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Every Prompt Is a Decision You’re Not Auditing
Most organizations believe they have AI risk handled. They have a policy. They have a list of approved tools. They have a security team watching the perimeter. That is not governance. That is inventory. The harder problem is not controlling the technology; it is governing the decisions the technology now influences. And sitting at the […]
A Century of Property Records, Preserved Book by Book
GOVERNMENT RECORDS MODERNIZATION A Century of Property Records, Preserved Book by Book Gilliam County, Oregon · County Clerk’s Office Gilliam County’s deed and mortgage history reached back to 1874 — bound ledgers, oversized mechanical books, and photostat copies that had outlived the equipment built to read them.   31,300 IMAGES DIGITIZED 1874–1972 RECORDS PRESERVED 2011–2023 […]
62,000 Pages of County History, Made Searchable
62,000 Pages of County History, Made Searchable Anderson County, Texas · County Clerk’s Office  For decades, the record of who owned what land in Anderson County lived only on paper — bound deed books and patent records one flood or fire away from being gone for good. 62,092 IMAGES DIGITIZED 99.99% VERIFIED ACCURACY 51,154 RECORDS […]
The Intersection of PAGA and Whistleblower Claims: Technology’s Role in Protecting Employee Rights 
The convergence of two critical components—Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims and whistleblower protections—has become increasingly relevant in labor law and employee rights. These legal avenues empower employees to report labor law violations and safeguard their rights while doing so. With its transformative capabilities, technology plays a pivotal role in ensuring that employees who blow […]
The Two Week Lag
Part Three in a Six-Part Series Sharing What Every Nonprofit Leader Needs to Know to Win in a Data-Driven Funding World I want to take a moment for the people doing one of the hardest jobs there is. The case managers, program directors, and nonprofit staff who show up every day for people navigating housing […]
Why the New PAGA Cure Window Is Becoming a Data Defensibility Test
The 2024 PAGA reforms were positioned as a relief mechanism for California employers. Roughly two years in, they are functioning more like a stress test. The cure provisions, manageability standards, and proportionality reviews introduced by AB 2288 and SB 92 have not lightened the operational burden. They have moved it forward, compressed it, and made […]
Why Overlapping PAGA Actions Are Becoming a Data Problem and Not Just a Legal One
California employers are entering a new phase of PAGA litigation. Recent appellate developments around overlapping PAGA actions are changing how settlements, claim preclusion, and employee-level releases are evaluated. The legal debate is important—but the operational implication is larger. The real issue is no longer whether a settlement exists. It is whether the underlying data can […]
Twelve Chairs
Part Two in a Six-Part Series Sharing What Every Nonprofit Leader Needs to Know to Win in a Data-Driven Funding World Earlier in this series, I wrote about the difference between a person and a file. This time, Twelve Chairs is about the difference between a chair and a human being. Somewhere last week, a case […]
The File Is Not the Person
A Six-Part Series Sharing What Every Nonprofit Leader Needs to Know to Win in a Data-Driven Funding World I’ve been a technologist most of my career — happily behind the scenes for the last decade. In 2024, the Urban League of Broward County, Florida, brought iBridge a problem: the nonprofit sector needed a case management […]