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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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Once meetings are able to return in-person, some St. Joseph County, Ind., officials say they would like to see local government meetings permanently move to an in-person/virtual hybrid meeting format. -
Twenty-five transit projects from around the country received some $14 million in innovation grant funding from the Federal Transit Administration, growing projects like digital fare integration and trip-planning.
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts is seeking information from state education agencies about how they are working to protect the privacy of both K-12 and college students amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Indianapolis officials selected Elliott Patrick, an IT staffer with public- and private-sector experience, to replace former CIO Ken Clark. According to a local report, he's the city-county's first Black CIO.
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South Bend and St. Joseph County, Ind., officials are discussing the cause of temporary disabled police radios during the same time that a virtual council meeting was suspended.
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During a recent podcast, cybersecurity expert John Dickson warned of the possibility of a denial-of-service attacks that could overwhelm government websites on election night.
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The city council approved a contract that will upgrade controversial facial recognition software used by police despite calls to ban the technology, which its opponents have questioned as racist.
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Within a month, Connecticut residents may be able to access smartphone alerts if they have had possible contact with COVID-19 patients, Gov. Ned Lamont announced as the state reported a spike in positive tests.
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Georgia election officials told a federal judge that they’ll quickly correct a problem with touchscreen voting computers that left off the names of some of the 21 candidates in a special election for the U.S. Senate.
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Restoring remote access to North Dakota court documents is still a work in progress months after the state's Supreme Court suspended the new capability in part due to concerns about the private nature of the info.
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As the need for reliable and affordable high-speed Internet continues to grow in these unprecedented times, local government officials in Laurel County, Ky., say constituents are frustrated with the situation.
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The firm handling IT services for Potter County, Texas, said that it is continually executing efforts to bolster cybersecurity as it relates to the electoral process in advance of the coming vote.
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Decision-makers in government got a crash course in the importance of technology as the pandemic took hold over the past few months. CIOs must now make themselves indispensable in bridging the gap between policy and technology.
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Law enforcement agencies in Colorado have quietly expanded their use of facial recognition software through the DMV and other programs. The state has currently no laws regulating the use of facial recognition.
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Longmont hosted an electric vehicle parade last Saturday to help promote to residents the more sustainable forms of transportation, with more than 50 electric vehicles traveling quietly through downtown.
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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.
