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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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Plus, California is working to make its website better serve residents; San Antonio is planning a codeathon for veterans; the 2020 Civic Digital fellowship is now open for interest; and more.
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County 0fficials recently announced the launch of a joint Broadband Availability and Adoption (BAAT) Campaign to determine needs and opportunities for broadband Internet growth in the region.
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City planners are making rules to control vendors who operate the dockless motorized scooters, taking advantage of new state legislation that gives local governments the authority to come up with their own regulations.
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After what seemed to be a successful test run in High Point’s municipal elections, Guilford County officials are moving ahead with final vetting and planning for the switch to hand-marked ballots.
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Baltimore’s streets are dotted with more than 600 “small cell wireless facilities” on streetlights and utility poles, making the city one of the first areas in Maryland to welcome the new technology.
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Earlier this week, officials with the city of Charlotte and leaders from Microsoft met at Junior Achievement of Central Carolinas Camp North End to sign an agreement for a three-year digital alliance.
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The new City Council committee discussed the ways in which the ransomware hackers were able to infiltrate Baltimore's IT infrastructure at its first meeting this week.
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Staffers in that office, which was created three years ago, will be transitioned to the Office of Information and Technology or the Office of Chief Administrative Officer at the end of the year.
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City tech leaders and cybersecurity experts confront the tension between elected officials beholden to the public and IT bosses whose primary concern is limiting the information available to bad actors.
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The city will decide whether to accept a deal with Verizon to add a cluster of wireless transmitters to streets in a compromise officials say is the best shot at regulating implementation within limits of federal law.
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Elkhart County Commissioners have approved $3 million to cover a variety of expenses, including roughly $200,000 to go toward computers for the sheriff’s office, with $50,000 more to cover potential technical issues.
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Officials involved in the public-private effort celebrated progress toward opening the innovation hub, which was first announced last year, and they touted some of the work on which they hope it will focus.
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Onondaga County, N.Y., has replaced big black election binders it has long used with 400 iPads. This is the first time, aside from early voting, that iPads have been used to check voters in.
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Amarillo College hosted the grand opening for The Underground, an 11,000-square-foot interactive learning center space in the basement of the Ware Student Commons on its Washington Street campus.
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A glitch with Georgia’s new voter check-in computers caused delays in most of the six counties testing it, causing some precincts to stay open late to accommodate voters who left without casting their ballots.
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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.
