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Data & Analytics
County equity analysis puts data in the spotlight
Milwaukee County experimented with machine learning to analyze statues and policies and identify biased or discriminatory language.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Cloud integrates county’s splintered back-end workflows
Combining systems from five San Joaquin County offices onto a single platform is expected to improve customer experience for residents and employees, streamline workflows, improve security and save money.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Judiciary’s zero-trust foundation secures remote access
With two-factor authentication and a cloud native platform that secures users, apps and devices, the New Jersey Judiciary’s 10,000 employees can securely anywhere.
Data & Analytics
Replacing lead pipes first depends on being able to find them
Ohio is helping communities locate, remove and replace toxic lead pipes.
Cybersecurity
States try incentive-based cybersecurity
Organizations that conform to recognized cybersecurity frameworks can avoid facing punitive damages in the event of a cyberattack, panelists at RSA said.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Smart edge infrastructure expands capacity, real-time data access
Using a fiber-connected infrastructure network solution creates a fully manageable low-latency, high-performance network for testing various mobility technologies on Peachtree Corners’ smart city streets.
Cybersecurity
Cyber competition builds skills, teamwork
Participating in the International Cyber League helps the IT team at the Illinois State Treasurer’s office test their skills against real-world network threats.
Data & Analytics
Getting ahead of the next pandemic
New York City’s Pandemic Response Institute will collect data and leverage computer models to develop locally tailored health solutions to prepare for, respond to and recover from future health crises.
Cloud & Infrastructure
How process mining uncovers workflow bottlenecks
Understanding how processes operate across technology stacks and departments can help agencies weed out inefficiencies.
Cloud & Infrastructure
The infrastructure buildout will be paperless
Digitizing construction management will help agencies save money, improve collaboration and transparency, enhance roadway safety and ease reporting.
Data & Analytics
Visualizing vulnerability: County maps show areas of greatest need
To study equity differences at systemic and place-based levels, Fairfax County put census data on color-coded maps so that officials can quickly see areas of greatest need.
Cybersecurity
Software bill of materials is about more than compliance, expert says
As organizations look to hammer out the standards for SBOMs, they’re also looking at how to automate the vulnerability checking process.
Cloud & Infrastructure
State and local governments turn to normalizing the ‘new normal’ workplace
With lessons from the rapid shift to telework, officials are rejiggering plans for hybrid environments and keeping nimble, problem-solving mentalities.
State & Local
How a Virginia county wooed Amazon and Boeing
It takes more than tax breaks to get large tech companies to come to a locality.
Emerging Tech
Code for America unveils first states in Safety Net Innovation Lab cohort
The nonprofit’s lab aims to help states build digital tools and services to connect people with health, food assistance and other benefits programs.
Cloud & Infrastructure
How mainframes fit into hybrid environments
Integrating cloud and on-prem mainframe platforms helps agencies deliver new services.
Data & Analytics
Data-driven decision-making: Easier said than done
While too much siloed data is slowing analysis, cloud, data sharing and artificial intelligence can increase its value and drive digital transformation, a recent survey shows.
Cloud & Infrastructure
How moving HR, finance to the cloud raised city efficiency, security
When Tampa moved its human capital management and enterprise resource planning to the Oracle cloud, it removed data silos across departments and boosted IT security.
Data & Analytics
Drive-by property appraisals streamline data collection
A Kansas county is using vehicles outfitted with rooftop cameras and LiDAR units to quickly and inexpensively capture property images that are then integrated into its cloud-based appraisal system.
Cloud & Infrastructure