FAMILY MATTERS
Allegheny County, Pa.’s Office of Children, Youth and Families since May has been using natural language processing to read and interpret its hundreds of pages of notes on the people it serves, helping workers get more insights into clients and improve outcomes. The platform, from Augintel, has helped save caseworkers five hours per week that would otherwise be spent mining notes for information that could give insights into risk factors and social determinants of health.
TRADE WORK
A potential new cybersecurity fellows pathway program in North Carolina could help narrow the state’s security talent gap by training participants and placing them in government jobs. State Chief Risk Officer Rob Main said this would expand on North Carolina’s other efforts, including an apprenticeship program for disabled veterans, and would require graduates to serve in the public sector “for a commensurate amount of time as the length of their educational program.”
BIZ BEAT
TECH/BYTES
17%
The percentage of gov tech funding opportunities since 2018 that relied on cloud computing.
163
The number of graduates of the Cyber Workforce Academy – Maryland, a program run through the SANS Institute, since its inception in 2018.
Underserved residents in Fort Worth, Texas, who will have access to free Wi-Fi this fall thanks to a partnership with Cisco Systems.
7
The number of global cities — including Los Angeles, Miami and Phoenix — that have a chief heat officer.
WHO SAYS?
“Most agencies rely on their IT departments and assume that penetration testing is enough. It is an awkward dance.”
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