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Cities sometimes sign contracts for technology like digital twins after they've been presented a best-case-scenario pitch from software vendors. Here’s a guide for procurement officers who want to avoid common pitfalls. -
The state has made a new investment to secure better web access for rural and other underserved residents. The state earlier this year announced it had gained a big federal grant for such work.
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Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who took office in January, wants more public safety tools to protect stops and stations, and a better user experience. She has ordered officials to come up with a plan.
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State government in West Virginia is responsible for reviewing many aspects of local government finance. Now the state is using OpenGov to improve the way those governments report their data.
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According to a report from the International City Management Association, one in three local governments are oblivious about how often their information systems are attacked by would-be cybercriminals.
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During an all-day digital inclusion summit hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, speakers highlighted the sharp divide between those in the region with high-speed Internet access and those going without.
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Red lights at major intersections will be controlled by one system, instead of the several individual closed systems that are in place now. Officials say the existing system is more than 20 years old.
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The working group will investigate the rapidly developing area of distributed ledger technology thought to have considerable potential for both the public and private sectors.
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Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced the Arkansas Rural Connect program to help communities with at least 500 residents receive funding for broadband infrastructure to provide residents with high-speed Internet access.
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After success expanding broadband access to rural areas of the state with a $10 million grant program, the Broadband Infrastructure Office wants to broaden its efforts but must wait for a budget to be approved first.
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The ransomware hit May 7, bringing the city’s computers to a standstill. Hackers locked files and demanded payment, which the mayor refused to provide. Since the attack, IT teams have been laboring to restore services.
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The June 2016 breach of the state’s voter database remains the warning sign for election system vulnerability, with national security experts now saying all 50 states had been targeted for Russian intrusion.
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The Texas city will explore how the technology can help secure identity documents to help homeless individuals access to social and health services vital to ending and preventing homelessness.
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Consolidating and modernizing the state’s IT infrastructure will cost money, says Chief Information Technology Officer Lee Allen, but it is a necessary investment after years of deferrals and course corrections.
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The Colorado-based company will supply the state with 30,000 touchscreen voting machines capable of printing paper ballots. The controversial technology is expected to bring court challenges.
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Staff from the Public Service Department briefed city officials on the plan to replace the devices for all customers within the service area. The project is expected to cost about $35 million.
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A report published by the Brennan Center warns that states and localities are ill equipped to defend themselves against the sophisticated, well-resourced intelligence agencies of foreign governments.
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The vote comes as the city finds itself in the midst of a heated debate around its current surveillance programs and the 2017 purchase of facial recognition technology from a South Carolina company, DataWorks.
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It would likely cost more than $3 billion in public and private investment to wire areas without high-speed Internet across the state. Legislators have yet to decide how much to spend or where the money would come from.
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A recent webcast tackled the challenges facing IT shops at the state and local level and national trends in fighting ransomware, migrating applications to the cloud and adopting artificial intelligence technologies.
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The FBI advises victims not to pay ransoms to decrypt files, but a business analysis may find that it's the less expensive option in many cases, Cyber Leadership Alliance President Douglas Rapp said.
