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The blockchain-based token, believed to be the first from a U.S. public entity, is for individual and institutional use. The executive director of the Wyoming Stable Token Commission is planning what comes next. -
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.
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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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Lawmakers in Massachusetts are considering legislation that would block schools and employers from digging into the social media accounts of students and workers.
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Plus, Buffalo, N.Y., creates a new open data portal, Baton Rouge, La., launches a new website, San Antonio forms a committee to address tech issues, and Ohio moves to a second phase of its Opioid Technology Challenge.
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The role of social media in citizen-government interactions has steadily increased in recent years as the public becomes more reliant on the medium for real-time information.
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The proposed legislation will hold social media and Internet companies accountable for user privacy, and force them to stop the spread of misinformation by bots.
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62 percent of Bay Area residents say “the tech industry makes the wealthy even wealthier, but doesn’t really help the rest of California," according to a survey from Edelman.
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Under the recently signed law, tribal courts have jurisdiction over electronic communications originating from the reservation.
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In Pennsylvania’s smaller townships, social media is filling the gap between the government and citizens.
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With a growing number of Americans relying on social media for daily news, Facebook has said it will prioritize local stories for users.
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For public agencies that use Facebook as a constituent engagement tool, these steps make it possible to reap the benefits of the ever-changing social media site.
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Blocking constituents from engaging in social media conversation has been a debated practice for some time, but now the American Civil Liberties Union is suing to stop it.
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Efforts to shake up the amount of commercial content on the popular social media platform are affecting government agencies that use it as a way to reach their constituents.
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Orlando's first innovation director, Matt Broffman, has identified 225 city services that could be Web-enabled and he's hiring an innovation team to get them online.
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It’s 2018. When are you finally going to create that full-time social media position?
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Georgia politicians are facing legal questions around whether or not they can delete comments and block users on public social media pages.
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Public IT leaders worry that the end of net neutrality will harm their constituents, and are searching for solutions.
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The new facilities will mean hundreds of temporary construction jobs for Prineville, Ore., a town still recovering from declines in the timber industry.
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Elected officials are more prevalent than ever on social media, and their presence raises all sorts of questions when it comes to public records laws.
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