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Louisiana driver’s licenses, auto registrations targeted in massive data breach
June 16, 2023 | News, CybersecurityThe attack targeted a vulnerability in the popular MOVEit file transfer tool.
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Opioid settlement payouts to localities made public for first time
| News, Data & AnalyticsKFF Health News obtained documents showing the exact dollar amounts — down to the cent — that local governments have been allocated in 2022 and 2023 to battle the ongoing opioid crisis.
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States need better tech, training to keep repeat drunk drivers off the roads
June 15, 2023 | News, Public SafetyLacking adequate resources, states are often unable to provide complete criminal histories to the FBI’s databases, which are critical resources for reducing impaired driving by repeat offenders, according to a new GAO report.
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Virginia transit agencies get access to planning software
| News, Data & AnalyticsThe Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation now provides all transit agencies across the commonwealth access to Via’s Remix transportation mapping and scheduling software.
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With $1.4 billion investment, Texas hopes to sprint to the front of the microchip manufacturing race
| News, Emerging TechTexas is pumping money into microchip research and manufacturing in an effort to attract new investments, secure lucrative federal grants and create thousands of high-paying jobs.
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Government has a policy-over-people problem, civic tech leader argues
| News, Cloud & InfrastructureIn a new book, Code for America founder Jennifer Pahlka argues that government implementers need more authority to avoid becoming risk-averse compliance agents.
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State preps for digital ID rollout
June 14, 2023 | News, CybersecurityBy the end of this summer, California could introduce its digital ID to a limited number of residents who will be able to use them in airports and convenience stores to prove age and identity.
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Feds give states more flexibility in Medicaid redeterminations
| News, Data & AnalyticsBut, according to federal data, states already aren’t using all the latitude given to them to keep eligible people on the low-income health care program.
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Lawmakers take bipartisan swing at deepfake regulation
| News, CybersecurityThe New Jersey bill would add false depiction through manipulated media to the state’s identity theft statutes.
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Lawmakers push for expanded cyber training, education
| News, CybersecurityThe Cybersecurity Awareness Act would direct the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to launch a new public-private campaign promoting cyber best practices across state and local governments, small businesses and underserved communities.