COVID-19
Coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and government’s response to it, including its impact on digital service delivery, as well as how and where work is performed. Includes stories about technology’s role in vaccine distribution, as well as accelerating the transformation of state and local government operations using solutions like cloud computing, chatbots and data analytics.
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As a result of a lawsuit from Los Angeles public school parents, the district will have to give regular assessments and outreach to students, additional training to teachers, and disaggregated data to the public. -
A 2023 indictment unsealed this week alleges that two men were directed by China's spy agency to target and access the emails of virologists and immunologists at two Houston-area universities.
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The shift to remote learning and 1:1 devices for some districts coincided with problems with student attention and attendance, but it also gave educators practice with tech tools and prepared them for the upheaval of AI.
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Economists at the University of California in Santa Cruz found that enrollment in the state's community colleges decreased by 12 to 15 percent last year. They believe that struggles with online learning played a role.
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Marquette University is now the third private institution in Wisconsin to announce it will require students to be vaccinated, while the University of Wisconsin in Madison is considering a requirement for dorm residents.
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Some experts place at least partial blame on COVID-19 for the recent onslaught of cyber attacks on public and private entities. Between May 2020 and May 2021, the FBI saw complaints about cyber crime jump by 1 million.
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State agencies in Kansas must have a telework policy if they intend to continue allowing telework for their employees after June 13. Some believe telework can help agencies compete for talent with the private sector.
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In an effort to create an alternative to in-person tours, the university has loaded a new virtual reality experience onto Oculus headsets that gives prospective students and visitors a run-through of the campus.
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A survey performed in April by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit and nonpartisan health research organization, estimates that 54 percent of Americans believe "common misinformation" about coronavirus vaccines.
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The company's founder, Lisa Abeyta, pointed to the COVID-19 pandemic — which hit just as it was about to be acquired — as the main reason for CityLife's end. It kept its customers' apps running for a year afterward.
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The federal government has turned to a startup to expand on its work during the pandemic by implementing a national testing program meant to find COVID-19 outbreaks before in-person testing can reveal them.
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The company got its start just as small businesses were struggling to stay afloat during shutdowns. Here’s how it has worked with governments on economic development in an unprecedented moment in history.
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So-called vaccine hesitancy — often but not always based on misinformation — has emerged as a barrier in the effort to reach the “herd immunity” needed to extinguish COVID-19 as a serious health threat.
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An Alabama law signed by Gov. Kay Ivey prohibits agencies from issuing COVID-19 vaccination documents like passports or passes. The law also prohibits private and public entities from requiring proof of vaccination.
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Answer: That’s what dating apps and the White House are saying.
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While Gov. Jay Inslee supports the idea of safeguarding citizens' COVID-19 health data, he vetoed a data protection bill due to phrasing in the law that could have prevented entities from offering vaccination incentives.
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Plus, Virginia launches a statewide public health equity dashboard, data from Yelp shows the impact of car-free streets in communities, Alabama launches new centralized COVID-19 response app, and more.
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Some states are easing COVID-19 restrictions for those who can provide proof of vaccination, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation says online sales of fake and stolen vaccination cards are increasing.
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With pooled COVID-19 testing methods, access to labs for quick turnaround time and a secure software platform, medical technology company Affinity Empowering is helping DePauw University return to normal.
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During the pandemic, the Florida Legislature has taken note of many issues with the state's unemployment insurance program, but the lawmakers haven't delivered a comprehensive solution yet.
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There were valid reasons for the state to award no-bid contracts in the early days of the pandemic, but there is no reason to continue that practice, regardless of whether the state still is under an emergency order.
