May 16, 2013 -
Facebook, Twitter and a preparedness website helps the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management reach citizens during an earthquake preparedness exercise.
May 9, 2013 -
Starting next week, the First Responder Network Authority will consult with public safety officials across the country to get input on the new network.
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Government Technology surveyed state and local government IT professionals to gather their perspective and ideas on the topic of workplace mobility and productivity.
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An overview of three different types of government employees, and the mobility tools each needs to successfully work remotely.
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Discover how to utilize social media, mobile apps and new website capabilities to effectively engage your citizenry.
May 2, 2013 -
While many approve of drone use to pursue known suspects, debate over their use for continuous surveillance at public events like the Boston Marathon rages on.
May 1, 2013 -
On May 1, the Boston Police Department announced via Twitter that three additional suspects were taken into custody in connection with the April 15 bombing.
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Today, thanks to new cloud technologies and high-quality networks, mobile video services - which provide not only cost savings but which help governmental interactions become more efficient - are more feasible than ever before.
April 29, 2013 -
The massive investigation demonstrated how first responders need to be able to securely share high volumes of data with partners in other law enforcement agencies. Relying on commercial carriers to do so may not be practical.
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Find out how several public sector leaders have courageously come to terms with the past, boldly transformed their organizations in the present and paved the way for innovation in the future – performing the highest form of service they can render as a public servant: establishing their legacies.
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To capitalize on innovative technologies and spend “smarter,” state and local agencies are looking to the cloud, consolidation and virtualization. As a way to accomplish this, they are shifting some IT expenditures to monthly or recurring services rather than treating them as fixed hardware costs. While IT funding continues to become elusive, extended payment plans enable agencies to acquire IT goods and services with less upfront investment and negotiable payment terms, often leveraging operational expenditure (opex) funds to realize a rapid and demonstrable return on investment.
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This issue brief examines video collaboration in every stage of the human justice process, demonstrating how this technology can not only make services more efficient and affordable, but also more accessible- and therefore more just.
April 23, 2013 -
In its April 23 meeting, the FirstNet board considers how its future network may have helped in a situation like the Boston Marathon bombing.
April 22, 2013 -
Though the operations monitoring dashboard's soft launch took place the morning of the marathon, emergency personnel and law enforcement couldn't access the system.
Has the World Sent its Last Telegram? While the U.S. abandoned the practice several years ago, the last telegram ever will be sent in India on July 14.
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