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The technology that helped investigators track one of three men accused of opening fire in the French Quarter, killing one and wounding three, has also raised criticism about the actions of an Orleans Parish judge.
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The Leesport, Pa., Borough Tax Collector has issued an alert via email to residents, advising them to put their bank accounts on hold after learning that the collector’s computer system has been hacked.
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Two Russian nationals are wanted by the FBI for widespread malware attacks that robbed dozens of entities nationwide of $70 million, including the town of Egremont in Berkshire County, Mass.
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Residents of Kentucky will start learning and developing certifications in virtual reality after a grant purchased 20 VR consoles to be used by students during the day and displaced coal miners at night.
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A major Dallas-based data center operator says it is working to restore service to six of its customers after a ransomware attack, which primarily affected customers hosted at the company’s New York data center.
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After a data breach in Maine exposed the personal information of school district employees last month, the U.S. Secret Service is now investigating the incident, which did not affect student info.
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East Baton Rouge Parish schools are considering improving backup systems to protect its data from the kind of ransomware attacks that recently hit other school systems and shut down parts of the state government.
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Tisch has led IT efforts for NYPD for six years, and has overseen the rollout of smartphones, tablets and body cameras for the largest police department in the country. Now she will steer citywide technology. -
Plus, the CA.gov redesign is now underway; new tools created to help address online misinformation; Census State Data Centers are offering localized training resources for community groups; and more!
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With Chattanooga, Tenn., as a backdrop, members of the Metropolitan Information Exchange hashed out development, deployment and operational strategies for fast, ubiquitous community broadband infrastructure.
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Lakeland, Fla., has entered into agreements with two private Internet service providers that may be willing to strike a private-public partnership to offer gig-speed Internet at Monday's city commission meeting.
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The ordinance in Huntsville, Texas, which is still subject to approval, determines where e-scooters can and can’t be ridden, allowing for riders to operate them on sidewalks, where bicycles aren’t allowed.
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Officials in Davis, Calif., may turn to installing surveillance cameras throughout the city, after a series of armed robberies in the last two months have prompted a search for more ways to deter crime.
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Text-to-911 capabilities aimed at helping residents get better access to emergency response are now in place at a regional Iowa communications center, which connects people to fire, police and sheriff's departments.
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Davison County, S.D., is pursuing a first responder-specific broadband network that personnel would be able to use to communicate on exclusive channels during emergency events in the region.
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State and local officials in Alabama are now touting a new partnership between C Spire and Alabama Power, expected to bring faster Internet services to Birmingham and central Alabama in 2020.
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Each year since 2020, 38-year public employee Bill Mann has focused on an individual theme designed to protect both the public and private sectors, and this year’s features weekly cybersecurity lessons.
