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Hundreds of thousands of Marylanders lack access to high-speed broadband Internet, a long-standing problem that’s become more pressing as school and work move online and social distancing keeps people at home.
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The union representing IT workers at the Tennessee Valley Authority is praising the federally-owned utility’s decision to reverse the outsourcing of 200 crucial IT jobs to foreign-based firms.
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With the start of the school year just weeks away, Philadelphia city officials on Thursday announced a plan to provide free Internet access for 35,000 low-income families who currently lack it.
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The Clearwater City Council on Thursday voted unanimously to adopt body cameras for its police officers, making the city’s police force the second law enforcement agency in the county to do so.
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Plus, Philadelphia launches a new contracts hub aimed at simplifying vendor procurement processes, and Philadelphia also announces a new PHLConnectED program to foster remote learning for the fall.
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With the need for broadband Internet access acutely heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic, Bastrop County, Texas, is partnering with a nonprofit to analyze accessibility around the county.
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The City Hall building in York will be closed until further notice following a “physical attack” on the Information Technology infrastructure that is housed there, according to a news release issued by the city.
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Reddy Bikeshare expanded its rental bicycle fleet, at a time when the novel coronavirus pandemic helped launch a national summer biking explosion and Black Lives Matter demonstrations underlined racial disparities.
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According to the evolving plan in Framingham, Mass., the city's public schools will begin remotely and will eventually shift to a mix of in-person and remote learning when it is deemed safe.
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As New Orleans students prepare for a school year that will start with lessons conducted over the Internet, officials said they are pursuing a plan that could eventually provide wireless Internet across the city.
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As a temporary fix to broadband access problems, schools have requested that South Carolina pay for Internet access for 57,000 households for the upcoming school year mostly through mobile hot spots.
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The Lafayette Parish School Board has allocated $1.5 million toward providing short-term Internet solutions for students who lack access as part of a public-private partnership with local philanthropists and businesses.
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The Moscow School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to begin the school year with a hybrid instructional model, which includes two days of in-school instruction a week and three days of distance learning.
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The Newport, R.I., City Council on Tuesday voted to pass a new resolution that would for now utilize remote interactions in lieu of in-person meetings at City Hall in the midst of the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic.
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