RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Two men who say they were viciously attacked by prison security dogs have filed federal civil rights lawsuits against the Virginia Department of Corrections, alleging the.
State lawmakers have an opportunity to reform the cash bail system, which clearly discriminates against lower-income individuals and is responsible for thousands of unnecessary incarcerations in the commonwealth.
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Jasmine O. Wilson, Northern Virginia Veterans Administrative Support Housing (VASH) team leader, accepts VVA Chapter 227 credit card gift cards for VASH veterans and families in need of additional holiday financial support. This year, 56 veterans and their families benefitted from $6,675 in gift cards from Vietnam Veterans Chapter 227. In addition, a partnership between VVA 227 and MITRE Corp employees shipped 2,895 care packages to service members with an APO or FPO mailing address.
Courtesy Photo Dec 18, 2020
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By Stephanie Kanowitz
Dec 17, 2020
Intergovernmental data sharing could enable “an entirely new way of serving the public [that] could leverage both the power of data sharing on the back end, and the front-end capability to make transactions easier on the public with digital services,” but it’s not widespread enough, a new report found.
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted both the value that data sharing among government agencies can bring – more efficient emergency response, creation of seamless user experiences and better service delivery and allocation of resources and the just how little of that sharing organizations actually do, according to “Silo Busting: The Challenges and Success Factors for Sharing Intergovernmental Data,” a Dec. 16 report from the IBM Center for the Business of Government.