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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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The plan to use aerial surveillance to track suspects after a violent crime is, once again, being floated by city leaders. Opponents have argued the program is an affront to the civil rights of average citizens. -
Plus, Michigan’s central IT shop has now released new data about its work helping with the pandemic response, the University of Kansas shares its 54th edition of a statewide data set, and more.
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COVID-19. Remote work. Elections. Social justice. State and local government technology leaders should be proud of all that they accomplished amid this year of unprecedented challenges.
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The newly launched service introduces on-demand, shared rides in two Los Angeles neighborhoods, providing Uber-like service for $1 a ride. The service will grow to nine zones by summer 2021.
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Waterloo, Iowa, does not plan to publicly release its broadband study for taxpayers to review until May at the earliest, said Andrew Van Fleet, chairman for the Telecommunications Utility board of trustees.
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The town of Bar Harbor, Maine, is now planning a roughly $750,000 project to connect fiber optic cable to town-owned properties so its staff can have speedy broadband Internet access at work.
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Tampa is planning to install 30 digital kiosks around the city in 2021 — including some before the Super Bowl. The kiosks will display information about local businesses and provide free Internet connection.
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While having to close its offices and work remotely, a small city in Utah has cut its time for invoice processing in half using software from Stampli that automates and guides users through approval steps.
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Officials acknowledged the city needs to ready itself for an inevitable transition to electric vehicles but remained adamant in recent weeks that the police department is not yet prepared to use and maintain them.
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America's public schools often lack the adequate security to protect their students' most sensitive data from being linked on the web.
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The new Dayton Metro Library program will connect hundreds of households to free Internet service through Feb. 27, and is funded through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and CARES Act funds.
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The city's police department has not made its use of the AI technology public before, and a spokesperson once said it doesn't "employ" face recognition. New documents show how the agency has used it for years.
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The Office of the State Comptroller last week released an audit report focused on Cayuga County’s information technology policies and procedures, finding that those are lacking by its judgement.
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Last month, the state awarded $5.6 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to connect more than 700 students and teachers in rural Maine with high-speed Internet service to support remote learning.
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Zoox, the maker of a bidirectional autonomous taxi backed by the Internet retailer Amazon, unveiled the latest iteration of its driverless taxi earlier this week in Foster City, Calif.
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