Wildfires are becoming more frequent every year, and the threat they pose to natural landscapes and wildlife cannot be understated. However, state and local governments often don’t have the budget to properly combat climate disasters. With the increasing prevalence of wildfires and hazardous fuel leaks across the globe, state and local governments urgently need access to timely, cost-effective, and efficient mitigation programs. What can...

From the delivery of healthcare and public benefits to emergency management and national security, generative AI – GenAI, for short – presents opportunities for governments to enhance constituent services. GenAI can empower front-line civil servants, improve the accessibility of public services, and enhance back-office processes. In pursuit of these benefits, federal spending on AI increased 22 percent since 2021—and 250 perc...

Join us on June 11, from 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern for Construction Quality Control / Information Data Systems for Dam Rehabilitation. We live in an information age. A huge variety of digital tools and methods are in use to assure quality in dam construction. These tools can be leveraged to verify compliance with specifications, excavation limits, production rates, construction limits, structure size, geotechnical instrumentation trends, and...