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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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The city council is considering a contract with SeeClickFix to allow citizens to report maintenance and nuisance-type problems from their smartphones.
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Residents filed roughly $241 million in property taxes within two weeks at the end of last year.
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Rather than relying on city-issued stickers to check if residents are parking legally, the city wants to use a virtual system powered by license plate readers.
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Under a proposal from Marin Senator Mike McGuire, the state’s more than 2,000 independent special districts would be required to maintain a portal to publish spending data.
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The St. Louis Metro Transit has launched a smartphone app, in partnership with the startup SafeTrek, that allows riders to immediately notify law enforcement if they need help.
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A newly published report is giving citizens an unprecedented glimpse into their city’s spending habits dating back to 2008.
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Schenectady officials hope the cloud-based software will prevent any code violations from slipping through the cracks.
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This is part five of a series about the 34 cities that have advanced in the Bloomberg Mayors Challenge. This week, we look at plans from Boston; Lincoln, Neb.; Moreno Valley, Calif.; New Rochelle, N.Y.; and Princeton, N.J.
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A plan to install adaptive traffic signals along one of the city’s major thoroughfares has the potential to optimize daily travel.
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Since early February, the Department of Technology has been working to shore up a gap in the outdoor emergency alert system that could have let hackers take control of the 114-siren network.
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The American Center for Mobility’s 335-acre Willow Run site officially opened to autonomous vehicle and smart infrastructure testing April 4.
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As states struggle to close the connectivity gap in rural areas, some experts believe a federal mandate, similar to the one that first brought those residents electricity, might be in order.
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Plus, Code for America launches new Community Fellowship program; the ACLU looks to hire data scientists; and the U.S. Treasury launches a data lab on its revamped USAspending.gov site.
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Under a directive signed by Gov. Tom Wolf, Westmoreland County is making a $3 million move to voting machines that produce a paper trail this summer.
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The city council recently approved the hiring of former IBM expert Luis Taveras, though half of his pay will come from a private health care company.
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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.
