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The governor has now signed the law, which bars the federal government and agencies outside of Washington from accessing data generated by the cameras that are owned by public agencies in the state. -
The big elections are still months away, but a look at the numbers shows the likelihood of big changes at the CIO spot for 2027. A NASCIO leader discusses what might come after the elections.
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The city now requires electronic requests be made via its online portal, mandates a deposit for large requests and has updated its fees. The moves are intended to smooth the process and recoup actual costs.
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When it comes to setting up a federal privacy standard that overrides state and local privacy laws, New York City just told the Trump administration “thanks, but no thanks.” California has done the same.
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Companies peddling by-the-mile electric scooters have rapidly set up shop across the U.S., forcing cities to weigh the benefits with the problems they bring.
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The city wants the fastest Internet in Virginia. To get there, it's considering giving two companies exclusive rights to install fiber and small cell wireless devices in the public right-of-way.
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Town officials argued citizens might be apprehensive about taking a stand on hot-button issues if other residents are sitting next to them in a meeting. An electronic voting system would allow them to cast votes without the fear of reprisal.
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City staff are rushing to write an emergency ordinance to head off what they expect to be a flood of the antennas in the public right of way.
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State Securities Commissioner Karen Tyler announced a cease and desist order Monday against Union Bank Payment Coin (UBPC), alleging the company promotes “unregistered and potentially fraudulent securities” in the form of an initial coin offering.
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The number of people involved in a civil court case without a lawyer has increased ninefold in 25 years. Pew Charitable Trusts wants to fix that problem with the help of technology.
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Rather than battle a patchwork of state rules, organizations that do not sell or collect consumer information say it’s important that the federal government outline what they call "proportionate" laws around data and privacy.
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Krishna Mohan Mupparaju, the Commonwealth Office of Technology's new chief data officer and chief technology officer, is guiding IT centralization and taking a hard look at agency data stores.
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Overheated and outdated vote-counting machines pushed elections officials in the Florida county to do their best without the assistance of the technology.
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The civil rights organization cited concerns about the threshold for labeling someone as a gang member and that the department was misusing public records exemption to conceal the information about the secretive tracking system.
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Experts say the Democrats’ historical distrust of the financial industry could signal more regulation.
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Bird, Lime and Skip are asking officials to let them stick around past the close of a four-month trial period, but the city seems to be holding firmly against the idea.
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South Bend, Ind., Council President Tim Scott pulled his proposed ordinance aimed at regulating unmanned aerial vehicles, opting instead to see how recent Federal Aviation Administration rules play out.
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City leaders are reviewing a proposal that would outline new rules for agencies around surveillance methods, including unmanned aerial devices, license plate readers, body cameras and other tools.
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Just weeks after dropping a long-running legal battle against the city of Seattle over ridership data, the companies have locked horns with the Port of Seattle over data about trips to and from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
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At the NASCIO conference in San Diego last month, Maine Chief Data Officer Youri Assi Antonin discussed his plans to implement internal data controls and contribute to the digital transformation of the state.
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The on-demand scooter company is facing stiff impound fees from cities that were fed up with its deploy-now-and-ask-permission-later approach.
