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Expanding telework beyond pandemics: Potential benefits and challenges for the New Jersey Telework Pilot Program

2022-10-21T16:41:22-04:00

by Jinah Yoo (PhD student), Leonor Camarena, PhD, and Federica Fusi, PhD The growing demands for workplace flexibility coupled with technological advancements have made telework a key element of flexible work arrangements with public organizations. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic sped up the proliferation of telework due to pressures for working-from-home options to contain the spread [...]

Expanding telework beyond pandemics: Potential benefits and challenges for the New Jersey Telework Pilot Program2022-10-21T16:41:22-04:00

Community Intrinsic Resilience Index (CIRI), a Simple GIS Tool for Decision Making

2022-10-21T16:39:21-04:00

by Michel Boufadel, Firas Gerges, and Hani Nassif Resilience is the capacity to endure and recover following a disaster. Enhancing the resilience of communities has been recognized as a major policy decision that brings together various sectors of society. The recent passage of New Jersey Law S2607 requires municipalities to incorporate climate-related hazard vulnerability assessments [...]

Community Intrinsic Resilience Index (CIRI), a Simple GIS Tool for Decision Making2022-10-21T16:39:21-04:00

State CIOs Prioritize Digital Equity After Pandemic

2022-10-21T16:36:54-04:00

by Jessica Cruz Angela Siefer, founder and executive director of the Ohio-based National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA), has done digital equity work dating back to the ’90s. Up until 2019, Siefer was encountering many public officials who did not understand what digital equity was or why it mattered despite the increased digitalization of the government [...]

State CIOs Prioritize Digital Equity After Pandemic2022-10-21T16:36:54-04:00

Social Media and Individuals’ Environment-Friendly Actions

2022-10-21T16:36:26-04:00

by Vishal Trehan Climate change is one of the wicked problems of our times. It is well established that human activity is the primary cause for drastic changes in the climate over the last seventy years.[1] However, public opinion on climate change is multidimensional, dynamic, and differentiated – these dimensions include beliefs about anthropogenic climate [...]

Social Media and Individuals’ Environment-Friendly Actions2022-10-21T16:36:26-04:00

Telehealth Use among Medicare Population during COVID-19: Advancements in Accessibility vs Challenges in Utilization

2022-10-21T16:36:14-04:00

By Heather Butler and Aakanksha Deoli Telehealth use in the United States has skyrocketed among healthcare providers and patients since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. Between 2019 and 2020, the number of telehealth visits increased by more than 150 percent. Medicare beneficiaries constitute a substantial portion of telehealth users, and their usage has increased [...]

Telehealth Use among Medicare Population during COVID-19: Advancements in Accessibility vs Challenges in Utilization2022-10-21T16:36:14-04:00

Catalyzing the Information Economy: Moving Towards Strategic Expansions of Open Data-Driven Value Creation

2022-10-21T16:33:37-04:00

by Shiya John, Snigdha Mishra and Jim Samuel Open data is expected to influence trillions of dollars in global value creation by 2030, as projected by McKinsey Global Institute: “The boost to the economy from broad adoption of open-data ecosystems could be as high as 1.5 percent of GDP in 2030 in the European Union, [...]

Catalyzing the Information Economy: Moving Towards Strategic Expansions of Open Data-Driven Value Creation2022-10-21T16:33:37-04:00

Challenges with Telehealth Adoption in Light of a Global Pandemic

2022-10-21T16:31:06-04:00

Rajisha Shah, Aakanksha Deoli, MHA The COVID-19 pandemic led to a significant increase in telehealth volume and revolutionized healthcare regulatory guidelines for its use. Telehealth expanded access to care, especially during the pandemic, and made chronic disease management more convenient. The healthcare landscape saw a significant shift with the increasing growth of telemedicine companies, and commercial [...]

Challenges with Telehealth Adoption in Light of a Global Pandemic2022-10-21T16:31:06-04:00

Using Creative Informatics and Artificial Intelligence to Address the Drug Addiction Crisis in New Jersey

2022-10-21T16:30:31-04:00

Shiya John, Gavin Rozzi and Jim Samuel New Jersey has a persistent substance addiction problem which must be viewed in the context of laws, policies, and initiatives implemented to address it. The most recent numbers from New Jersey’s Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner show that despite many rigorous efforts during the previous decade, [...]

Using Creative Informatics and Artificial Intelligence to Address the Drug Addiction Crisis in New Jersey2022-10-21T16:30:31-04:00

Digital Services and Administrative Burdens

2022-11-18T08:30:19-05:00

By Jessica Cruz and Vishal Trehan Why isn’t the participation rate for the government’s welfare programs at 100%? Why do only 82% of those eligible under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) receive benefits? Given the program differences across the country, some states have participation rates as low as 55%. Seen through the lens of [...]

Digital Services and Administrative Burdens2022-11-18T08:30:19-05:00

From Emergency to Routine: Evaluating the Implementation of Technology for Government after COVID-19

2022-10-21T16:28:09-04:00

Leonor Camarena, PhD and Federica Fusi, PhD New Jersey was one of the first states to recognize the significance that technological advancements can have on the workforce and larger community. In October 2018, Governor Murphy issued Executive Order 41, which focused on examining how technology would affect New Jersey employees, local businesses, and the overall [...]

From Emergency to Routine: Evaluating the Implementation of Technology for Government after COVID-192022-10-21T16:28:09-04:00
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