Sophia Fox-Sowell

6 days ago | statescoop.com | Sophia Fox-Sowell

Virginia on Thursday launched several new dashboards aimed at providing expecting mothers with additional resources during pregnancy, birth and postpartum periods by offering data on maternal mortality and pregnancy-associated deaths. Managed by the Division of Population Health Data within VDH’s Office of Family Health Services, the Maternal and Child Health Dashboard displays metrics on preterm births, birthweight, infant mortality, prenatal care and maternal smoking.

1 week ago | statescoop.com | Sophia Fox-Sowell

On Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health launched an interactive dashboard that tracks environmental and health data collected in response to the wildfires that devastated the region this year. The fires burned more than 55,082 acres, killed at least 24 people and displaced more than 100,000.

1 week ago | fedscoop.com | Matt Bracken |Sophia Fox-Sowell

The Trump administration has decided to terminate the IRS’s Direct File program, according to a source familiar with the situation, putting an end to the free electronic filing system that congressional Republicans and the tax preparation industry have had in their crosshairs since its creation. Work on Direct File began during Joe Biden’s presidency, bringing together some of the administration’s top technical and product minds and tapping into funds from the Inflation Reduction Act.

1 week ago | statescoop.com | Sophia Fox-Sowell

The technology and business services firm Conduent old the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the cybercriminals who orchestrated a cyberattack on the company earlier this year were able to access a “limited portion” of its IT environment, according to a Monday regulatory filing. On Jan.

1 week ago | statescoop.com | Sophia Fox-Sowell

This week the Hawaii Department of Health is launching its first-ever health and health media survey to learn more about how state residents access and respond to health-related information. It will include questions about health behaviors, interest in certain health services, perceptions of health media campaigns and media-consumption patterns. The survey, which is expected to start Tuesday and remain open for several weeks, will use a new method — text messaging — to reach a larger audience.