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Elizabeth Crowe, the city’s director of urban analytics and innovation, has been selected to serve as interim chief innovation and technology officer, a role formerly held by Stephanie Wernet. -
The self-driving taxi company is deploying about 10 vehicles in Chicago to start mapping the city’s streets — thus “laying the early groundwork” for future operations there — Waymo said Wednesday.
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Ranchbot’s sensors use satellite technology to monitor tank levels, trends and operation, enabling customers to check water data on their phones or computers in real time.
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The roughly 12,000 hydrogen cars on the road in California is just a tiny fraction of the more than 14 million total vehicles, but should there be more as the state works to reduce carbon emissions?
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For years, a locked cellphone belonging to the suspect in a Pasadena, Calif., homicide sat in an evidence room as investigators tried to get around the device's security measures, but police may have now caught a break.
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Recent financials paint a picture of how gov tech suppliers will move past COVID and embrace rising concerns about public safety. A “moonshot” goal and the labor market will also play roles in the months to come.
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The $3.5 million gunshot detection system from ShotSpotter Technology Inc., now two years old, continues to be a controversial issue among city leaders, community members and law enforcement.
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The usefulness of artificial intelligence platforms — like the much hyped ChatGPT — stretches far beyond answering online queries and the private sector is putting the technology to work in a number of profitable ways.
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A new proposal put forward by the state’s Department of Transportation takes aim at reducing pollution by promoting use of electric vehicles and encouraging transit and non-motorized ways of getting around.
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The “big four” consultant has already begun producing thought leadership in the form of reports, case studies and events with a focus on several specific topic areas of concern to modern government agencies.
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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, of Spokane, Wash., is urging her colleagues in the House to pass bipartisan legislation that would limit how tech companies collect and use Americans' personal data.
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Following the discovery of unusual activity on police department computers, officials called in a cybersecurity firm to identify the source of the issue. Town officials do not believe any data was breached in the incident.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is working with cities to use visualizations to make urban heat island data more accessible. For Washington, D.C., this work led to a virtual reality experience.
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The Department of Motor Vehicles may be the most common way residents interact with state government, but digitizing those systems for a modern constituency is no small feat. Three states share their progress.
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Plus, the Net Inclusion 2023 event brought together digital equity stakeholders; the final awards were announced for the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program; and Missouri launched a survey to guide broadband efforts.
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A free event organized by St. Clair County Community College in Michigan aims to get students interested in STEM with virtual reality experiences, robotics, virtual anatomy dissection, rocket launches and other exhibits.
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A Texas district's guidance counselors hosted an event to make parents aware of how students can be affected by social media and what their options are for managing technology's opportunities and pitfalls.
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Adam Garry, senior director of education strategy at Dell, says in a Q&A that schools could better prepare students by developing an ideal portrait of a graduate and moving to portfolio assessments instead of tests.
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Election reform advocates and Democratic lawmakers are mounting pressure in the Legislature to use federal Help America Vote Act funds for cities and towns to replace aging ballot-counting machines.
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The proposed agreement with Flock Safety would see a dozen automated license plate readers placed around the city at a cost of no more than $65,000, according to an agenda report.
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Town officials have approved a plan that would run fiber-optic cable for high-speed Internet service to the town office and police department. The use of existing equipment will make the project more cost effective.
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