Monthly Archives: July 2018

Business TREND. 5 Types of Public Education student data that can be collected

  • Student identity data: Demographic and biometric information
  • User interaction data: Engagement metrics for educational content
  • Inferred content data: Data concerning how instructional material improves student proficiency
  • System-wide data: Administrative data about students, including attendance, disciplinary records and overall academic performance.
  • Inferred student data: Inferences based on teacher, content & student data that can be used to make predictions about student outcomes.

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1st Election Security Conference in the US. Where. Who. What. How to Pay for Election Cybersecurity.

Location: West Virginia

Invitees: 55 election clerks representing all counties in West Virginia

Speakers training West Virginia Election Clerks: WV Secretary of State & the Department of Homeland Security

Topic: Cyber security of elections and how to pay for election cybersecurity, which is mostly federal funds

WBOY | WV is the nation’s first state to host the ‘Election Security Conferece’ 

 

State Data Encryption by the Numbers in Illinois

WSRP | Gov. Rauner signs bill to officially recognize DoIT 

Regulatory TREND. 10 Requirements for a Initial Coin Offering in NJ

New Jersey Financial Services Commission has 10 requirements for Jersey ICO issuers:

  • Be incorporated as a Jersey company.
  • Receive consent under the COBO from JFSC before any action is taken (the consent process is detailed further in the Guidance Note).
  • Comply with JFSC’s Sound Business Practice Policy.
  • Apply relevant anti-money laundering and other such requirements to ICO purchasers.
  • Appoint and maintain a trust company business (“TCSP”).
  • Appoint and maintain a Jersey resident director.

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Lege TREND. Cost of a Populous State Election Security Bill

The fund allocations from California’s 2018 election security legislation:

  • Federal Funds: $34.5 million
  • 57.9%, $20 million, goes to voter implementation at the county level
  • 11.58%, $4 million goes to VoteCal statewide system updates
  • 13.16%, $4.45 million goes to county voter cyber security
  • 8.69%, $3 million, goes to cybersecurity training for counties
  • 4.53%, $1.56 million, polling place accessibility
  • 2.98%, $1.03 million, personnel costs
  • 1.16%, $400,000, election auditing

KCRA…

Lege TREND. Anatomy of an Election Data Security Veto

State: Illinois

Vetoed legislation: SB 2273 (IL | 2018)  limiting Illinois to participating in 1 interstate voter database system

3 Reasons given for the veto:

  • combat voter fraud by “participation in programs that allow cross-referencing voter information from various states to identify where individuals are and are not eligible to vote”
  • limiting Illinois to one voter fraud program creates inefficiencies and gaps in knowledge
  • limiting the number of the programs for IL to use is not the…