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Agencies confront rising cyber insurance rates
March 21, 2022 | News, CybersecurityEven those meeting more stringent qualifications are finding that affordable insurance cannot provide enough protection against cybersecurity risk.
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How a few geothermal plants could solve America’s lithium supply crunch and boost the EV battery industry
| News, Emerging TechThe ability to recover critical minerals from geothermal brines in the U.S. could have important implications for energy and mineral security, as well as global supply chains, workforce transitions and geopolitics.
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Scrubbing the bias from machine learning systems
| News, Emerging TechMonitoring, testing and evaluating impacts will help limit the systemic, statistical and human biases that affect artificial intelligence systems, according to a new NIST report.
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How crowdsourced data helps cities fight litter
March 18, 2022 | News, Data & AnalyticsAnalyzing the amounts and composition of litter, combined with information on location, transit patterns and days of the week, is giving cities insights for better intervention and messaging strategies.
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Financial regulator says use of crypto helps—not hurts—ransomware investigations
| News, CybersecurityWhile cryptocurrency is preferred by ransomware perpetrators because of its perceived anonymity, it has significant visibility and investigative benefits over opaque banking, a FinCEN official told a Senate committee.
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Some states are making it harder to vote, some are making it easier – but it’s too soon to say if this will affect voter turnout in 2022
| News, State & LocalMost of the recent changes don’t make voting easier or harder. They make the process easier for the state and local officials who run elections.
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New data show a major gender gap in local government leadership
| News, State & LocalFewer than one in three top appointed local officials are women, according to the analysis. Curious how your state stacks up? Tools released with the research allow users to look at trends and comparisons across the country.
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North Carolina launches cybersecurity task force
March 17, 2022 | News, CybersecurityAs the latest state to formally establish its own task force, North Carolina aims to improve its cybersecurity posture with technical assistance and incident coordination between state and local agencies.
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Intel launches research, education grant program for Ohio chip manufacturing
| News, Emerging TechA 10-year, $50 million grant program will support a collaborative, multi-institution research and education program to support domestic semiconductor production.
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IARPA project aims to identify people from drones by more than just their face
| News, Emerging TechThe program looks to develop a biometric system capable of accurate and reliable recognition and identification of persons from up to 1,000 meters away.