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Government Technology got an inside look at one Minnesota police department's drone program to see how a deadly manhunt exposed limits of its current drone tech and why they're now aspiring for a DFR model. -
A presidential order and police union claims have fueled doubt about D.C.'s crime numbers. This prompts a critical question for governments: What should open data portals share that can't be captured by numbers alone?
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A new Google and Muon-backed satellite wildfire detection system promises faster alerts and high-resolution fire imagery. But with false alarms already straining fire crews, its real impact may depend on trust.
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Much of the government conversation surrounding high-speed Internet revolves around who has access to it. But new data from Microsoft shows that access and actual use of broadband are two very different things.
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A city's purchasing threshold can determine whether buying something involves calling up a few people for quotes or spending a year trudging through a rigid contracting process. So where's the line?
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There's no IT project more daunting than transitioning a state’s entire technology structure. Nevertheless, since early 2016, 30 percent of state governments have done exactly that. We review who has made the change.
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The protests in Ferguson, Mo., in 2014 started a national discussion about police body cameras. But data shows that it took some time — and money — for law enforcement to really become a big market for the technology.
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In the past two years, body-worn cameras have gone from a rare technology to a booming demand among U.S. law enforcement agencies. How did we get here, what does that market look like and where is it headed?
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Data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that the vast majority of cities in this country are small. In fact, most would be better described as "teeny tiny." Here's a look at the number of cities by population category.
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The experiment, which used AI to identify hot spots that police and transportation officials then responded to, was limited to one section of highway. And there are other mitigating factors — like hockey, for one.
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In 2015, 61 percent of cities participating in a national survey project said they were considering the Internet of Things in their IT strategic plans. This year, that number reached above 90 percent.
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All in all, 20 states elected new governors on Tuesday, and eight changed parties. Governorship changes often — but not always — portend changes in IT leadership, so these will be states to watch.
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Counties and cities look fairly distinct from one another.
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County governments devote much more of their budgets to staff, and less to services.
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A quick bite of the data from the 2018 Digital States project.
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The Unmanned Aerial System Integration Pilot Program will give the administration insights into how it might relax drone restrictions in the future.
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There have been a lot of changes in state IT leadership in the past two years — with plenty more on the way.
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For the most part, the bigger states got bigger grants. But the presidential battleground state of Michigan got more money per person than other big states.
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A new analysis sheds some light on how big the problems are and where they're the worst.
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As Google's Deadline for Web Encryption Looms, Many State and Local Websites Don't Meet the StandardThe most popular Web browser wants every page on the Internet encrypted. Government is still behind.
