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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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Officers with the Clark Summit Police will be getting text and photo messages when speeders pass portable radar speed signs on certain roads. The installation will also give immediate feedback to drivers going too fast.
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Job displacements will not happen through robotic rapture. Instead, shrinkage will occur through attrition and reduced hiring. Either a job will simply become obsolete or end up being performed by a software program.
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The funding approval Monday is projected to provide Internet access for thousands of businesses and residences across 89 Texas counties, according to a Federal Communication Commission statement.
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As part of an effort to boost national rural broadband access by 2030, the Federal Communications Commission announced nearly $1.5 billion in funding this week. Roughly 6,300 rural homes will be connected in Illinois.
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Officials now say an ongoing ERP overhaul project is going to take at least four months longer and cost up to $7.7 million more than expected. Council members say paying to complete the project is the only real choice.
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In a briefing with U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, officials from the New Hampshire county said they believe the recent cyberattack came from outside of the country but do not yet know how the virus got into their systems.
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The proposal, made during a Public Health and Safety subcommittee session, comes amid tension over the city’s growing use of surveillance technology and controversial facial recognition software.
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Forced to compete with local tech companies, the city has issued an RFP for a major hiring modernization project within its Department of Human Resources, with the goal of hiring better tech talent, faster.
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Plus, Pennsylvania data center makes Pittsburgh city parking data available to the public; Baltimore airport rolls out new tools for tracking flights and noise in great detail; and more.
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From cameras capable of reading faces and license plates to self-serve kiosks that take credit card payments, city officials are having to reconcile the balance between innovation and public privacy.
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With more tourists in the region, Oneula is included in the list of 13 parks where the city of Kapolei and the Hawaii Tourism Authority will spend nearly $250,000 to install 192 security cameras by the end of the year.
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Officials are grappling with an existential question that quake-prone countries such as Japan and Mexico have faced before: Is it better to issue too many earthquake warning alerts or not enough?
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After the departure of CIO Jerry Driessen, the Hennepin County, Minn., Board of Commissioners chooses new CIO Glen Gilbertson, who has more than 23 years of experience working within the county. -
Under a new plan, seldom-used parking meters in the downtown area will be removed to make way for a smartphone application that allows parkers to pay for their spots, add time and find other parking.
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The Lockport City School District board is considering adjusting policies around the use of its facial- and object-recognition system over concerns about the student appeal process and a suspended student database.
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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.
