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State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa. (Getty Images)
Share Jun 3, 2021 | STATESCOOP
Iowa technology officials speaking at a virtual conference on Thursday attributed some of the state’s improved cybersecurity, IT efficiency and simplicity to modernizing their identity and access management system over the last year.
The state implemented software from Okta, a San Francisco-based cloud software provider, in response to the shift to remote work at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last year in an effort to make accessing government services easier and more secure, especially for state employees working outside the office on government equipment for the first time, said Darwin Ten Haken, an enterprise architect in the state’s CIO office. Speaking at the event, which was hosted by Okta, Haken said the state was looking for a more modern, cloud-based way of handling identity than its 20-year old, “home-grown” system that only some agencies still use
Vaccination refusal rate among prisoners holds steady amid differing views
Syringes of COVID-19 vaccine are prepared for injection at Central Vermont Medical Center on Dec. 16, 2020.
Modified: 5/9/2021 10:05:18 PM
Steve Kinney, an imprisoned Vermont, took the COVID-19 vaccination shot and said he felt fine after.
Zachary Butts, who is also incarcerated, has not taken the shot, citing a distrust of the corrections system and a desire for more information, according to his fiancee Heather Bailey.
The two men are among more than 1,200 Vermont incarcerated individuals who have been offered the vaccine across the state’s correctional system, which is currently reporting a refusal rate of 34% (810 people who have gotten the shot; 421 have declined).