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How cities are using tech to encourage COVID-19 vaccination

by Ryan Johnston

The mayors of New Orleans and Newark, New Jersey, said they're using livestreams and sentiment analysis to bolster their vaccination marketing efforts.

How the Beeck Center helps improve digital services

by Colin Wood

Beeck Center fellow Kevin Parker shares what his colleagues are learning as they burrow in with digital service teams in New Jersey, Colorado and New York City.

New Jersey says digital divide among students is 'closed'

by Ryan Johnston

Gov. Phil Murphy said every single K-12 public school student now has access to the internet and devices to connect to virtual classrooms.

New Jersey courts CISO attributes stronger pandemic cybersecurity to staff

by Ryan Johnston

Regular virtual check-ins with court staff have had the benefit of strengthening the state judiciary's cybersecurity hygiene.

New Jersey needs COBOL coders to fix ailing unemployment system

by Colin Wood

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy put out a call for workers who know a programming language now primarily used to keep government's aging mainframe systems alive.

New Jersey's Twitter account is unabashedly New Jersey

by Ryan Johnston

Staffers in Gov. Phil Murphy's office are taking a different approach to the state's Twitter account and attracting fanfare and New Jersey pride in the process.

Police could be doing so much more with body cameras, says former chief

by Colin Wood

Jonathan Parham says that when it comes to body-worn cameras, law enforcement is missing out on a big opportunity. Parham — who retired as the chief of police for the City of Linden, New Jersey, on Jan. 1 — told StateScoop that law enforcement’s focus on body-worn cameras as a mere additional witness in the sometimes contentious relationship between police and the public falls woefully short of the technology’s potential. Instead…

As New Jersey welcomes a new governor, CTO David Weinstein resigns

by Colin Wood

The young technology leader says it's time for him to step aside and let the new administration take control of the state's important work in IT.

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