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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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He also said more carriers have switched to more reliable fiber-optic networks, as opposed to digital subscriber line, or DSL, Internet, which uses easily damaged copper wiring.
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Leaders in the town are considering a ban on the technology within government. The proposal makes it the third municipality in the state to consider limits to the rapidly advancing technology.
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Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., has a new data center that was originally meant to provide redundancy. But now, it's become a path toward the cloud, remote workforce, improved backups and more for the city.
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Plus, a Los Angeles official calls for a data-driven approach to homeless outreach; NASCIO announces the finalists for its 2019 State IT Recognition Awards; and Louisville, Ky., repairs roads after Google Fiber’s exit.
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For 12 weeks, under a program called Innovate Durham, startups will work directly with city and county staff as well as public data and facilities, with the hopes that they might make local gov more efficient.
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Radiance, a Huntsville, Ala., based defense contractor, is moving 22 jobs to Baton Rouge from the Louisiana Emerging Technology Center at LSU, and it will also hire at least 10 new employees.
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According to a 2019 report from the International City Management Association, approximately one in three local governments do not know how frequently their information system is subject to attacks.
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Sarasota County has approved an up to $180,000 Economic Development Incentive Grant to lure an unidentified company that says it wants to house new software product development and back office functions there.
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Two years after Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs was named the private-sector partner to revitalize a waterfront community in Toronto, citizens and city officials remain divided about whether to move forward. -
The City of Lights has developed a world-class, open platform for digitizing city services. Already successful in Paris, the platform, which can power multiple services, could start to appear in U.S. cities soon.
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Conversations about the Census tend to revolve around funding and political representation. But in its inaugural digital year, data gathered from the count could affect cities and citizens for the next decade.
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The North Carolina 911 Board has awarded a $2.2 million grant to Cumberland County for a new call center, which is estimated to cost $15 million. The money will help fund a number of different needs
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Palestine, Texas, officials thwarted the attack before it cost money, but City Manager Leslie Cloer has asked a cybersecurity specialist with the Palestine Police Department to speak with city employees.
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The small town of Hood River, Ore., has decided that it will participate in a new pilot project that will launch a plug-in electric car-share program, which is a relatively unusual thing for rural jurisdictions.
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Together with federal authorities and other partners, the state government has stepped in to help municipalities ailing from the large, coordinated attack that left town data locked up by malware.
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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.
