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Are thermal cameras a magic bullet for COVID-19 fever detection? There’s not enough evidence to know
May 29, 2020 | NewsAlthough government and industry are deploying systems involving infrared thermal cameras to perform fever-screening, there is a glaring lack of clinical evidence that they work.
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What did agencies learn from telework’s high-speed rollout?
| NewsThe Government Accountability Office plans to review how agencies implemented remote work solutions.
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Army goes deep on autonomous systems
| NewsThe nine-year Scalable, Adaptive and Resilient Autonomy program aims to develop resilient, intelligent and collaborative ground and aerial vehicles that can operate in complex and contested environments.
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Social distancing will change elections. Here’s how we can secure them.
| NewsWhether states and local governments can pull off a virtual voting program may depend on the technology’s ability to validate and track every vote while simultaneously maintaining the trust of constituents.
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Local gov drafts new playbook for remote support
May 28, 2020 | NewsTeleworking, videoconferencing and expanding bandwidth prove that local government is ready for a renaissance in services delivery.
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GAO: States are being burdened by dueling federal cyber regs
| NewsFederal agencies should coordinate on state agencies’ cybersecurity assessments, including leveraging other agencies’ assessments or conducting joint reviews, the Government Accountability Office says.
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Best practices for digitizing historical books and paper documents
| NewsStructured, educated digitization ensures collections remain useful and accessible for the future.
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This disaster season, ‘everything is complicated by COVID-19’
| NewsAs summer brings hurricanes, wildfires and other disasters to much of the country, the novel coronavirus has upended nearly every plan in the disaster response playbook.
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Interactive traffic tech can ease congestion
May 27, 2020 | NewsCombining intelligent transportation systems and consumer real-time traffic apps is a less expensive and more effective way to reduce congestion than spending funds to expand roadways, researchers say.
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Maryland gets cyber assist from National Guard during pandemic
| NewsMaryland Governor Larry Hogan called in the National Guard to help the state not just with its pandemic response but also with cybersecurity assessments.