“Facebook Protect” launched last October to help candidates and election officials secure their accounts on both Facebook and Instagram. The free service promises quicker and more active…
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Microsoft
ElectionGuard, an open-source software kit Microsoft launched last year, gives voters the ability to confirm that their ballots are counted accurately. In jurisdictions using the software, voters…
Maryland made policies ‘adaptable’
Prior to the pandemic, Maryland’s Department of Human Services had been halfway through the process of modernizing service delivery for its welfare programs by moving virtually all…
Texas gathered tigers
For Texas CDO Ed Kelly, the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the “collaboration effect” in government, especially among different state agencies with similar missions. Kelly leads a data-focused…
Virgina faced FAACTs
Virginia Chief Data Officer Carlos Rivero said during the event that recent expansion of the state’s opioid overdose data-sharing tool, called the Framework for Addiction Analysis and…
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…and yet AI is still on the way
Though in the thick of responding to a pandemic and declining budgets, the technology leaders said they still consider it inevitable that artificial intelligence will eventually be…
AI is no longer the focus of the “smart cities” movement…
The “smart cities” suite of technologies, which relies heavily on the collection and analysis of sensor data, is changing rapidly in response to the coronavirus pandemic, officials…
AI remains out of reach for some small agencies
Officials from a handful of small government agencies said that without strong executive support from their organizations, true embrace of artificial intelligence remains out of reach. “I…
Vendors play a crucial role
Several roundtable attendees said they believe private companies selling to government play a crucial role in AI’s adoption. “We obviously need vendors to educate us on the…
Robotic process automation can offset layoffs
As concerns surrounding the government technology workforce remain, robotic process automation presents a big opportunity to relieve the pressure of losing workers. The software can perform repetitive…
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