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Federal report highlights Texas grid failures, recommendations to prevent Winter Storm Uri repeat

Last winter, three storms swept across Texas, bringing the state’s electrical grid to a...

Ensuring equitable public safety responses in college towns

In college towns across the United States, students run into many of the same dangers as the...

How local governments can better utilize text messages

For many people, text messaging is still thought of as a way to communicate with family and...

How to ensure interoperability in public safety

Interoperability—the capacity of distinct and unique systems to communicate with one another effectively—has always been a challenge in public safety. Fire, police, 911, EMS, schools and private organizations often face challenges to share data and communicate effectively across organizational boundaries. In many cases, important information fails to reach all stakeholders involved in emergency response, increasing […]

County governments, regional schools pivot to contain rising coronavirus cases

From disseminating important transmission data to overseeing infection control mandates and hosting community-wide vaccination clinics, counties have played an integral role in the public response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. By the beginning of last month, county clinics had delivered more than more than 325 million of the nation’s 381 million individual COVID-19 vaccine doses, according to a study published by the National Association of […]

A low-cost approach to managing building inspections and risk mitigation challenges facing local and county governments

Following the collapse of the Champlain Towers in Surfside, Fla., local governments across the country began to ask themselves, “Could this happen here?” Stepping up inspections, reevaluating regulations and determining which buildings to inspect became a priority for local leaders. However, the scale of the problem (the large number of buildings in various jurisdictions) often […]

Study: Densely populated city centers associated with lower rates of depression

By 2050, more than 70 percent of the global population is projected to be living in cities, continuing a trend of urbanization that’s been ongoing since the industrial revolution. In that time, depression rates have increased exponentially across the board. Given the common perception of cities as cold, stress-laden environments, researchers have historically correlated a perceived link between urban-living and mental health […]

Historically called in following natural disasters and during emergencies, National Guard cybersecurity units can help municipalities in the digital realm

Amid the busyness of news events this week, it might have been easy to miss that yet another massive cyberattack exposed the data of tens of millions of people. On Tuesday, T-Mobile announced that the information of nearly 48 million prospective, current and former customers was stolen.  “Some of the data accessed did include customers’ first and last names, date of birth, SSN and driver’s license/ID […]
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