Officials tout data centers’ economic benefits
Officials tout data centers’ economic benefits
Data & Analytics
Why address confidentiality programs are broken and how we can fix them
COMMENTARY | To protect the privacy of at-risk people requires better regulations limiting data collection, stronger consumer rights and scalable solutions for removing personal information from the internet.
Emerging Tech
Is generative AI bad for the environment?
A computer scientist explains the carbon footprint of ChatGPT and its cousins.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers try to keep kids from social media, porn
Skeptics doubt legislators’ ability to thwart tech-savvy teens.
Sponsor Content
Shaping a Better Future with Transformative Infrastructure Funds
An expert from KPMG discusses workforce challenges and how technology can drive efficiency, and highlights the impact of infrastructure on social, economic and environmental progress.
Data & Analytics
Digital atlas could reveal zoning's social impact
An initiative to map and digitize states’ zoning codes could help policymakers and citizens address urgent challenges in their communities.
Cloud & Infrastructure
How gamification can improve employee learning
COMMENTARY | Game-based learning is a more effective way to train employees on the skills and processes they need to know for their current positions and to encourage them to upskill for their next jobs.
Data & Analytics
Virtual innovation center tackles health interoperability challenges
The Interoperability Institute will leverage AWS cloud services to accelerate health data sharing.
Cybersecurity
Public sector apps face widespread security challenges, report reveals
A new study found alarming security vulnerabilities across the vast majority of public applications over the last year.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Microsoft unveils OpenAI service for government customers
Microsoft is opening up its commercial generative AI technology to public sector customers and partners.
Data & Analytics
Data for safely routing carbon-capture pipelines
The National Energy Technology Laboratory is developing data tools for state and local agencies making pipeline routing decisions for carbon capture and storage projects.
Sponsor Content
D&A Roadmap: Drive Modernization in Government
The IT roadmap for government data and analytic leaders.
Cloud & Infrastructure
State scales up cloud workforce with free training for agency employees
Any employee at a Georgia state agency making the transition to cloud can now take an eight-week course through the Technical College System of Georgia and improve their cloud skills.
Data & Analytics
Withheld: The potentially life-saving map that most can’t see
First responders, law enforcement and some health care professionals can access ODMAP—if they know about it. Most policy makers and members of the public cannot.
Cybersecurity
Nebraska Farm Bureau, FBI partner for Agriculture Threats Symposium
The two-day event highlights rising technology matched with rising threats.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Mayors oppose a GOP bill to speed up broadband permitting
The proposal would put a “shot clock” on permit approvals in an effort to streamline the process to build broadband around the country. But mayors say it preempts their ability to make crucial construction decisions.
Data & Analytics
How local leaders can make complex data understandable
As governments strive for data-driven decisions, one expert breaks down how data stewards can make complex issues understandable and impactful for nonexperts.
Public Safety
6 pillars of an effective real-time crime center
COMMENTARY | Skilled staff at real-time crime centers sift through massive amounts of data, relying on advanced analytics and a central intelligence platform to help develop leads and share actionable information.
Public Safety
Next-gen emergency vehicle offers zero-emission power generation
A prototype of a next-generation emergency response vehicle can travel up to 1,500 miles on a single fueling and power up to 20 average-sized homes.
Emerging Tech
Blockchain is a key technology—a computer scientist explains why the post-crypto-crash future is bright
Blockchain systems can improve data storage and security for state and local governments managing electronic medical records, property records, voting systems and other applications.
Cloud & Infrastructure
City builds a future-facing tech foundation
Coral Gables, Florida, wants its applications to be state-of-the-art, evergreen, user-centric, cloud-based, mobile-accessible and horizontally integrated.
Cloud & Infrastructure