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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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Illinois CIO Ron Guerrier has created five pillars within the Department of Innovation and Technology to be assessed annually, with the goal of assuring that efficiencies and best practices are followed.
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Lawmakers passed a bill this spring creating a regulatory framework for telehealth, including authorizing the state to register doctors and collect fees, but the latter requires a separate piece of legislation.
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Companies will now have to be more forthcoming with New York residents about cyberattacks that jeopardize private data under a pair of new laws signed earlier this week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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Gov. Brad Little unveiled new rulemaking steps this week, releasing a list that includes online posting of rulemaking public meetings, a new subscribe feature for administrative bulletins and more.
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The newly codified group will investigate how automation, artificial intelligence and other emergent technologies could be regulated, while at the same time examining how the technologies could benefit economic growth.
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The newly created position in Pennsylvania will report directly to the chief information officer, with the state’s online job opening for the gig set to close for new applicants on Aug. 2.
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It would likely cost more than $3 billion in public and private investment to wire areas without high-speed Internet across the state. Legislators have yet to decide how much to spend or where the money would come from.
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A bevy of legislation has been introduced in recent months that seeks to augment and change California's privacy law, but how much of it will pass remains to be seen.
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A recent webcast tackled the challenges facing IT shops at the state and local level and national trends in fighting ransomware, migrating applications to the cloud and adopting artificial intelligence technologies.
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Following widespread service breakdowns during recent wildfires, lawmakers are backing legislation to allow states to require wireless companies to upgrade systems for use during fires and other natural disasters.
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Though some communities have strongly objected to police drones, that hasn’t been the case in Pittsburg, Calif., where drones are only used with approval in specific incidents rather than for routine surveillance.
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The bill seeks a "uniform code" for the use of body-worn cameras by Massachusetts law enforcement officers. But a provision blocking footage from public view is attracting the ire of state officials as well as the media.
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City staff anticipates multiple applications for small cell facilities from telecommunications companies on Sept. 1. Officials hope to adopt an ordinance in August that would allow for the use of the technology.
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An internal memo states that the department is “not able to dedicate the resources to the pilot to enable us to make any noticeable progress toward completing the needed configuration and testing.”
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The challenge for the Virginia city is trying to balance being a modern destination with the lack of control over where new poles will be installed. Some have voiced concern about devices cluttering the city skyline.
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The FBI advises victims not to pay ransoms to decrypt files, but a business analysis may find that it's the less expensive option in many cases, Cyber Leadership Alliance President Douglas Rapp said.
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A targeted phishing cyberattack on the Department of Human Services in January compromised 645,000 records and 2 million emails. The agency has been working with the new CISO to fortify its cybersecurity in the months since.
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After a Board of Police Commissioners meeting where a commissioner was arrested following a heated argument, Chairwoman Lisa Carter has also come out in opposition of the controversial technology.
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