Cyrus Vance, district attorney for New York County, renewed a call for Federal legislation requiring Apple to make iOS warrant-friendly.
The code for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation’s new tree map is publicly available for local governments and organizations looking to create a similar website.
The New Orleans Police Department plans to install automatic license plate readers throughout the city. Police consider the investment in the new technology, used elsewhere in Louisiana, as a “down payment” on public safety. The cameras will allow police to mine a large database of license plate images and identify and track suspects.
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers released its State CIO Top Ten Priorities for 2017.
Denton, Texas, is the first city in the United States to fully implement the OpenGov Open Data Solution, which provides tools to help increase public trust, facilitate civic action, and embrace the future of smart government.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology this month announced the 10 Phase 1 winners of the Move Health Data Forward Challenge.
The Texas Department of Public Safety is evaluating new surveillance technologies to acquire in order to monitor the border with Mexico, which has privacy implications for border residents.
To solve the problems of veteran unemployment and unfilled cybersecurity jobs, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced the launch of Cyber Vets Virginia, an initiative that aims to provide veterans with cybersecurity training and education.
The police department in Methuen, Mass., hopes to avoid dangerous and potentially deadly high-speed car chases with GPS darts.
Since it was launched on Oct. 19, 15,000 people have visited Delaware’s open data portal. Delaware residents can use the portal to find out if traffic is slowed down because of nearby construction sites, whether their favorite restaurants have passed inspection, where to find a good bike trail, and what companies the state is conducting business with.
