Susan Miller
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Churchville, VA, United States
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Energy Department wants national labs to drive regional innovation
DOE is looking for ideas on how regional ecosystems could leverage a nearby national lab to power innovation and economic prosperity. → Read More
Smart street pilots aim to curb parking violations
Chicago plans to use cameras to enforce parking rules, boost safety for pedestrians and cyclists and streamline operations in commercial loading zones. → Read More
Counties to field red team pen testers
The Atlanta Regional Commission wants help conducting penetration tests on local county IT systems. → Read More
State invests in local cyber monitoring, training
Security operations centers and cyber ranges at two colleges will help municipalities across Massachusetts better protect themselves from cyberattacks and build a cyber talent pipeline. → Read More
California looks to reshape recycling IT
CalRecycle is planning an enterprisewide system that can track, regulate and monitor recyclables. → Read More
Can AI tutors give the nation’s workforce a competitive edge?
The number of workers needing new skills across a variety of emerging technology fields will soon outpace the nation’s ability to train them, but researchers at the Defense Department have a plan. → Read More
Ransomware task force outlines threat response
The Joint Ransomware Task Force is designed to unify efforts and identify ways to leverage the federal government’s unique authorities and capabilities to disrupt ransomware. → Read More
DHS unwraps $1B state and local cybersecurity grant program
Each states will each receive a minimum of $2 million for FY 22 for a planning committee and a cybersecurity plan that details how it will reduce their cybersecurity risks. → Read More
Prioritize equity analysis in agency planning, governor says
An executive order requires California agencies to advance equity in their strategic plans by gathering and analyzing data from historically disadvantaged and underserved communities. → Read More
State lays groundwork for cyber ecosystem
South Carolina expects to need 6,000 new cybersecurity workers over the next 10 years. → Read More
State takes quantum tech from theory to business
To speed the commercialization of quantum technologies, Massachusetts is investing in research facilities and workforce training. → Read More
Building back better with robotics
Southwestern Pennsylvania pulled in a $62.7M federal grant to build a robotics and autonomy cluster. → Read More
Dashboard, sensors report real-time data on city flooding
NYC FloodNet sensors deployed across New York City measure the depth of flood water and report real-time data to a map-based dashboard showing flooding over time at each sensor location. → Read More
Massachusetts moves to modernize court IT systems
Gov. Charlie Baker signed legislation to overhaul IT operations and security for the commonwealth’s courts. → Read More
Beijing invests in virtual humans
The city government wants to invest nearly $900 million to build a technology, business and governance ecosystem for virtual humans that leverages Web3 technologies. → Read More
Where to see UFOs
California leads the states in most reported UFO sightings, according to the National UFO Reporting Center. The center, which is not a government agency, has a database of UFO reports that is sorted by date, state, shape and date reported – including a sighting by Thomas Jefferson. The site, which has been in operation for 47 years, is dedicated to the collection and dissemination of objective… → Read More
Power struggles in Data Center Alley
Higher electricity load forecasts and transmission challenges may create reliability issues for new data center projects in Northern Virginia. → Read More
Counties get no-cost endpoint detection and response services
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a $30 million shared services program designed to help counties secure government systems and protect against ransomware attacks. → Read More
EWarrant platform simplifies uploading data into background check systems
Ohio’s new eWarrants interface is designed to improve the accuracy of state and federal background checks and streamline the process for filing warrants and protection orders. → Read More
Mobile sensors collect community air quality data
New York’s new monitoring program uses sensor-equipped fleet vehicles to collect billions of high-resolution measurements that are then analyzed for a better understanding of pollution in disadvantaged communities. → Read More