Elected officials, stakeholders and policymakers convened in Fort Lee for Growing New Jersey’s Fintech Ecosystem, a discussion examining the environment of the industry in the state, with a focus on the value it promotes and how to broaden opportunities.

“Access to technology gives us a means to communicate with our residents,” Newark Mayor Ras Baraka told attendees. “We are definitely thinking innovatively about those things.”

The Teaneck-based company will add more than 800 people to its Life Sciences business unit with the acquisition.

In the wake of recent security breaches involving Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp, cybersecurity experts are urging health care entities including laboratories, hospitals and physician practices to take extra precautions when it comes to protecting valuable and sensitive patient information.

The transaction between Short Hills-based D&B and Lattice Engine is expected to close within 30 days.

According to the survey, 97 percent of state residents live in a household with access to the internet.

Richard Veldran, former chief financial officer for Dun & Bradstreet, began the ceremony with a keynote address detailing his involvement with taking the company private in February, and noting the “tremendous lengths of innovation and technology leadership,” in the Garden State.

Drivers for the ride-hailing company can now earn a digital designation which can then be used as proof of language proficiency at other jobs and at over 500 universities.

The New Jersey Partnership to Plug-In will be a statewide alliance an inter-agency collaboration to build the infrastructure that will support electric vehicle ownership, improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Telemedicine can expand access to health care, but the state needs to fill in some gaps in its rules

The voice-technology event, which returns to the Brick City this July, announced it is extending the deadline until June 30 to turn in individual or organization submissions for its 2019 VOICE Summit Awards.