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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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NYPA and Signify, formerly known as Philips Lighting, are working together on a program to offer hardware, low-rate loans and technical support to put more smart lights in cities across the state of New York. -
San Diego City Council is planning to make major technology upgrades to increase public participation. The list includes an upgraded voting system, new video displays, and more.
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A group of citizens filed a lawsuit against Vallejo for breaking state law by authorizing the purchase of a cell site simulator. The device appears as a cell tower and diverts cell signals to the simulator.
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Health officials are struggling to get a coronavirus crowdsourcing app to fulfill its purpose of tracing the virus. A study reports that privacy concerns and technological issues have slowed the adoption of mobile tracking apps.
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While companies and governments are halting the use of facial recognition technology, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office is refusing to comply until official regulations are put in place.
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In the face of COVID-19, government agencies looked to drones, thermal sensing and other sometimes controversial tech to help track and trace the virus and maintain public health. Will a new-found open-mindedness last?
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Minneapolis is expected to vote on a proposal that would allow two vendors to deploy scooters as soon as July 1, even as the issue over whether they will be required to have locking devices remains unsettled.
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Smart city leaders from Houston, New Orleans and Columbus, Ohio, discussed their vision for tomorrow's cities following widespread disruptions brought on by the pandemic, economic hardships and social unrest.
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The Palm Beach Police Department purchased a virtual reality simulator for $300,000 to help train officers to de-escalate conflicts. The purchase comes amid national cries for drastic police reform.
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Plus, Philadelphia groups launch digital equity helplines, experts issue a report on the IT components of Philadelphia’s new payroll system, and local stakeholders call for additional federal support of disrupted Census.
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Even with the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, the self-driving car startup may have reason to expand. Earlier this month, it closed on a deal with Volkswagen on a $2.6 billion investment.
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Researchers at the University of Chicago explore a local application of the Human Development Index, looking at rates of COVID-19 across neighborhoods and how that can inform public-sector decision-making.
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Jeffersonville, Ind., is now poised to equip the officers within the city’s police department with a set of all new high-tech body-worn cameras, pending the approval of funding by the city council.
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City officials showed off a new system that alerts only the fire and EMS stations that are being dispatched to a call, rather than blasting the call on a radio for every station and first responder on duty to hear.
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The man says he was mistakenly tagged by facial recognition tech as a suspected shoplifter in Detroit in 2018, a move that dumped him into the criminal justice system that he says was humiliating and frightening.
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