Author Archives: Tessa Zavala

What are the competing interests in Cares Act funding of broadband projects? CARES Act is short-term funding response to COVID Broadband expansion is a long-term planning CARES Act requires that broadband projects be operational by Dec 31st to be funded Which states are in this quagmire? Vermont, Alabama, Iowa, and New Hampshire AP | States […]

The Courts keeping technology it relied on during DOVID: Ohio Court System Why do Ohio Courts want to keep the technology changes from COVID? Judges realized the courts were actually behind in terms of technology They see the potential for ease & efficiency in the technology Webinar parenting classes were successful Akron Beacon Journal via […]

Recommendations for blockchain state implementation:  At the Department of Motor Vehicle: digital wallet for individual identification building a common blockchain platform for tracking a vehicle’s lifecycle creating a fine-grained security structure for sharing driver records across states At the Department of Food & Agriculture To trace the source of food-borne contamination by collecting and organizing […]

Who are members of Texas Blockchain Council?  Hedera Hasgraph Unchained capital Ripple A Real blockchain solution Crestline Solutions Foley Kilroy Blockchain Arski Tech Vertalo Austin Blockchain Collective Dallas Baptist University Houston Blockchain Alliance Hyland iownit.us Vercey  Trammell Venture Partners Mercintelli Healthcare Solutions Interaxis McCullough Sudan HoneyComb Digital Investments The goal: For Texas to become the […]

The country: Lithuania in coordination with the Lithuanian Bank The name of Lithuania’s bitcoin? LBCOIN  What will a national bitcoin effectively be like? A credit card but Baltic & new The numbers: €19.18 present value 4,000 collectable Independence currencies made by Lithuania 24,000 gatherer tokens Cryptocurrency Post | Lithuania Becomes the First Country Issuing a Blockchain-Based […]

What partnership has emerged between health officials and universities? Utilizing university students as contact tracers Where is this coming to fruition? Marin County, California in partnership with Dominician University & utilizing a contact tracing course from Johns Hopkins Univeristy  Route 50 | A Government-University Partnership to Train Students as Contact Tracers

Who knows when in person school starts, but let’s face it before COVID schools relied more on technology. Technology that regulators can protect and used by children who regulators can protect. It is a regulatory free for all. Leave it to the federal government to get to work. Congress is considering: the National Cyber Director […]

North Dakota’s COVID contact tracing app collected GPS data that was being sold to FourSquare Apple & Google contact tracing tech is relying on blue tooth technology and not GPS 71% of Americans have said that they would not use a contact-tracing app Kansas  passed emergency legislation prohibiting contact tracing that uses cellphone location data to […]

Where: The UK What? UK wants to reign in hacking, especially hacking of the internet of things, like your thermostat that could come with a preset password like hello, by prohibiting weak passwords.  Gov.UK Policy Paper | Proposals for regulating consumer smart product cyber security – call for views

The North Carolina Legislation: HB 904 (2019-2020 | NC) The goal:  Protect the personally identifiable information of North Carolina residents- even if the business is located elsewhere What requirements are on businesses? reasonable security procedures must be in place + 30 day notification requirements after discovery of a breech This legislation also rolls in Equifax […]