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IT Best Practices for small municipalities
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year -
Level City or Town, State
State(s) Massachusetts
Source Massachusetts.Gov
Policy Areas Data & Technology, Democracy & Governance
This report serves as a guide for town administrators, providing fundamental information, checklists, and best practices for navigating Information Technology (IT). It emphasizes the importance of understanding IT resources, costs, and maintenance, extending beyond hardware and software...
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Smart Enough Cities: Governments That Seek Mobility Data Must Respect Individual Privacy
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2020
Level City or Town, State
State(s) All States
Source Center for Democracy & Technology
Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Data & Technology
The rise of shared mobility services, including rideshare and micro-mobility options such as bicycles and electric scooters, poses new challenges for cities and states. They must manage new kinds of traffic, keep streets and sidewalks safe and accessible, and ensure that transportation...
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2020 Madison Ordinance 62413 Banning Facial Recognition Technology
Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2020
Level City or Town
State(s) Wisconsin
Source The Common Council of the City of Madison
Policy Areas Data & Technology
Face surveillance is an automated process that assists in identifying an individual based on their facial characteristics. This ordinance prohibits city agencies, departments, and divisions from possessing a face surveillance system or accessing information derived from a face surveillance...
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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning: Insights and Recommendations
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2023
Level National
State(s) All States
Source U.S. Department of Education
Policy Areas Data & Technology, Education
The integration of AI in education presents both opportunities and risks, including potential biases and privacy concerns. School districts should develop policies to ensure AI is used ethically and equitably in education, with humans maintaining decision-making authority. These policies...
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AI: Privacy & Liability
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2023
Level National
State(s) All States
Source Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
Policy Areas Data & Technology, Democracy & Governance
The use of AI raises significant privacy and liability concerns, including risks like data breaches, surveillance, and manipulated media, as well as challenges in ensuring accountability for harm caused by AI systems. Comprehensive federal privacy legislation, targeted laws for specific...
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Madison Network Security Policies and Procedures
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2022
Level City or Town
State(s) Wisconsin
Source City of Madison
Policy Areas Data & Technology, Democracy & Governance
Data de-identification is the process of modifying or removing personally identifiable information from datasets in a way that minimizes the risk of unintended disclosure of individuals' identities. This report outlines the fundamentals of data de-identification within the educational...
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The Perpetual Line-Up: Unregulated Police Face Recognition in America
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2016
Level City or Town, State, National
State(s) All States
Source Center on Privacy & Technology
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Safety, Data & Technology
Face recognition is the automated process of comparing two images of faces to determine whether they represent the same individual. Across the country, law enforcement performs face identification to identify individuals who refuse to identify themselves, compare mugshots against...
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Reporting and Responding to Political Violence
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2023
Level City or Town
State(s) California, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Virginia, Wisconsin
Source Mayors Innovation Project
Policy Areas Public Safety
Leaders from historically marginalized backgrounds face more serious threats to their safety than their white, cisgender, heterosexual male counterparts. This brief provides methods for keeping elected officials safe and defending democracy. Best practices include creating policies...
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2022 New York City Ordinance 0466-2022 Prohibiting Use of City Resources for Abortion Enforcement
Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2022
Level City or Town
State(s) New York
Source New York City Council
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Health
This ordinance prohibits the use of city resources to enforce abortion restrictions. In particular, city resources may not be utilized to detain abortion providers or to cooperate or provide information to individuals or out-of-state agencies that would confirm, deny, or identify...
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Local Police Surveillance Technology
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year -
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source Local Progress
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Data & Technology, Democracy & Governance, Public Safety
As the capabilities of surveillance technology develop, law enforcement's ability to surveil citizens' movement, communication, and ideas also advances. In order to protect citizens' safety, the Center for Popular Democracy and the ACLU launched the Community Control Over Police Surveillance...
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Madison Network Security Policies and Procedures
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2022
Level City or Town
State(s) Wisconsin
Source City of Madison
Policy Areas Data & Technology, Democracy & Governance
These policies and procedures outline guidelines for maintaining a secure municipal network infrastructure. It emphasizes user responsibility, consequences for non-compliance, and covers acceptable use policies, data privacy, and network security measures. Specific provisions include...
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De-Identifying Government Datasets: Techniques and Governance
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2023
Level City or Town, County
State(s) All States
Source National Institute of Standards & Technology
Policy Areas Data & Technology, Democracy & Governance
Data de-identification is the process of modifying or removing personally identifiable information from datasets in a way that minimizes the risk of unintended disclosure of individuals' identities. This report outlines the fundamentals of data de-identification within the educational...
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Not Ready For Takeoff: Face Scans at Airport Departure Gates
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2017
Level City or Town, National
State(s) Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, New York, Texas
Source Center on Privacy & Technology
Policy Areas Data & Technology
Travelers on certain international flights departing from Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas, Miami, New York City, Houston, and Washington, D.C., are having their faces scanned and compared to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) biometric database to verify their identity. This report...
