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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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Just weeks after dropping a long-running legal battle against the city of Seattle over ridership data, the companies have locked horns with the Port of Seattle over data about trips to and from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
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The Tennessee city doubled its real-time surveillance capabilities with 14 new cameras. The devices feed back to the police department’s Real Time Intelligence Center and help to monitor high-crime areas.
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The Central Ohio Transit Authority is leading an effort to develop "smart mobility hubs," complete with interactive kiosks, at four locations in Columbus, Ohio.
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The implementation of a district-wide enterprise resource planning system in Manatee County started with a budget of just under $10 million in 2016 but has more than doubled in cost, amid technical problems and staff turnover.
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Beginning in January, Oneida County will be updating its emergency communications infrastructure at a cost of around $500,000.
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The on-demand scooter company is facing stiff impound fees from cities that were fed up with its deploy-now-and-ask-permission-later approach.
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The move away from the costly high-pressure sodium bulbs and toward 9,000 energy-efficient LED fixtures could save the city as much as 60 percent on annual energy costs.
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To expand Internet service into underserved areas, service providers often need to use public property but the rules can vary from one region to the next.
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The outdated servers that house thousands of police records — including murder investigations — are crashing on a daily basis and officials believe a catastrophic failure is coming.
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What’s being built by Golden Gate Zero Emission Marine and Bay Ship & Yacht Co. on the Alameda side of the Oakland Estuary will be the nation’s first passenger ferry fueled by hydrogen fuel cells.
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Downtown South Bend, Ind., along with Indiana University South Bend Campus, is welcoming Lime Scooters, but only temporarily and with specific guidelines, as the city uses them as a pilot project to create city ordinances.
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Congestion and medians have increased fire trucks' response times in one part of Springfield, Ill., so high that they're about double the city's average. So the council has turned to technology to help solve the problem.
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One county elections director said he's "desperate" to replace the 14-year-old machines, which are some of the only ones in the nation not to produce a paper trail and which sometimes struggle to record votes accurately.
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The city of San Jose, Calif., the largest part of Silicon Valley, is launching its self-driving vehicle pilot with Mercedes-Benz and Bosch. Next year, it will begin an on-demand transportation pilot program as well.
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The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority this week unveiled a mobile ticketing solution, giving passengers a simple way to purchase San Francisco Bay Ferry tickets and board using their phones.
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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.
