The city of Edinburgh in Scotland has launched a three-year digital strategy – The Digital and Smart City strategy – with the aim of providing a framework for how future technology services will be designed, Read More
The Army Cyber Institute (ACI) at Georgia Southern University recently held an all-virtual cyber exercise – Jack Voltaic™ 3.0 – which simulated a cyber-attack around the cities of Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC. To test Read More
The City of Austin Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the Travis County Office of Emergency Management have partnered to create an emergency mobile app to provide resources and information for people in Read More
The city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota is now using Coronavirus Emergency Response (CoVER) – an AI, IoT and cloud-based platform from Quantela – to better utilize data to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The platform Read More
US Ignite and Altman Solon announced the results of a comprehensive study of municipally enabled broadband deployment in a new report: Broadband Models for Unserved and Underserved Communities. The report aims to help any of Read More
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) recently released the Low Cost Flood Sensors: Urban Installation Guidebook to help communities deploy and operate low-cost sensors for flood monitoring and management. The Read More
The Portland City Council in Oregon recently passed the strongest facial recognition ban in the country – prohibiting the use of the technology by private business and government agencies, including local police, within the municipality. Read More
The city of Peachtree Corners, GA partnered with IPgallery to deploy an IoT smart city management system. The integrated system will allow the city to operate all IoT and decentralised smart city devices from one Read More
In an effort to improve the cybersecurity status of government agencies, and strengthen their resilience against cyber attacks, The Center for Internet Security (CIS) will work with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Read More
Microsoft and the City of Houston, TX have partnered to launch ‘Accelerate: Houston’ – a new training program to help low-income residents and students learn digital skills during the Coronavirus pandemic. The program is part Read More
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