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NYPA implements AI to enhance its drone inspection program
The adoption artificial intelligence (AI) over the last few years in the public sector is changing the way many departments operate. In New York, for example, the state’s power authority is finding success by pairing AI with its in-house drone inspection program, which officials say allows “transmission lines to be more quickly and thoroughly evaluated […]
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Four strategies for municipalities of all sizes to impact environmental change
Municipal leaders across the United States are eager to step up and tackle environmental issues in their communities—contributing to a greener, cleaner country at large. Many, however, are facing steep challenges and roadblocks when they attempt to undertake this work. It’s not uncommon for smaller municipalities to feel that they’re not large enough to make […]
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Pew study unpacks how state wildfire spending norms fall short and strain budgets
Every year, dramatic photographs of smoldering communities and grieving loved ones portray the physical cost of wildfire season. What isn’t captured in those heart-wrenching images is the fiscal implications of increasingly catastrophic wildfires; they’re straining state budgets to the breaking point. A new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts, “Wildfires: Burning Through State Budgets,” sheds […]
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Future-ready cities leverage data well, partner more often and invest in technology
Over the last few years, city administrators have had to adapt to a lot of unprecedented firsts—like an overnight shift to online learning, mask mandates and citywide COVID-19 containment lockdown orders. But of all those changes, perhaps the biggest challenge cities have confronted is the rapidly changing expectations held by constituents. “These run the gamut: […]
