GOVERNMENT

A Robust Vision for Using Data in Government

Collecting data is not the same as harnessing data.

Artificial Intelligence Helps Cities Get Smarter About Infrastructure Planning

Data analytics goes hand in hand with IoT, but adding a sophisticated AI into the equation helps make recommendations that maximize available resources.

Tester Holds Wells Fargo Accountable, Fights for Fraud Victims to Get Their Day in Court

Additionally, Tester’s announced that his office is taking casework from Montanans who believe they have been impacted by Wells Fargo’s actions.

Montana Senator Jon Tester Reaches Across the Aisle to Outline VA Priorities

Tester expressed concerns that President-elect Trump is being advised by a Koch Brothers-backed organization, Concerned Veterans for America, which supports privatization of the VA.

Feds offer $270M for Blackfeet land in buy-back program

Under the land buy-back program, willing landowners sell the government their land allotments to be consolidated and turned over to the tribes. The land stays in trust for uses benefiting the tribes and their members.

Illinois Doubles Down on Blockchain Promises

"We think it’s important to learn about this technology before we start figuring out how to regulate it."

Montana Senator Jon Tester Calls for the Immediate Approval of Government Watchdogs

Senator Blasts Congress for Leaving Accountability Positions Open

Ill treatment – Patients—and a watchdog group’s lawsuit—say inmates in Montana’s mental health facilities are subject to inhumane treatment

Bragg is one of four patients represented by Disability Rights Montana–a federally funded nonprofit charged with watchdogging state institutions–in a lawsuit that seeks to ban many current restrictions on patient freedoms at the Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs and the forensic facility at Galen.

As Federal Government Gains Spying Authority, Montana Senator Jon Tester Blasts Congress for Inaction

Tester’s bipartisan Stopping Mass Hacking Act http://www.tester.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=4546 would have prevented the changes from going into effect today that allow the government to get a single warrant to remotely search, copy, and seize information from computers without the consent or knowledge of their owners.

Sen. Jon Tester Answers Tough Questions from #Montennials via Facebook Live

The Senator took questions from dozens of Facebook users–many responding in real time–on topics ranging from college affordability to healthcare to honoring our veterans.

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