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A cyberattack on Oldsmar’s treatment system tried to increase the amount of lye in the water, but it was caught before damage was done. The county has disabled remote access to the system and is investigating the attack.
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Over the past several decades, spending on jails has grown significantly. As the coronavirus pandemic reduces revenue and forces budget cuts, cutting jail expenditures could save cities and counties billions of dollars.
Data loss from a 2019 ransomware attack on the New York county could result in the dismissal of some criminal cases. The district attorney claims he didn’t learn of the loss until 18 months after the attack.
State representatives have proposed a bill that would clear 50 percent of debt owed by low-income utility customers in arrears and the other half would be paid through payment plans, giving many immediate relief.
While contact tracing existed before the coronavirus pandemic, the virus’ speed of transmission and likeliness of asymptomatic cases required contact tracing teams to revise their efforts.
For most places around the nation, getting a vaccine appointment requires you to register online. For some who don’t have computers, smartphones or aren’t tech-savvy, getting an appointment can be difficult.
California State Sen. Mike McGuire has proposed a marketing campaign to boost in-state travel once coronavirus travel restrictions have been lifted. The state’s tourism earns $12.2 billion and employs 1.2 million.
While the decision hasn’t been confirmed, Apple could begin manufacturing its self-driving electric vehicles in a West Point assembly plant. The decision could be a big win for the state’s economic development efforts.
While a video-appearance option is available for $23, some L.A. judges are requiring in-person hearings despite the risks. Several court employees have tested positive and three have died due to COVID-19.
The AI-driven technology has been helping officials identify those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, but it also has been found to have racial biases. Officials must balance the potential benefits with the risks.
Speakers at the recent Micromobility World conference debated the future of smart city tech and whether it’s actually been improving urban mobility, or simply facilitating a growth of the surveillance state.
Supply chains are the backbone of the public and private sector. The digital components of these complex systems are at increasing risk of being disrupted, degraded or destroyed.
With dining-out options already few and far between because of COVID, the recent snowstorm has only made things worse for residents and visitors to the Big Apple.
Over the past decade, states have preempted cities across a broad range of policy areas, including policing and health. If anything, the pandemic has only accelerated the trend.
Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood is rich and mostly white, but the same jump in violent crime that many cities are seeing has alarmed its residents. Some of them think secession is the answer.
State and local governments have partnered with Tennessee Valley Authority and other private businesses to establish fast-charging stations for electric vehicles every 50 miles along interstates and highways.
The state has installed improved technology that it hopes will help stop thousands of fraudulent unemployment benefits claims from flooding the system. The new tech blocked 576,000 fraudulent login attempts in one day.
The 129-page law includes a new oversight committee, an officer duty to de-escalate situations, limits no-knock warrants and bans chokeholds. Police reform advocates are pleased with the law and want to see it grow further.
A new scorecard ranks state progress toward making EVs the norm. With transportation accounting for 28 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, more needs to be done to meet Paris Accord emission targets.
Already flooded with fraudulent claims, the state’s unemployment agency now must mitigate a data breach that compromised social security numbers, employment data and bank account information for about 1.4 million people.
Now that Trump has left the White House, the Coalition for Sustainable Automotive Regulation has agreed to work with California and the Biden administration on establishing new emission guidelines for the auto industry.
Under Florida’s new proposal, social media companies would be penalized for favoring one political candidate over another and would require the companies to provide a 30-day notice and explanation of suspension.
Republican state Sen. Jeff Mullis has introduced legislation to ban ballot drop boxes, eliminate the state’s automatic voter registration and get rid of no-excuse absentee voting rules.
The COVID-19 pandemic reinforced how central technology is to modern life, but perhaps we are losing something.
In clamping down on access to social media platforms by conspiracy theorists, white supremacists and domestic terrorists, we need to protect our truly marginalized citizens' ability to speak truth to power.
Last year’s presidential elections drew masses of volunteers and donations, helping to ensure the state’s election system worked smoothly. But now election workers must produce the same success without the same resources.
The agency has been relying on self-reporting to determine the number of COVID cases that have been contracted in the workplace, resulting in severe undercounts that undermine the severity of workplace risk.
Miami County, Ohio, launched an investigation after it found a hidden surveillance camera in the wall of a county office building. While many are denying prior knowledge of the camera, two officials have resigned since the finding.
The nation's governors signaled strong support for connecting citizens with investments in broadband expansion, more online services and virtual health-care delivery.
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