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States should not rush to pass laws affecting auto dealer and auto consumer data
Due to cybersecurity and other impending regulations, patience is key.
Lithium-ion a pawn in economic domination
Global manipulation and domination of necessary elements and components like cobalt – a major element for lithium-ion battery storage – may also contribute to global economic and political domination as well. China is investing its...
UK ‘Online Harms White Paper’ is ambitious and takes prescriptive approach
In order for the approach to not negatively affect innovation, however, there needs to be more prioritization.
International tax talks and country actions rendering digital tax discussion moot
Sector-specific – including digital – taxes make no sense.
Don’t let Title II be the enemy of the good
Former Congressman Rick Boucher, founder of the House Internet Caucus, says Congress has before it the best opening since the net neutrality debate began 15 years ago for a bipartisan open internet bill.
The United States needs a federal privacy law
As different US states and countries around the world enact privacy laws, it’s time for the federal government to as well.
Palm Beach County speeds court filings with AI
With five robots handling basic docketing processes, the county is enhancing efficiency, converting skeptics and escalating staff to higher-value work — and higher pay.
The drum beat continues for regulating the content moderation practices of digital platforms
New transatlantic initiatives focus on an increased government role.
Lessons from broadcast spectrum auction can help close the Homework Gap
Former Congressman Rick Boucher discusses opportunities that would arise from putting frequencies in the 2.5 GHz Educational Broadband Service spectrum band into an incentive auction. Not only could the government’s share of the...
Arapahoe County develops document system into beneficial platform
Arapahoe County developed HSconnects to process benefits claims faster. And by productizing the platform, it’s not just helping the needy; it’s helping its neighbors, too.
AI's dark secret? A desire for data without bounds
The AI revolution is hungry for personal data. The U.S. needs to pursue federal privacy legislation before machine intelligence and surveillance intersect.
The hard road of digital transformation in the public sector
Digital transformation is never easy but it is particularly hard in public sector organizations. In this article, I reflect on some of the difficulties that I’ve seen in my own organization.
Rochester NY CIO improves citizen services with a strategic governance process
How one city in upstate New York is making significant progress in improving services for its citizens.
The patent troll problem cannot be dismissed as a myth
PTO Director Iancu’s startling comparison to little red riding hood ignores the evidence.
Unique collaboration turned a governor’s vision of a cyber center into reality
Interviewing the State of George's CIO Calvin Rhodes, who helped lead a collaboration of government, academia, the military and the private sector to create a new cyber ecosystem.
Protecting against the swing back towards strong patents
The value of patents means companies need to mitigate the risk of being sued for patent infringement.
GSA’s entity validation request for proposal is flawed
The plan to create a government-run identifier raises intellectual property concerns and duplicates private sector efforts.
Pentagon CIOs struggle with legacy tech, security. Sound familiar?
Defense Department tech chiefs working to modernize sprawling IT infrastructure encounter similar hurdles — if on a larger scale — as CIOs in other agencies and the private sector.
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