Florida

The Florida Division of Emergency Management’s app provides GIS-powered evacuation zone details via an interactive map, letting residents and visitors pinpoint locations and evaluate their hurricane risk.

Bad actors often take advantage of natural disasters, and especially hurricanes, in times of crisis. Hurricanes Helene and Milton pose significant new online threats, including misinformation and fraud.

Hurricane Milton’s sustained winds of more than 100 mph shredded Tropicana Field’s roof, uprooted grown trees, snapped power lines and toppled a massive crane into the headquarters of the Tampa Bay Times.

The Florida Division of Emergency Management’s app provides GIS-powered evacuation zone details via an interactive map, letting residents and visitors pinpoint locations and evaluate their hurricane risk.

Hurricane Milton remained an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane Wednesday as it sped toward Florida’s Gulf Coast with roof-ripping winds and potentially lethal walls of water as high as 15 feet.

After spending days in North Carolina working on search and rescue missions after Hurricane Helene, five Colorado Springs firefighters are heading to Florida in anticipation of Hurricane Milton.

Gov. Ron DeSantis gave an update Monday on Hurricane Milton, which has already grown into a major Category 4 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

The county has deployed CentralSquare software to help public works better fix damage from natural disasters and cyber attacks. It’s the latest example of using gov tech for disaster management.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking Tropical Storm Isaac, Tropical Depression Joyce and Tropical Depression Twelve in the Atlantic while also monitoring two more systems.

With 140 mph winds and stronger gusts, the landfall of Hurricane Helene this week marked the most powerful hurricane to hit the region among storms tracked since the 1850s.

The new addition to the FixIt FTL app is in response to a state law that will soon prohibit municipalities from allowing people to sleep or camp in public places, such as the beach or parks.

The events of 9/11 shocked the nation and took more than 3,000 lives. But it also tested IT resilience in ways many have never heard of. Here are two stories that illustrate resilience and creative thinking in a crisis and should serve as a guide for making tough decisions in the aftermath of a disaster.

The documents removed from the city’s website contained sensitive personal information about residents, including Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and federal tax identifications.

The arrival this week of Blue Origin’s new rocket landing support ship marks a busy time for Port Canaveral as a mix of government and private maritime ship traffic begins to pick up steam.

Government Technology will host the Florida Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit on Tuesday and Wednesday, featuring conversations with leading cybersecurity leaders from state and local government.

A new camera system from Miami-Dade County Public Schools is responsible for catching and fining drivers who don’t stop for school buses, resulting in approximately $2.5 million in citations.

The aim? To help craft technology that can power smart cities. The call for candidates comes as more accelerators and incubators provide guidance and other vital assistance to government technology companies.

Earlier this week, Florida county election officials had trouble posting primary results due to slow and crashing election websites managed by VR Systems.