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Melissa Scott was a veteran of Philadelphia IT before taking the lead as CIO in 2024. Her experience gave her insight into how the city should approach new technologies to best support staff and residents.
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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. -
The Briggs Lawrence County Public Library will soon be receiving 40 hot spots for expanded Internet service. The move aims to help bridge the digital divide problem in Appalachian Ohio communities.
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There is reason to be confident that the $2 trillion CARES Act included $400 million to states to help them conduct elections in the face of the pandemic. Pennsylvania, for example, received $14.2 million.
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The days of waking up to snowfall and heading back to sleep because school is canceled may be a thing of the past, as students in Michigan and across the rest of the country acclimate to online education.
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COVID funding is being used to get Internet services to all of Schuylkill County, Pa., via collaborations with local school districts and other work in underserved areas, one of Schuylkill’s commissioners said.
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The dashboard is the result of a collaborative effort between a professor at Brown University, a private software company called Qualtrics, and school officials from districts across the country.
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Since COVID-19 first shut down in-person learning, Seattle schools have distributed devices and Internet for thousands of students, but district officials haven’t been able to share related data with certainty.
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More lapses in security and record-keeping surfaced at the warehouse where Philadelphia’s voting machines are stored, prompting city officials to pledge increased security after the theft of tech from the facility.
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Since March, residents who watch city government closely have taken a seat in front of computers to join live meetings instead of attending in person, a change that is likely to continue after the pandemic.
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The dispute revolved around the process through which would-be voters ask county boards of elections to send them absentee ballots. It would not have affected return delivery of the absentee ballots themselves.
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Local government IT teams often don’t have the resources close at hand to ensure their systems are ready to stand up to new threats, but can take advantage of state and federal resources to boost their cyberposture.
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Hundreds of smaller communities across the country — with limited routes into and out of town — face greater danger when confronted with emergency evacuations, according to a risk assessment study by Streetlight Data.
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Government IT shops are increasingly embracing their roles as cybersecurity leaders. But what does it take to be good at cybersecurity on social media? Minnesota IT Services’ approach is one good example.
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Lawrence General Hospital officials are working through the details of exactly what happened during a disruptive cybersecurity incident earlier this month. The 36-hour disruptions forced ambulances to be diverted.
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Plus, major cities deploy virtual town halls over the summer amid pandemic, the government transparency organization Sunlight Foundation closes, and Denver’s Peak Academy pivots to a broader mission.
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