Local Government

Public-private endeavors involving the city and Bexar County aim to help roughly 35,000 homes get connected. Two pacts with Internet providers would extend infrastructure before Affordable Connectivity Program funding ends.

A Montgomery County commission approved spending more than $328,000 through March 2025 on the first two phases of work for the new safety net portal. The goal is to better connect providers across the community.

The city, part of North Carolina's Research Triangle, is using a digital twin model empowered by GIS and artificial intelligence to plan for and address urban heat. It drives understanding of how development and heat will interact.

The Port of Los Angeles stands out for strong cyber defenses, but at other ports across the country, cybersecurity capabilities can vary wildly. The White House seeks to change this.

The Silicon Valley city’s mayor helped install an automatic license plate reader at a crash-prone intersection in the east. It was the 235th such camera, and plans are to grow the network to 500 by this summer.

A new tool from public safety tech supplier Axon can automatically transcribe audio from the company’s body cameras. Arriving as law enforcement nationwide confronts a hiring crisis, it could free up officers for other duties.

Bill Zielinski, who has led the Information and Technology Services department since 2020, will step down April 30. In recent years, he led the city’s response to a ransomware attack, and to the deletion of millions of police records.

Combined, the cities received nearly $1.5 million in grants through a U.S. Department of Transportation program. They will use it to maintain and plan the expansion of zero-emissions vehicles, and to enhance pedestrian safety.

Authorities are working to prepare for one by, for the first time, conducting a massive federal tabletop exercise focused on food and agriculture cybersecurity resilience.

The City Council has given final approval to a development agreement with Nebraska-based Allo Fiber, which will spend $40 million to build out the network. It is expected to be complete by the end of 2026.

A report released Wednesday connects a Texas cyber attack to hacker groups with Russian government ties, per CNN. The incident, in January, caused no injuries and did not affect drinking water.

The San Francisco company has released a new tool aimed at helping make streets safer for bicyclists and buses. It relies on visual artificial intelligence and cameras mounted on buses.

The Next-Gen Emergency Vehicle Preemption technology provides first responders the ability to alter traffic lights on a complete route to an event, not just one light at a time.

The group behind the March 21 cyber attack has published information it obtained on the dark web, the Tarrant Appraisal District said. People whose information has been compromised have been notified by mail.

Vacaville City Coach will be the first transit agency in the county to augment its fleet with electric buses. City grant funding will enable the purchase of 10 vehicles, at a cost of nearly $11 million.

The University of Dayton, the city of Dayton and local groups partnered to teach residents basic online skills. Visitors learned how to apply for jobs online, use mobile banking and how to set up a Google email account.

The Canada-based gov tech supplier has acquired a company that sells CAD, RMS and other tools for first responders and public safety agencies. Versaterm’s CEO explains the thinking behind his company’s latest deal.

Cyber attacks and the related expenses of identifying the incident, fixing it, notifying customers — and improving security — has become routine in the Vancouver, Wash., area. This in turn has sparked demand for cybersecurity professionals.