Public Safety

Highlights

For the public sector, security and compliance are just good business

State and local officials in charge of distributing public funds understand that security and...

How one city is proactively managing AI use—and what local governments can learn from it

AI (artificial intelligence) had a big year last year. A topic once reserved for tech circles,...

Protecting local government buildings with visitor management

Operations within local government buildings are critical, which is why it’s important to have...

Article

Managing landslides along road corridors using remote sensing

Maintaining roads is an optimization problem. Local officials must balance limited and sometimes shrinking budgets with the needs of their communities to have safe and reliable transportation systems. Unfortunately, the importance of a particular maintenance issue is often judged based on anecdotal information and complaints from the public rather than hard data. This approach is […]

Article

Making cities safer with smart technology

Public safety is a priority for communities and citizens alike, especially those living in metropolitan areas. While an issue as complex as public safety doesn’t have an easy fix, cities worldwide are thinking outside the box to create programs that build safer communities. For many, this includes embracing smart technology. Sensors, for example, are widely […]

News

Homelessness holding steady as White House announces roadmap to reduce rate by a quarter

On a single night this past January, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development counted 582,462 people living in homelessness. The number, while high, could have been significantly high. “COVID-19 and its economic impacts could have led to significant increases in homelessness, however investments, partnerships and government agency outreach resulted in only a .3% […]

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Facing a changing climate, Florida’s Miami-Date County launches extreme heat action plan

Facing a changing climate, Miami-Dade County in Florida is the latest county government to launch an Extreme Heat Action Plan —an initiative that’s designed to address challenges through education, improved cooling options and infrastructure upgrades. “While Miami-Dade County is known internationally for its vulnerability to hurricanes and flooding, extreme heat causes more death and has […]

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Roadway deaths ‘persist at egregiously high levels’ in 2022

Every day, an average of 6,250 people are injured on American roadways and 115 are killed in traffic accidents. Last year, nearly 43,000 people were killed in motor vehicle accidents—a more than 10 percent increase from the previous year. Data from the first six months of 2022 shows that “deaths persist at egregiously high levels,” […]

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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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Leveraging modern solutions to secure major sporting events

As surveillance technology has evolved over the past decade, new and exciting tools have emerged to help security teams keep their facilities safe. Large venues, in particular, have seen their security options expand as modern analytics make it possible to keep a closer, more watchful eye over a greater amount of space. This has changed […]

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In machines do we trust?

Election Day and its declaration of winners and losers has morphed into election month—when many outcomes still await final tabulations weeks after the election. Machines got the blame for the delay in 2020, when manufacturers of voting machines came under attack by some rather vocal individuals stating without a shred of evidence that the machines […]

Commentary

The city of Santa Monica digitized citizen engagement

The city of Santa Monica, Calif., is one of the busiest beach towns in the world. The city’s population is 93,000, but it grows to an estimated 250,000 during the day. With the massive crowd from tourism filling our beaches, dining in our restaurants and shopping in our mall, it can be a challenge to […]

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How to prepare the 21st century cybersecurity workforce

Last month, a first-of-its-kind cybersecurity grant program specifically for state, local and territorial (SLT) governments across the country was announced. This State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) will provide $1 billion in funding to SLT organizations over the course of four years to support efforts to address cyber risk to SLT information systems. The […]

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Public Safety

Highlights

For the public sector, security and compliance are just good business

How one city is proactively managing AI use—and what local governments can learn from it

Protecting local government buildings with visitor management

Article

Managing landslides along road corridors using remote sensing

Article

Making cities safer with smart technology

News

Homelessness holding steady as White House announces roadmap to reduce rate by a quarter

News

Facing a changing climate, Florida’s Miami-Date County launches extreme heat action plan

News

Roadway deaths ‘persist at egregiously high levels’ in 2022

News

Pew study unpacks how state wildfire spending norms fall short and strain budgets

Article

Leveraging modern solutions to secure major sporting events

Article

In machines do we trust?

Commentary

The city of Santa Monica digitized citizen engagement

Article

How to prepare the 21st century cybersecurity workforce

WHITE PAPERS

Industrial AMR infographic

Mechanize the Mop White Paper

3 Ways to Reduce Time-to-Hire in the Public Sector

Webinars

Overcoming Challenges & Creating Opportunities in Government Grant Management

How to Successfully Implement LED Streetlights in Your Hometown with Federal Funds

Grant Preparedness: Unlocking Funding Opportunities for Your Success

Podcast

Podcast: Disaster Management Symposium preview

Young Leaders Episode 4 – Cyril Jefferson – City Councilman, High Point, North Carolina

Young Leaders Episode 3 – Shannon Hardin – City Council President, Columbus, Ohio

GALLERIES

Gallery: Street pavement artist Jim Bachor creatively fills city potholes

Study ranks the 15 most walkable U.S. cities for tourists

Gallery: The 10 most connected U.S. cities for internet