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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.
While the bitcoin mining boom has left Plattsburgh, N.Y., for a northern neighbor, the residents are still using the cheap electricity to mine for cryptocurrencies and heat their houses.
A report found that switching Maine’s privately owned electric utility to a publicly owned one could raise customer rates and decrease state tax revenue. But some want more analysis on customer service and reliability first.
Mixed-income and diverse neighborhoods are good for our cities. There are policies we can pursue that can help to keep housing affordable and protect these communities' legacy residents.
Lt. Gov. Husted wants to reduce red tape and also use more tech in government. Killing two birds with one stone: AI will review the 240,000 existing regulations and narrow them for review.
St. Paul is one of the cities across the nation using Amazon’s Ring cameras to improve policing. Some say there are security and data sharing concerns, others say, “Society has changed. The old way of policing is gone.”
Washington state, home to Amazon and Microsoft, wants to further regulate user data collection and facial recognition. Lawmakers think their legislation could become an example for other states.
Pennsylvania experienced problems with the new voting machines used last November. Then the Iowa failure happened. Now, with new election laws and, again, new voting machines, the state is nervous about the April primary.
Plus, 50-State Fiscal Forecast Looking Up, New Bonding for CA Public Schools, and Privatization of NYC Public Housing.
Outbreaks of diseases like the coronavirus start and have to be controlled at the local level. National governments and international organizations aren't doing enough to foster communities' resilience.
The New York police department subpoenaed the Twitter data in attempts of finding who leaked police photos to the reporter. The subpoena was withdrawn last Wednesday after lawyers got involved.
The California state auditor found that four law enforcement agencies have “risked individuals’ privacy” through an insecure license plate database. The report’s data suggests the problem could be statewide.
IBM reworked its hiring after realizing that “there’s over 700,000 [unfilled] tech jobs… there are only about 70,000 [candidates] with a computer science degree.” The new apprenticeship program hopes to bridge the gap.
Florida’s supervisor of elections has divulged a previously unreported ransomware virus in the elections department just weeks before the 2016 election. As the state preps for March primaries, concerns of security are amplified.
After trying Internet voting for overseas voters, West Virginia is expanding the option for those with physical disabilities. But MIT researchers now say they’ve found worrying flaws in the app the state has been using.
Boulder, Colo., wants to raise minimum wage, but the County Commissioners have touted benefits of a regional increase. State law allows wages to increase but limits the number of increases that can happen across the state.
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