
Jake Williams
Vice President, Community and Content at Statescoop
Vice President, Community and Content at EdScoop
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1 week ago |
statescoop.com | Jake Williams
On this week’s Priorities Podcast, Chad Marlow, senior policy counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union, says that the broad use of facial recognition technology by New Orleans police extends even beyond endangering the city’s residents, but invites outside actors to take advantage of its surveillance environment.
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1 week ago |
greeleytribune.com | Jake Williams
As the U.S. Senate debates the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” — which could cut Medicaid funding by more than $800 billion over the next decade — some politicians, including the 8th Congressional District’s own Rep. Gabe Evans, are trying to spin the massive cuts to Medicaid as somehow beneficial to their constituents.
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2 weeks ago |
statescoop.com | Jake Williams
Years into an effort to consolidate and modernize the New Jersey state government’s call centers, humans remain an important part of the process. On this week’s Priorities Podcast, Dave Cole, New Jersey chief’s innovation officer, and Joe DeLaTorre, product manager at the New Jersey Office of Innovation, say that even after improvements to the state’s digital presence, residents said they still want to talk to a live human when it comes to sensitive questions about taxes or unemployment benefits.
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3 weeks ago |
statescoop.com | Jake Williams
For Stephen Dawe, the chief information officer for Opelika, Alabama, work life took an unexpected turn during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was tasked with building an IT system that could detect when detergent had been dumped into a city fountain, a recurring and costly prank kids had been pulling.
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1 month ago |
statescoop.com | Jake Williams
Two Pennsylvania state employees explain on this week’s Priorities Podcast how they’re accelerating the time it takes to hire new employees. Miranda Martin, director of talent management, and Harrison MacRae, director of emerging technologies, said that through a combination of process changes and technology, they’ve reduced time-to-hire from 90 days to 58 days.
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