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Fish and Wildlife to deploy drones in battle against invasive plants
May 22, 2023 | News, Emerging TechTo protect native plants and reduce equipment impact on the environment, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will deploy aerial drones to spray invasive plants with herbicides.
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Ohio Senate approves DATA Act standardizing elections information statewide
| News, Data & AnalyticsThe proposal, known as the DATA Act, grew out of a report commissioned by the Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute.
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Engagement, access, equity drive city’s evolution
May 19, 2023 | News, Emerging TechWaterloo, Iowa, has 12 smart city projects lined up based on four pillars: e-government, sustainability, transportation and public safety.
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How one city managed an IT staff consolidation
| News, Cloud & InfrastructureLessons from Seattle’s years-long effort to consolidate IT workers from different city departments into a single agency.
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Federal grants could boost whole-of-state cyber defense
| News, CybersecurityThe $1 billion State and Local Government Cybersecurity Grant Program requires states to collaborate more closely with their local governments, reinforcing the holistic approach favored in many state capitals.
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How feds think data can buy time for people suffering a financial shock
| News, Data & AnalyticsFinancial assistance programs need to respond quickly to be effective. The vast troves of government data offer opportunities to shave down that time.
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New movie chronicles rise and fall of government’s first secure smartphone devices
| News, Cloud & InfrastructureCOMMENTARY | BlackBerry devices were at one time almost completely ubiquitous in government service.
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County looks to blockchain for records management
May 18, 2023 | News, Cloud & InfrastructureRiverside County, California, wants to convert paper-centric services to trusted, secure and private electronic operations with an interagency blockchain platform that would be open to other counties.
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Why technical debt is really ‘innovation debt’
| News, Cloud & InfrastructureWhen agencies have an assessment and mitigation strategy for technical debt, they can more easily modernize systems and roll out new features.
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Should governments ban TikTok? Can they?
| News, CybersecurityA cybersecurity expert explains the risks the app poses and the challenges to blocking it.