On this week's Priorities podcast, Tyrone Spratt and Devendra Gajway of Minnesota IT Services talk about how they modernized the state's Farmlink app, which helps connect the state's aging generation of farmers with the upcoming crop of agriculturalists interested in keeping the industry alive.
www.statescoop.com/nascio-names-finalists-of-2023-state-it-recognition-awards/
New York state’s education commissioner is banning the use and purchase of facial recognition technology in public and non-public elementary and secondary schools.
www.statescoop.com/new-york-state-bans-facial-recognition-schools/
The U.S. Department of Labor announced it will award more than $200 million in grants to labor departments in 18 states, as well as the U.S. Virgin Islands, to modernize and strengthen unemployment insurance systems.
www.statescoop.com/labor-department-state-unemployment-204-million/
A ransomware incident that affected several city services in Dallas earlier this year leaked the information of more than 30,000 individuals, city officials say.
www.statescoop.com/dallas-ransomware-attack-cyberattack-data/
