COVID-19: Embracing digital government during the pandemic and beyond

"Information and communication technologies (ICTs) play a vital role in promoting the health and safety of people and in keeping economies and societies working during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Digital government technologies either through information sharing or online services have kept governments and people connected during the outbreak. Digital technologies...

Digital contact tracing and surveillance during COVID-19. General and child-specific Ethical Issues

"The response to COVID-19 has seen an unprecedented rapid scaling up of technologies to support digital contact tracing and surveillance. Accessible, high-quality data, based on a foundation of widespread testing, are essential to support decision-makers in government and development and humanitarian agencies such as UNICEF to better understand the issues...

State Government COVID-19 Digital Inclusion Response

The global health pandemic has put a spotlight on digital inclusion. NDIA is documenting local government initiatives to encourage other local governments to address access to the internet (particularly at home), personal computers and tablets, and tech assistance. These initiatives are in addition to the FCC’s Keeping American’s Connected Pledge. Read...