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Low Visibility Ahead: Mobile State IDs May Prevent Fraud in Digital Identity Verification, but Pose Threats to Privacy
Graphic for CDT report, entitled "The Promise and Peril of Data & Technology Use by Public Housing Agencies." Illustration of blue and green buildings (which also resemble data servers), with a multicolor texture demonstrating the prevalence of data.

Report – The Promise and Peril of Data & Technology Use By Public Housing Agencies
Image of a CDT brief, entitled "Generative AI Systems in Education – Uses and Misuses." White document on a grey background.

Generative AI Systems in Education – Uses and Misuses
CDT Joins Comments Urging FCC to Support to Support Robust Cybersecurity for K-12 Institutions. White document on a grey background.

CDT Joins Comments Urging FCC to Support Robust Cybersecurity for K-12 Institutions
CDT issue brief, entitled "Dispelling Myths About Artificial Intelligence for Government Service Delivery." White document on a grey background.

Dispelling Myths About Artificial Intelligence for Government Service Delivery
CDT report, entitled "Risks from Personalized Learning Technologies." Illustration of a series of interfaces from personalized learning technologies, showing students' faces and different charts and data points.

Report – Risks from Personalized Learning Technologies
Photo of CDT's Civic Tech team members – left to right, Elizabeth Laird in sunglasses, Aaron Spitler in glasses, Hannah Quay-de la Vallee, and Cody Venzke in sunglasses.

Season’s Greetings from Civic Tech!
Graphic for CDT's research brief, entitled "Hidden Harms: Student Activity Monitoring After Roe v. Wade." Black text on a white background.

Brief – Hidden Harms: Student Activity Monitoring After Roe v. Wade
CDT report, entitled "Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Report – Out of Sight, Out of Mind? School Districts' EdTech Efforts Have Outpaced Transparency and Student Privacy." Illustration of a school building, covered in gradients of halftone patterns. The left side is dark, while the right is light, demonstrating the illuminating impact that transparency makes on student privacy.

Report – Out of Sight, Out of Mind? School Districts’ EdTech Efforts Have Outpaced Transparency and Student Privacy
Graphic for CDT's research brief, entitled "Hidden Harms: Disproportionate Disciplinary Action." Black text on a white background.

Brief – Hidden Harms: Disproportionate Disciplinary Action
Graphic for CDT's research brief, entitled "Hidden Harms: Increased Law Enforcement Interactions." Black text on a white background.

Brief – Hidden Harms: Increased Law Enforcement Interactions
CDT Comments on Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA). White document on a grey background.

CDT Comments on Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA)