The state agency: California State Library The grant portal: the California Grants Portal, more than 100 grants totaling more than $17 billion What kind of information can be searched? applicant type, grant category, and timeframe for application deadlines What grant categories are included? environment and water; disadvantaged communities; education; health and human services; housing, community, and […]
Monthly Archives: July 2020
BLM. Banning Facial Recognition Software in a Police Reform Bill.
Where: Massachusetts The legislation: S2800 (2020 | MA) How would the bill impact facial recognition and biometric software? Temporarily bans the state’s use of the software Prohibits a government agency, office, department, commission, bureau, agent or contractor from acquiring, possessing or accessing any form of biometric surveillance Creates a special commission to study the use […]
Legislation to Exempt BitCoin from Ad Valorem Taxation
Where: Alabama What: HB 177 (2020 | AL) Include a constitutional amendment? Yes
Legislative TREND. Control Over Personal Data.
Which states have given residents control over the data collected about them? States that have adopted California’s Consumer Privacy Act How can residents have control over their data under this legislation? • Residents can know whether and why businesses collect and share your data. • You can access your collected personal information. • You can […]
BLM Data solution for pay and promotion disparities
Where: New Mexico What: HB 15 (2020 | NM) Defines institutional racism Requires all state agencies to assess their anti-institutional racism policies in hiring, promotion, retention, pay equity, community engagement and workplace participation Requires the collection of data to track progress toward ending institutional racism Adopts statewide evaluation of race and gender gaps in hiring, promotion, […]
Anatomy of a Public Private Cyber Security Center
Who is proposing a public private cyber security center? U.S. Appropriation Committee wants to add one to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency budget What would the partnership look like? $11.6 million funding to establish a new Joint Cyber Center for National Cyber Defense Establish a Joint Cyber Planning Cell to coordinate planning and readiness […]
New Kid on the Block. Privacy Bee.
A new day. A new way to protect personal data. Meet Privacy Bee. What does Privacy Bee do? “remove users’ data en masse from thousands of databases across the Internet” What role do data scrubbing companies fill? the US has no strong national data protection laws the US is a developed country with no Data […]
BLM Legislation. Legislative Caucus Opposition to Facial Recognition Software
Where: Michigan The Caucus: Michigan Legislative Black Caucus Where is the ban on facial recognition software being attached? A police reform bill Why the opposition? data shows software misidentifies Blacks and POC Detroit Free Press via Governing | Black Lawmakers Call for Ban of Police Facial Recognition
New Kid on the Block: PropTech
What are examples of prop tech? planning real-estate development companies improve labor efficiency & reduce overhead with digital platforms like LegalZoom, QuickBooks and Google Drive Citybldr to clarify land title issues Coda Compliance streamlines entitlement — the process of obtaining government permissions for a property’s specific use construction 3-D-printed prefab materials marketing Matterport cameras to offer […]
Local Government Keeps Facial Recognition.
What local governmental entity has one of the longest running facial recognition software programs? Tampa Florida’s Pinella County Has the software been used to identify protestors? No What would cause the Sheriff to stop using the facial recognition software? Regulations Tampa Bay Times via Governing | Tampa Has No Plans to Discontinue, Pause Facial Recognition