Download report: Development of Local Government Resilient Microgrids The New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Center for Resilient Design announces...
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Bloustein Local, NJMEL collaborate to promote Cybersecurity Month
To promote October 2019 as Cybersecurity Month, Bloustein Local and its partner, the Municipal Excess Liability Joint Insurance Fund collaborated on...
Cybersecurity and Technology Management Guidance for Local Government
Over the last few years, the center has worked with the NJ Municipal Excess Liability Fund and other organizations to develop guidance on managing...
America’s Cities Are Running on Software From the ’80s
“New Jersey residents are among the nation’s best educated and most affluent voters, but they have appeared content over the years to leave politics...
How a Rutgers lecturer is helping local governments secure their systems: BTN LiveBIG
With increasing speculation about the role the Russian government may have played in the 2016 election and what tactics they might have used,...
What government leaders need to know about cybersecurity and technology
Marc Pfeiffer, Assistant Director of the Bloustein Local Government Research Center and a technology consultant for the New Jersey Municipal Excess...
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First, Do No Harm: Algorithms, AI, and Digital Product Liability
The ethical imperative for technology should be "first, do no harm." But digital innovations like AI and social media increasingly enable societal harms, from bias to misinformation. As these technologies grow ubiquitous, we need solutions to address unintended...
Focus Group Synthesis for Increasing Access to Nature for People with Disabilities
This project is a component of a research-informed white paper focused on the challenges and opportunities associated with access to outdoor recreation for people with disabilities in New Jersey. This report shares the key findings from three focus groups with people...
Research Summary of State Policies for Increasing Access to Nature for People with Disabilities
First, we discuss federal policies that increase public recreation access to the outdoors, in order to understand how states have used this context to inform their own efforts to increase outdoor access. Using policy examples from twelve states (Alaska, California,...
Access to Nature for People with Disabilities: Barriers, Challenges, and Opportunities
This white paper explores the physical and mental health benefits of outdoor recreation and nature, focusing on those with disabilities. The paper has four sections. Section 1 examines the physical health benefits of access to outdoor recreation and nature, such as...