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A community discussion was held on the usefulness and benefits of facial recognition systems in schools, which “would have been great to have had before we wrote the check.” The technology has been in use in New York since January.
The Michigan House bill would allow counties to opt out of paying for services that would offer little benefit to them without impeding the implementation of the services in other counties.
The city’s plan involves new cameras, analytics equipment and $1.5 million in overtime pay as the city is short about 600 officers. “We need those technology advancements and we need them right now.”
Even though the state agreed to the purchase, many are opposed. Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s CEO, earned $12 billion last year so why does he need the state’s money? “Stop these gifts to obscenely wealthy companies.”
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif., is a popular spot for photos, especially by drones. It’s also a National Recreation Area where drones are illegal, but officials are having trouble restricting them.
After tensions escalated between Iran and the U.S., government officials warned of potential cyberattacks, including against our vulnerable electric grid. “It is not a matter of if, but when, an attack will happen.”
Spectrum, which purchased Time Warner Cable, used advertising to mislead California customers about its available Internet speed. Over 170,000 customers will be eligible to receive restitution.
San Diego’s Lytx has updated it’s video monitoring technology for commercial truckers, DriveCam, so that it can detect when the driver’s eyes have moved from the road to a cellphone or other device.
Researchers from the University of Michigan are concerned about health privacy as tech and health become more intertwined. A study found that 19 of 24 prominent health apps were sharing user data.
Study after study shows that tax incentives don't pay off in real economic gains and often fail to produce the jobs that were promised. When managed correctly, however, they can build on local strengths.
A Tesla crashed while Autopilot was engaged, but Tesla won’t release the car’s data that is stored in it’s cloud. Turns out, no current laws give car owners the right to access operational, safety data.
Cities, especially in California, have to weigh the pros and cons of ride-hailing apps, like Uber and Lyft. Some are thinking that it’s time to change the rules, but they aren’t sure what new regulations would look like.
Stafford County hopes to install smart energy, lighting, water, and housing to become a smart community, the first of many. “Our goal is to make Stafford a model community for all of Virginia.”
This 2020 voting system will only be the third modernization of Los Angeles County’s voting system since 1968. Officials just hope that the many changes don’t scare off the county’s 5.5 million voters.
Lydia Mihalik is a fierce team leader and has a passion for improving the lives of others, two qualities that have suited her perfectly for Ohio’s public service as director of the Development Services Agency.
It's being used in increasingly powerful ways to enhance communications in hundreds of communities, helping to create trust, facilitate transparency, address residents' concerns and solve problems.
The State of the City address outlined plans to become a smart city, including 5G and mobile parking apps. But the mayor didn’t discuss how they’d replenish city funds after these upgrades, and some are concerned.
A group has proposed an amendment to the state constitution, requesting that lawmakers have a limit of 16 years in the state legislature. The proposal still has several steps before getting on a November ballot.
The state of Oregon has already banned police from using body cameras with facial recognition, but the city wants to take the ban further. “We felt a moral obligation to develop a broader approach.”
About one quarter of all Lousianans don’t have any available Internet provider, which impacts business success and growth. State and fed officials are stepping in with hopes to have the entire state connected by 2029.
After California residents couldn’t call 911 during wildfires, four Congress members proposed a bill that would require the Federal Communications Commission to provide more information on telecom network outages.
Plus, Kentucky officials report regular scans of their election systems by foreign adversaries; surveillance becomes normalized thanks to the growing popularity of doorbell cameras; and more.
Four years ago, Oakland established an advisory commission to look at city policies through a privacy lens. Today, it remains the only body with such a wide scope and may become a model as the use of tech grows.
An audit released Wednesday revealed that 19 state agencies have significant IT weaknesses and no significant progress has been made to amend the situation. “It’s a very serious situation.”
In response to a study last year that found facial recognition programs disproportionately misidentified minority groups, legislation was proposed to ban the technology’s use by local and state government.
Last year, state lawmakers decided to increase voting access and the law that’s implemented for this year’s election has changed several rules all at once, which for some election officials “is very overwhelming.”
Never before have policymakers faced such daunting questions on regulating and legislating the growing impact of digital technology. We pick the most important issues they will grapple with this year.
Firefighters face an array of obstacles as they relay information in inhospitable situations. But a high-tech vest made from carbon atoms called graphene may be the answer to a serious voice and data transmission problem.
An Iowa senator proposed a “right to be forgotten” bill that would allow users to hide “content of minimal value” from public access. The bill’s sponsor hopes to provide online recourse “to take down or revise or correct content.”
North Carolina State University was awarded the money from the U.S. Department of Labor as part of an Apprenticeship: Closing the Skills Gap grant program. This is one of 28 programs the department hopes to establish.
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