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Philadelphia launches digital equity plan
February 17, 2022 | News, State & LocalThe five-year plan describes how the city will address affordability of broadband and devices and tackle the fundamental issues that contribute to the digital divide: barriers of language, race, limited digital literacy skills and disabilities.
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Cyber primer for local leaders
February 14, 2022 | News, CybersecurityThe Center for Technology in Government has created a basic, no-nonsense primer to help local leaders identify, respond to and recover from security breaches.
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Crunch data while the sun shines and save it in an ‘information battery’
February 11, 2022 | News, Emerging Tech"Information batteries" can make better use of green energy by storing partially computed data for processing later, researchers at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering suggest.
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Selfies now optional for ID.me verification
February 10, 2022 | News, CybersecurityThe company's government customers can now verify users without using automated facial recognition technology.
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Ransomware: Who’s likely to pay?
| News, CybersecurityWhen it comes to paying off attackers, local governments fall just behind the energy industry in their willingness to pay ransoms.
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Database aims to help tribes adapt to climate change
February 03, 2022 | News, Data & AnalyticsThe Tribal Resilience Action Database would feature adaptation and resilience practices already developed by tribes that can inform climate change adaptation in other communities.
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DARPA explores electronics recycling to extract critical elements
January 28, 2022 | News, Emerging TechIf successful, the technology could reinvent recycling and manufacturing to minimize the impact of supply chain disruptions to critical elements essential for the Defense Department's high-performance hardware.
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Better mental health treatments with synthetic patient data
January 21, 2022 | News, Emerging TechSynthetic data will allow the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to research mental health treatments without exposing patients' identity.