As governments ramp up their systems to handle increased pressure from citizens and remote workers, they’re also creating new expectations, according to a panel of experts.
“As services roll out, there will be an increase of public expectations” for those agencies, said Dustin Haisler, CIO at e.Republic, during an April 15 Information Technology and Innovation Foundation >webinar on e-government services and national emergencies. The public’s expectations will be like those that followed the initial roll out of government social media sites. Agencies realized those new Facebook pages became another avenue for citizen engagement they had to maintain, he said.
Weiterlesen: US: How COVID response can drive tech improvements
Earlier this month, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation released a report outlining numerous tech-driven stimulus proposals to help the United States be better prepared for pandemics in the future.
A recent report suggests that U.S. policymakers should direct stimulus money toward digital technologies to reduce the impact of a future pandemic.
The document, which comes from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), lists almost 30 different stimulus proposals.
Weiterlesen: US: Can Technology Prepare Us for the Next Big Crisis?
Mayor Gary McCarthy is worried that $2 million in funding being temporarily held up by fellow Democrats over concerns about the coronavirus could jeopardize his push to put the city on the cutting edge of technology.
He acknowledged that so far most of the millions in outlay toward furthering his efforts to make Schenectady a so-called Smart City by upgrading the city's internet system and data-sharing capacity has gone to laying underground fiber optic cables and sensors. He said he needs money to further that effort.
Weiterlesen: US: New York: Mayor: $2M needed to realize Schenectady Smart City aspirations
This failure is making it difficult for people to apply for unemployment benefits, according to a new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF).
Nearly 17 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, yet the digital infrastructure meant to support them is inadequate, according to a new report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). This means that the vast majority of state unemployment websites fail basic mobile and accessibility tests, making it difficult for people to apply for unemployment benefits, according to the ITIF, a non-partisan think tank for science and technology policy.
Weiterlesen: US: State unemployment websites: 4 out of 5 fail mobile and accessibility tests
Data on the availability of text-to-911 is spotty, so it's difficult to get a consistent national picture. However, the numbers that are available show that some states are far more advanced than others.
A man who was high on heroin and wanted by police came to his sister’s daycare center. A group of deaf people became stranded in the middle of a large lake when their boat’s motor died. A woman was kidnapped by a trucker at a rest stop, sexually assaulted and then left in the back of his cab as he drove.
Weiterlesen: US: Text-to-911 Saves Lives, but Data Suggests It Remains Rare