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SUNY Oneonta’s Milne Library and Cooperstown Graduate Program were awarded a $50,000 grant to digitize the university’s archive of New York state folklife and oral history recordings. -
Visitors to the Colorado state Capitol can now access free American Sign Language interpreting services through the Aira ASL app, building on the state’s existing work to expand language access with this tool.
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Mississippi has announced a new AI data center build that promises tax revenue and job creation. Such gains are not always easy to quantify, but policymakers can push developers to deliver.
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Rather than paying to make documents machine-readable in line with the 2017 Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, state agencies are opting to pull them offline. The decision has some concerned about transparency.
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Gov. Greg Abbott signed two bills into law in June to increase transparency in the state by closing public records loopholes and extending authority over official communication on state employees' personal devices.
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Tennessee's Memphis Area Transit Authority has contracted with Chicago-based Americaneagle.com to develop a cashless fare payment system. The upgrades play into the larger plan to reduce traffic and improve service.
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Mass., Chief Data and Digital Officer Holly St. Clair leaves to pursue job in the private sector. Gov. Charlie Baker tasked St. Clair with redesigning the state's website after she was promoted to her dual role in 2016.
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Loopholes in the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) offer officials broad discretion over when to keep or delete the recorded history of public business — documents and correspondence included — a new report finds.
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Researchers look for signals that might distinguish people who are upset and ranting online from those who intend to do real physical harm.
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After Minnesota’s custom-built driver and vehicle system failed to successfully launch, the state opted to purchase a third-party system that CIO Tarek Tomes describes as the right choice going forward.
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A handful of noncitizens registered to vote under new automatic systems.
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Gov. Jared Polis announced the formation of the Colorado Digital Service, a new team within the Office of Information Technology that will recruit outside IT to work alongside state staff to optimize services.
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The release of the organization’s annual in-depth survey of state technology leaders offers an evolving view of the role, with insights on customer service, cost management strategies and performance management.
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CIO Stephanie Dedmon is looking forward to the soft launch of an application in December that will streamline the services offered by several agencies. Five agencies will spearhead the rollout, with more to follow.
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The eight kiosks, approved by the city about a year ago, are now operational – sort of like big smartphones sticking out of the ground with all the same kind of information available, particularly targeted for Aurora.
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The new communications center will help emergency dispatchers handle calls more efficiently. Prior to the new facility, all 911 calls went to the police department and a dispatcher would then reroute the caller as needed.
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Marin Transit officials have approved the second extension of its on-demand ride program. The extra time will allow the agency and its industry partner, Via, to test a potential expansion of the service area.
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The new technology is planned amid tensions in Detroit over privacy concerns tied to the use of traffic-mounted cameras, real-time feeds to the police department's crime center and facial recognition software.
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Plus, the annual Code for America Summit moves coasts in 2020, Pittsburgh’s Data Day event will focus on the upcoming 2020 Census, and this October is once again Cybersecurity Month across the country.
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Authorities have started to use a RapidSOS Clearinghouse program that pinpoints the location of wireless callers. The technology is an improvement over the old system, which relied on callers using landline phones.
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Plus, Bloomberg Philanthropies is replicating an innovative early childhood development program in five new cities; MIT is giving $1.5 million in funding to tech entrepreneurs working to solve global problems; and more.
