The issue is the old one of how society balances individual privacy with a valid public interest when public officials or employees are involved,” said Marc Pfeiffer.
Bloustein Local Government
Virtual Workshop – Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Local Governments
Marc Pfeiffer, the assistant director of Bloustein Local, along with the New Jersey Association of Counties (NJAC), presented ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS IMPACT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS as the first in a series of free virtual workshops NJAC will host in 2024 on a variety of topics that impact county governments across the State.
Experts see clouds on the fiscal horizon for NJ government
During a news conference Tuesday afternoon, several members of the workgroup offered their takes on the likelihood of there being enough revenue available by then to launch an altogether new relief program in the current economic environment. “Right now, it’s a wait-and-see,” said Marc Pfeiffer, who’s also the assistant director of Rutgers University’s Bloustein Local Government Research Center.
New Jersey faces steep deficits in coming years, group warns
“The last couple of days, we’ve been talking a lot about the World Cup coming in and the potential of NJT. I think that’s probably secondary or tertiary because they seem to have a plan for that,” said Marc Pfeiffer, a senior policy fellow at the Rutgers’ Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. “What we don’t have a plan for is the long-term funding of NJT.”
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