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Smart Cities Connect Opens With Calls for Digital Equity The eighth annual Smart Cities Connect Conference & Expo opened with a panel discussion around digital equity and the need for all communities to expand access to broadband as they emerge from the COVID-19 crisis. Shutterstock Broadband connectivity and digital equity have been themes and goals echoed among smart city leaders for years — with varying degrees of fulfillment — but a new sense of urgency is taking over the conversation.  “The time is now,” Colman Keane, broadband executive director in Fort Collins, ...

Minnesota Crafts Privacy Principles for Emerging Transit Tech Minnesota’s Connected and Automated Vehicle Alliance is developing a privacy and security framework to help guide current and future smart transportation infrastructure and vehicle projects. by Jule Pattison-Gordon / April 13, 2021 State transportation departments face a challenge when considering connected and automated vehicles and infrastructure. On the one hand, these transit initiatives carry the promise of making services more efficient, effective and safe for all residents. ...

Can Dig-Once Policies Hasten the Close of the Digital Divide? “Dig once” suggests that it makes more sense to lay the groundwork for broadband expansion through larger transportation projects. But should this forward-thinking idea be mandated or considered a best practice? Shutterstock/Fahroni As local areas and states keep slugging away at the digital divide, time and money may separate the winners from the losers in the broadband infrastructure game. One potential way to save time and money is through a “dig-once” approach, which refers to the idea of minimizing “the ...

Opinion: New Money for Ed Tech, but Same Potential Pitfalls The American Rescue Plan presents schools with some high-stakes opportunities to make lasting changes. Pixabay/MohamedHassan About $130 billion allocated for K-12 education from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) will provide schools with much-needed funds to help them recover from pandemic-created losses. And it will also allow them to rebuild and rethink the educational technology programs they’ve leaned on so heavily this past year. But given the magnitude of these one-time monies, the stakes are raised for s...

The new software combines a huge database for verifying identity with AI-powered tools meant to comb them, looking for fraud and irregularities. And it's found an early user in California, which was at the center of a massive unemployment insurance fraud scheme last year.