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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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Cuyahoga County Council President Dan Brady declined to say what, if anything, he and his colleagues learned Tuesday in a closed-door briefing about the 20-month absence of the county’s top IT official.
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Suffolk County officials showed off their newest tool in the battle against opioids Tuesday, a $400,000 device to help authorities in prosecutions by analyzing and identifying previously undetectable deadly substances.
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City organizations that depend on reimbursements from the Community Development Block Grant program have waited months to get their money because of the ransomware attack that hit New Bedford, organizational leaders say.
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A program at the Center for Civic Innovation at Notre Dame is collecting data on contamination from lead paint in homes, and has created at-home testing kits it will then automate to improve health outcomes. -
The commonwealth's new program, which is backed by state funding, will help communities develop effective cyber-response plans. Local governments, as well as states, often lack such concrete planning.
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As Denver and other cities continue to migrate short-term rental permitting and tax-collection to online, software-as-a-service platforms, local governments are seeing increased participation.
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With society rapidly digitizing and high-speed Internet access fast-becoming a vital utility, government must work to balance the needs of underserved populations with financial realities.
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The lack of physicians in rural areas could be offset by using telehealth delivered by community-based digital networks. That, in turn, can make non-urban areas more livable and sustainable for seniors.
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Westmoreland County voters now have a chance to see touch-screen computers that will be used to cast ballots next spring. Demonstrations of the new units will be held daily in the lobby of the county courthouse.
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Ahead of retirements in city leadership planned for early 2020, Sherman is looking for a new director of engineering. Current Director of Engineering Clint Philpott will be promoted to assistant city manager in January.
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The summit, which will be the city's second event of this type for small businesses in recent weeks, is expected to attract about 150 people to hear about everything from the basics to an update on the local industry.
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City councilors in Springfield are still considering instituting a new moratorium, but probably not an outright ban, on police using facial recognition technology once they get body cameras.
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“It’s something we’ll be working on the next four to five months,” Ruth told MLive. “We have to do some more research and figure out what to do. Other than that, I’d just be speculating.”
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Law enforcement officials say the cameras have an impact on crime, but the devices are not a panacea for criminality. The technology also raises privacy questions and seem to be ahead of the attempts to regulate it.
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In North Carolina, the Shelby Police Department as well as the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office have started to use social media to get information out to members of the community and to ask for help.
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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.
