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Lessons from the pandemic: Emergency sourcing of lifesaving equipment

Being able to conceive and implement new procurement models in times of crisis requires...

Biden cabinet picks poised to bring municipal experience to national level

If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, President Joe Biden’s picks for Secretary of Labor and...

How the City of Fullerton navigated adding candidates to ballots remotely

This time last year, we were all looking forward to 2020: the start of a new decade and big...

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Verizon: Building the next smart city

In this video, Verizon shares how it’s working with partners such as GhostRobotics and Skyward to design and deploy technology that could benefit smart cities. The city of San Jose has been an early smart city adopter, is home to Verizon’s 5G mobility and 5G Home, and the first area where Verizon launched MEC. In […]

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Buttigieg to bring local perspective to Cabinet position

Pete Buttigieg, President Joe Biden’s pick for Secretary of Transportation, told senators that his background as mayor of South Bend, Ind., gave him a “bottom-up perspective on transportation programs and funding. During his confirmation hearing with the Senate Commerce Committee on Jan. 21, Buttigieg told senators that improving the federal grant application processes could better […]

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Lessons from the pandemic: Emergency sourcing of lifesaving equipment

Being able to conceive and implement new procurement models in times of crisis requires resourcefulness, tenacity and teamwork.

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Biden cabinet picks poised to bring municipal experience to national level

If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, President Joe Biden’s picks for Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Transportation — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, respectively — will bring municipal leadership-borne experience to the president’s cabinet. Both Walsh and Buttigieg had accomplishments while serving in their mayoral positions that […]

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The uncertain future of community composting in New York City

After roughly a decade of service in New York City, the last two community composting sites will not have their leases renewed. These sites are situated on land belonging to the city’s Parks Department: the Lower East Side Ecology Center is at Corlears Hook Park in Lower Manhattan, and Big Reuse is located under the […]

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Public safety needs a better way to triage emergency calls

The overarching goal of the public-safety community is to ensure that 911 callers receive the most appropriate emergency response as quickly as possible. Lives often are on the line in an emergency, and every second matters. Achieving a balance between sending the optimal response to an emergency and having it arrive as fast as possible […]

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Biden’s relief plan includes $350 billion for local and state government

President-Elect Joe Biden announced a $1.9 trillion relief plan Thursday to combat the COVID-19 crisis and the economic downturn it has caused. In addition to $400 million to combat the pandemic specifically, the proposal includes $350 billion for state, local and tribal governments that would help them to bridge budget shortfalls, help public works maintain […]

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How Philadelphia is aiming for zero waste

The city of Philadelphia has long collected data on city properties’ waste generation and leveraged it to improve waste management, but now it’s honing in on the commercial sector too, realizing this will be crucial to hitting Philly’s zero waste targets. Today it runs a voluntary program where both municipal and commercial operations do detailed […]

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Florida county announces successful test of Motorola Solutions’ cloud-based P25 core technology

A Florida county recently announced the completion of a successful test of Motorola Solutions’ CirrusCentral Core, the cloud-based secondary core for ASTRO 25 P25 systems that is designed to provide redundant reliability to the land-mobile-radio (LMR) network without the costs associated with a physical secondary core site. In Sumter County, Fla., the absence of a […]

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How the City of Fullerton navigated adding candidates to ballots remotely

This time last year, we were all looking forward to 2020: the start of a new decade and big elections (federally and locally) were just a few of the things we were excited about as we closed out the year. Little did we know, the beginning of the end of “normal” would happen two month […]

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News

Highlights

Lessons from the pandemic: Emergency sourcing of lifesaving equipment

Biden cabinet picks poised to bring municipal experience to national level

How the City of Fullerton navigated adding candidates to ballots remotely

Article

Verizon: Building the next smart city

Article

Buttigieg to bring local perspective to Cabinet position

Article

Lessons from the pandemic: Emergency sourcing of lifesaving equipment

Article

Biden cabinet picks poised to bring municipal experience to national level

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The uncertain future of community composting in New York City

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Public safety needs a better way to triage emergency calls

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Biden’s relief plan includes $350 billion for local and state government

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How Philadelphia is aiming for zero waste

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Florida county announces successful test of Motorola Solutions’ cloud-based P25 core technology

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How the City of Fullerton navigated adding candidates to ballots remotely

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