Justice & Public Safety
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County commissioners approved a contract that will begin with a free nine-month pilot, but could extend to a three-year, $2.5 million pact. Residents voiced a variety of concerns about the drone program. -
The extent of the data breach is still unclear, and city officials have said they are investigating to find out what was taken, who was responsible and how the city’s cybersecurity was compromised.
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The town Select Board unanimously approved appropriating the funds to outfit 50 police officers with the cameras and software. The cost also includes record retention equipment.
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As part of the massive cybersecurity event, Director Chris Krebs of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency discussed prominent issues related to state and local government.
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The notoriously drone-friendly state, which has one of a handful of federally approved centers for testing the technology, plans to use visuals from the devices to more quickly identify at-risk areas.
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Houston city officials will spend $1.5 million in overtime to fight increases in violent crime and are asking for an additional $8.5 million to fund new technology, including cameras and analytics.
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Since 2018, an intense public debate has erupted in Lockport, N.Y., over the use of facial and object recognition systems — with the New York Civil Liberties Union asking for the facial recognition component to be removed.
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Lincoln-based NRC Health, which provides performance analytics and management services for health-care companies, announced that it was breached by a Feb. 11 ransomware attack. The FBI has been notified.
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Des Moines County works with Carosh Compliance, an Indiana-based company with an office in Iowa City, to train county employees on how to handle sensitive data in an effort to help decrease the risk of a data breach.
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To avoid redundant services and boost resources on both sides, Kansas City IT is merging with its law enforcement tech department. The sensitive nature of police work means the move is no small feat.
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At this year's RSA cybersecurity conference, one session looked at the ways in which the Bureau is attempting to work together with private industry to track and prosecute hackers who spread the malware.
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Federal legislation was recently passed to protect the nation's electric grid against cyberattacks, but the law doesn't go far enough to protect us from imminent attacks. Threats from Iran illustrate that urgent action is needed.
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The city joins four other communities in Massachusetts in attempting to ban the municipal use of the technology. Somerville was the first in the state to restrict the local government’s use of the tech outright in June 2019.
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U.S. stocks plummeted this week, hitting Silicon Valley technology companies hard, after an explosion of new coronavirus cases was reported around the world, subsequently increasing fears of a pandemic.
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The Virtual Safe Neighborhood program will enable Shawnee County, Kan., citizens to buy a smartphone app that allows parents to be alerted if a registered offender attempts to contact their child.
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Health-care professionals and lawmakers should be more concerned about patients’ data outside the clinical setting, said Jessica Golbus, a medicine fellow at the Michigan Medicine Frankel Cardiovascular Center.
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The money will support case management upgrades and security improvements, among other local technology projects that have been selected to receive funding through the Ohio Courts Technology Initiative.
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California Chief Information Officer Amy Tong explains how technology is helping combat deadly wildfires, her approach to making state agencies digitally accessible and ensuring Internet connectivity for all.
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Law enforcement agencies are uploading crime-related DNA to databases where genetic testing kit customers can share their DNA. Lawmakers debate whether police should access personal data by using consumer tech.
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Illinois made headlines in 2016 after state election officials notified 76,000 voters that their information in the registration database had been breached but not changed, an advent being described as a wake up call.
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Her name is Clara — a nod to the Spanish word "claro" meaning clear — and she's a new virtual receptionist, a first-of-its-kind avatar equipped with artificial intelligence that helps visitors navigate the courthouse.
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