Fi so that residents can access the Internet while social distancing from their vehicles. The total cost of the expansion was approximately $17,000.
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City leaders narrowly passed a vote in favor of installing new technology to broadcast public meetings. The new system will allow the meetings to be streamed online more reliably and in higher definition.
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Newburyport, Mass., is continuing to hold its city meetings online, but residents are raising concerns that the public is not able to participate as easily. The format does not lend itself to open debate.
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The company plans to “aggressively open up remote hiring” starting immediately with the U.S. Remote workers could make up as much as 50 percent of Facebook’s workforce in the next five to 10 years.
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Years ago, Gonzales, Calif., couldn't get a good broadband deal for its residents. After aggressively taking initiative in a variety of ways, the city can now connect any household to high-speed Internet.
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Because some unemployment insurance cases require human intervention, even states with updated technology can barely keep up with the surge of unemployment insurance claims caused by COVID-19.
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The Burlington County Health Department launched an app to assist users with COVID-19 information, health resources and related social determinants of health. The app is the first of its kind for a New Jersey health department.
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The ongoing novel coronavirus weakened and ultimately forced the closure of the parking payment app company MobileNOW! The closure means at least three Pennsylvania cities are without the services.
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced an automated online assistant to help residents find accurate information about the novel coronavirus. The tool will provide responses to common inquiries.
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has inspired the birth of new state broadband programs, but it has also raised questions about funding and the longer term future for other programs aimed at bolstering connectivity.
