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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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Because the current registration system does not stop a would-be voter from registering multiple times, the already strained staff of the Daviess County Clerk’s Office is having to verify each application against state records. -
The Trump Administration is providing $4 million to aid in broadband expansion in rural Indiana.
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The Bay Springs Telephone Company Inc. will use a $4.6 million grant to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 5,139 people, 69 businesses and 77 farms to high-speed broadband Internet in Mississippi.
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The $28,423.50 grant from the Center for Tech and Civic Life must be used to improve election security. Officials say the money will help purchase scanning equipment and software for signature verifications.
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Project OVERCOME, led by US Ignite and funded by the National Science Foundation, will select five proof-of-concept projects to grow access to broadband connectivity in underserved or unserved areas.
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Heartland Community College in Normal, Ill., is now working with outside consultants to address a security breach in its computer system that resulted in the school’s online operations and classes being shut down.
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Davenport, Iowa, is considering a measure that would give police as well as other local law enforcement a new tool for tracking stolen vehicles, as well as vehicles on the run, Amber alerts and much more.
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Stepping off of the ferry onto Monhegan Island in the state of Maine is like stepping back in time. No paved roads. No cellphone service. A one-room schoolhouse sits in the island’s center.
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New analysis by the Urban Institute explores the transit challenges for working poor living in suburbs in four U.S. metros. The data study forms the basis for new conversations around transportation equity.
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If one excludes education, where employment fell, state and local government saw slow gains in jobs in the latest federal report. But the virus is still spreading, and economic recovery is not happening quickly.
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The Axon cameras automatically begin recording when an officer pulls their weapon — an increasingly popular model that law enforcement leaders in St. Petersburg and Clearwater have also embraced.
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A visual look at how 57 of the country’s most digital counties are using technology not only to make services available during the fight against the coronavirus, but to drive government ahead beyond the crisis.
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Atlanta Public Schools plans to move forward with its revised proposal to resume in-person learning this year, which is a move that is dividing the district and prompting safety concerns among others.
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A publicly financed fiber network spanning Multnomah County, Ore., would cost $1 billion, according to a new study, a price tag that could make it prohibitively expensive even if it’s technically possible.
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Communities in and around the Dayton area will soon see the buildout of more electric vehicle charging infrastructure thanks to funds allotted to the state from a federal civil lawsuit settlement with Volkswagen.
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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.
