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Who started the Public Innovation Academy: Abhi Nemani of Code for America, former chief data officer of Los Angeles and CIO of Sacramento, CA What will the Public Innovation Academy do? online training venture as being aimed at helping people who perform jobs that aren’t necessarily technical sharing lessons learned from large cities with civil […]

The Report offers these concepts to consider for future legislation: The regulatory and compliance costs of CCPA and GDPR which may have created uneven benefits and restrictions to certain consumers and businesses. Many companies in Texas are already complying with both laws and any Texas law should seek to compliment and not conflict with existing […]

The State: Michigan HB 4186 (2020 | MI) What new information will trigger a notification if hackers get access to it? A state resident’s first name or first initial and last name in combination with one or more of the following data elements that relate to the resident: A nontruncated  Social  Security  number,  driver  license  […]

The State: Massachusetts The Legislation: H4932 (2020 | MA) The Bonds: $1.8 billion for critical investments in IT infrastructure to assist children, underrepresented populations Mass.Gov | Governor Baker Signs $1.8 Billion Bond Bill to Improve Information Technology, Public Safety and Food Security East Boston Times | Legislature Enacts $1.8 Billion Bond Bill to Strengthen Information Technology, […]

Add India to the list of countries considering a ban on cryptocurrency trading. What have other Asian governments chosen to do with cryptocurrency markets? Regulation What has China banned? initial coin offerings Economic Times | India plans to introduce law to ban cryptocurrency trading 

How many people have register to vote over Snapchat? 407,024 Were the registrations sparked by a paid ad by a political organization? No How did the vote registration links to Snapchat work? Snap Chat added a new feature to its app that provided voter registration information The Hill | 400K people register to vote on […]

The industries most targeted by hackers from January-June 2020: manufacturing technology telecom companies Manufacturing increased an uptick in cyberattacks by 11% over 2019. The manufacturing equipment targeted: business systems front-office systems Rational for the increase in cyber events for manufacturing?  vulnerability from the large-scale disruption in their global supply chain of materials due to COVID CQ […]

Texas Economic Development Corporation has a new website that it describes as world class. So what does the new website offer: mobile adaptability ” streamlined access to essential information and data about doing business in Texas” ” compiles key statewide information about infrastructure, workforce, taxes and incentives and other areas of importance in economic development” Texas Economic Development […]

Google is removing autofill in its search bars for that target candidates or voting. What Google’s senior director of global policy and standards has to say:  “We’re acutely aware that with this upcoming election … people have strong opinions and given the backdrop of COVID, there’s a lot of questions about voting information and how […]

The Country: Japan Which bank is pushing for a national cryptocurrency? one of the nation’s national banks, the Bank of Japan Why the urgency in Japan? China has a forthcoming cryptocurrency. The result of this, and China and Russia’s move away from an economy dependent on the dollar, is that ” the global stage has likely […]