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SLDS Technical Brief: Data Stewardship: Managing Personally Identifiable Information in Electronic Student Education Records
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2010
Level School Board, School District, State
State(s) All States
Source National Center for Education Statistics
Policy Areas Data & Technology, Education
School districts must safeguard electronic student education records that contain personally identifiable information (PII) in alignment with privacy and data protection programs based on Fair Information Practices and FERPA regulations. A Governance Committee should be established...
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Fighting Local Surveillance
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2020
Level City or Town, County
State(s) All States
Source American Civil Liberties Union of California
Policy Areas Public Safety, Data & Technology
Surveillance technology such as drones, stingrays, and facial recognition software exacerbate discriminatory policing, suppress dissent, and facilitate harm to immigrants and people of color. This guide summarizes some lessons the American Civil Liberties Union of California has learned...
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TO TRACK OR NOT TO TRACK? Towards privacy-friendly and sustainable online advertising
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2020
Level National
State(s) All States
Source Panoptykon Foundation
Policy Areas Data & Technology, Democracy & Governance
Unethical practices in online advertising like real-time bidding and surveillance-driven models put people at risk and violates their privacy. Localities should create incentives for privacy-friendly advertising in the ePrivacy regulation, limit platform power through the Digital...
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Recognizing the Threats: Congress Must Impose a Moratorium on Law enforcement Use of Facial Recognition Tech
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2021
Level National
State(s) All States
Source Center for Democracy & Technology
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Data & Technology
Law and immigration enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology presents many harmful consequences: it permits invasive tracking and targeting that threatens individual privacy, prevents First Amendment activities (i.e. political protests and religious activities), relies on...
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Increasing Use of Genetic Data Requires New Privacy Considerations
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2019
Level State
State(s) All States
Source Journal of Science Policy & Governance
Policy Areas Health, Data & Technology
This report highlights the need to standardize privacy policy in cases of genetic information as genetic data become more common. The Genetic Information Discrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) created privacy and regulation to how employers or insurers could view or request an individual’s...
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Chicago’s 2021 IT Strategic Plan
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2021
Level City or Town
State(s) Illinois
Source City of Chicago
Policy Areas Data & Technology
The 2021 IT Strategic Plan for the City of Chicago highlights technology as a catalyst for engagement, innovation, and improved quality of life for residents. Acknowledging the city's technological ambitions, the plan highlights achievements such as remote work adoption, expanded...
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Electronic Prisons: The Operation of Ankle Monitoring in the Criminal Legal System
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2021
Level National
State(s) All States, District of Columbia
Source George Washington University Law School
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Safety
Electronic monitoring in the criminal legal system is increasingly criticized for being invasive, punitive, and disproportionately harmful to marginalized communities. It restricts movement, undermines privacy, burdens families, and perpetuates racial and class-based inequities while...
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Local Governments Now Required to Have Data-Sharing Agreements
Type Article
Year -
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) Washington
Source Municipal Services and Research Center of Washington
Policy Areas Data & Technology, Democracy & Governance
This article outlines data categories and explains a new statewide requirement for local governments to develop data sharing agreements. It recommends that local governments work with their legal counsel to develop these agreements and features links to other potentially relevant...
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2012 New York City Ordinance 857 Prohibiting Consumer Credit History Discrimination
Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2012
Level City or Town
State(s) New York
Source The New York City Council
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
This ordinance deems it unlawful for an employer, labor organization, employment agency, or licensing agency to discriminate against an applicant or an employee with regard to hiring, termination, promotion, and compensation based on their consumer credit history. “Consumer credit...
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Local Government Security Breach Response Kit
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2023
Level City or Town, County
State(s) All States
Source Dilligent
Policy Areas Data & Technology, Democracy & Governance
Smaller cities, towns, and villages face increasing vulnerability to cyberattacks due to limited budgets for cybersecurity. This response kit advocates for an enterprise-wide approach to cybersecurity in local governments and highlights the role of digital tools like board management...
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Digital Equity 2.0: How to Close the Data Divide
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2023
Level National
State(s) All States
Source Center for Data Innovation
Policy Areas Data & Technology, Economic Justice, Education, Environment & Natural Resources, Health, Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility
The data divide, which results from inequities in data collection and use, hinders certain populations from benefiting from data-driven services. Communities should adopt a holistic approach to close the data divide by balancing privacy and data innovation, increasing data collection...
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Data Sharing Between Public and Private Sectors
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year -
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) All States
Source Center for Information Policy Leadership
Policy Areas Data & Technology, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice
Both the public and private sectors can benefit from responsible data-sharing practices that protect the privacy of individuals and businesses. This report outlines effective policies for accountable data sharing and provides examples of successful local initiatives. It recommends...
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