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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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Michigan’s election software systems have some room to improve when it comes to catching human errors, experts say after at least two cases of flawed early results reporting on Election Day. -
In an election that saw record turnout across the county just outside of Atlanta, residents in the area again voted down a plan that would have built a $12.1 billion transit system in Gwinnett.
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Mayor Eric Garcetti appointed Jeanne Holm as the new leader for budget and innovation. Holm also served as chief knowledge architect and digital strategy manager for NASA before joining the city.
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The number of people working in local government continues to rise at a slow pace, and remains well below last year's level. However, the incoming administration has promised to prioritize state and local government aid.
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Several cities have taken advantage of nearly empty streets and parking structures brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic to roll out technology upgrades for when — and if — drivers return to downtown areas.
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Butler County Job and Family Services is expanding their online capabilities to improve accessibility for their clients.
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The county council is reviewing a $2.84 million appropriation to expand its fiber-optic network to township fire houses, community centers and parks. The project piggybacks on efforts started in the Vigo County School Corp.
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The deployment of millions of wireless smart meters has been thrown into turmoil after a court invalidated Pennsylvania's policy that requires electric utilities to install the devices on all homes and businesses.
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The San Diego City Council voted unanimously to approve an ordinance to govern all surveillance technologies in the city — action rooted in pushback after the city quietly installed cameras on 3,000 smart streetlights.
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City officials are considering amendments to a law that the state Supreme Court ruled against earlier this year. The changes would clear the way for a traffic camera program and related citations.
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A proposal to return Clark County School District students to classrooms in January after months of closures because of the pandemic calls for two days of weekly in-person learning and three days of remote learning.
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City officials in Waterloo, Iowa, worry that publicly releasing the city’s recent broadband study could hurt the city's ability to compete with Mediacom, a major Internet provider in the area.
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Dozens of new body cameras will be deployed in the city after the Hazleton, Pa., police department supervisors recently attended an hours-long training session on how to best use the technology.
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The pandemic is having real impacts on the government budget picture. Here’s what technology leaders should be doing now to make smart decisions today and retain the ability to innovate in the future.
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The winners in this year’s Digital Cities survey have long been following well-laid plans for modernizing infrastructure, cybersecurity and citizen services, meaning they were prepared to stand up to the pandemic.
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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.
