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Census powers up ahead of decennial headcount deadlines
April 24, 2017 | NewsThe bureau must scale up its systems, finalize partnerships to shore up its address records and award three IT contracts -- all in the face of looming budget questions.
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Lafayette taps IoT for air quality data
April 21, 2017 | NewsCity government, industry and university partners are building an interactive smart city platform for Lafayette, La.
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Moving toward a one-stop shop for FOIA requests
| NewsThe governmentwide portal for filing federal Freedom of Information Act requests aims to be interoperable with agencies' current systems.
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A clean bill of health for data security
| NewsGovernment health care institutions and agencies can safeguard their confidential information and lower their risk of data breaches by following best practices around people, encryption and security policies.
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A data-driven approach to deciding on infrastructure investments
| NewsBy modeling the flow -- of freight, commuters, money or anything else -- across each link of a network, researchers can show where investment will be most beneficial and which projects shouldn’t happen at all.
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HHS funds states’ fight against opioids
April 20, 2017 | NewsThe Department of Health and Human Services will distribute $485 million in grants to all 50 states to support evidence-based prevention, treatment and recovery services.
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Cisco offers cloud-based communications for agencies
| NewsCisco’s FedRAMP-approved system integrates voice, video, desktop sharing and conferencing into one cloud-based platform.
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Can IT help cure the opioid crisis?
| NewsGovernment agencies and public health organizations are working to develop new tools to share pertinent health care data among providers and, in some cases, to predict the path of a user about to return to a life of opioid abuse.
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Cities, states seek to protect immigrants’ data from federal officials
| NewsIn a political atmosphere that is increasingly hostile to immigrants, concerns grow over the vulnerability of data used for state or municipal ID programs.
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Digging into government spending data
April 19, 2017 | NewsLaunched by former Microsoft Chairman Steve Ballmer, USAFacts.org offers a data-driven look at federal, state and local government spending.