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The city now requires electronic requests be made via its online portal, mandates a deposit for large requests and has updated its fees. The moves are intended to smooth the process and recoup actual costs.
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Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who took office in January, wants more public safety tools to protect stops and stations, and a better user experience. She has ordered officials to come up with a plan.
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Rural areas face substantial risks in their efforts to provide high-speed Internet to citizens who live in remote places. Here's what local leaders should consider as they plan to expand broadband.
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In a letter sent to city officials Friday by the company’s public policy manager John Choi, Airbnb argued it needs more time to build a computerized system to share rental information with the city.
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A patchwork of 50 discrete sets of privacy laws would not only cause confusion for businesses and consumers alike, but also hit small businesses and small government agencies like a ton of bricks.
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A coalition of technology companies and law enforcement groups is urging lawmakers not to limit the rapidly developing technology. Civil rights advocates, on the other hand, continue to cite its potential dangers.
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Facebook declined to comment. A spokeswoman for the House Financial Services Committee didn’t respond to a request for comment. Discussions are happening amid questions about the company’s plan for cryptocurrency.
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With funding shortages and cyberthreats looming, Executive Office of Technology Services and Security Secretary Curt Wood urged commonwealth lawmakers to continue investment in cyberprotections.
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These new grant programs are not the first attempt by New Jersey leadership to promote shared services and mergers among the state's numerous towns, school districts, authorities and fire districts.
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As school officials across the country worry about how to stop the next mass shooting, biometric technologies and expanded surveillance systems have become attractive alternatives to traditional security procedures.
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States, counties and cities across the country have noted the inaccuracy of broadband coverage data from the Federal Communications Commission, but Georgia took a more proactive route.
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An ex-employee of Danville-based Thyssenkrupp Crankshaft has filed a potential class-action lawsuit against the company for its use of fingerprint technology to track when personnel clocked in and out of work.
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Many questions remain about blockchain, a young technology that interests multiple governments across the globe. Regulations and architectural models will be key to unlocking blockchain's potential.
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Telecom giant Verizon has filed a lawsuit against the city of Rochester, N.Y., over an ordinance that allows the city to charge as much as $1,500 in fees for the use of the public right-of-way.
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Sen. Chuck Schumer has called for the federal government to boost efforts to fight cyberattacks after a ransomware virus forced New York’s Rockville Centre school district to pay hackers nearly $90,000.
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As cities draw hard lines over use of the rapidly developing technology, Portland's policy — with a unique focus on both private and public use — could mean a new standard for privacy protection.
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According to state law, companies don’t have to notify the state when testing autonomous vehicles on public streets. A single form certifies a company’s intent to comply with the law, but mandates no data sharing.
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The state is discontinuing the use of QR codes for tabulation that couldn’t be verified by the human eye, taking a cue from election security groups who say hand-countable paper ballots are most secure.
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Sen. Chuck Schumer announced he will co-sponsor a bill authorizing the Department of Homeland Security to help protect school districts and other public and private entities from cyberattacks.
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Though lawmakers only mentioned Google and Facebook during the Wednesday news conference announcing the probe, they said the hearings will cover large technology firms in general.
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