Smart Cities & Technology

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Fortifying networks for prolonged telework: the pandemic and beyond

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on telework was swift and profound. By early April, about...

Rethinking the smart city experience

Over the past few months, we’ve seen the world transform around us. It’s clear that cities...

Study: Comprehensive, collaborative approach needed to address cybersecurity threats

Cybersecurity has always been a problem at the state and local level, but the global health...

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Connecting the public sector’s data sources to combat COVID-19

To help organizations make the most informed decisions possible, public sector agencies need to develop stronger data strategies and create technological infrastructures that provide consistent and reliable information

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Ready or not, digital platforms are here to stay

Government agencies that eschew “business as usual” and embrace the potential of digital platforms will best serve their citizens through the turbulent and uncertain times ahead

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7 cybersecurity priorities for government agencies and political campaigns

As election season ramps up, organizations engaged in the process must strengthen security to prevent chaos and disorder from carrying the day

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Protecting program integrity with better data

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a dramatic spike in social safety net applications across the country. What started with record unemployment claims is now putting pressure on social service programs like SNAP, and county and state caseworkers are struggling to keep up. The volume of applications coupled with a typically manual process for validating applicant […]

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Election security’s sticky problem: Attackers who don’t attack votes

Let’s say it’s four weeks until Election Day 2020 and threat actors are busy at work planning to disrupt the election. Election officials are working to thwart their nefarious plans: Who will come out on top? That’s the biggest question Operation BlackOut sought to answer in a simulated election event held on Aug. 19. More […]

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Smart water tech: The future of smart cities

technology must be integral to communities’ water infrastructure, as it is essential to achieving better management of this critical resource, offering real-time insights for protecting water quality and security, unlocking significant cost savings and even combating future pandemics

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Electric vehicle infrastructure in the post-COVID city: Planning for a green recovery

If there is a benefactor from the coronavirus pandemic, it’s the environment. For example, this year is set to show the largest ever annual fall in Co2 emissions. However, as cities all over the world begin to emerge from lockdown, emissions will inevitably creep back up again. Mayors and other civic leaders don’t want this […]

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Local governments, now more than ever, need to automate sales tax revenue collection

As of this writing, the coronavirus pandemic, in its rolling phases across the U.S., is causing material, and potentially long-term harm to local government investments – and budget pressure is unprecedented. The ripple effect of nosediving consumer spending depriving states of sales tax, a major source of revenue, and states being local governments’ most significant […]

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Facing the controversy of facial recognition technology

While facial recognition is a powerful tool that can improve law enforcement efficiency, that doesn’t necessarily translate to increasing fair and just outcomes.

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Non-contact fever detection and facial recognition-based access system helps keep essential workers safe

Hytera, a manufacturer and supplier of two-way radio communications technology recently launched SmartGuard, a new biometrics access control solution. SmartGuard provides safe, non-contact body temperature screening to reduce the risk of virus transmission and facial recognition to validate employee identity for building access. The infrared temperature screening reads the temperature of employees and visitors standing […]

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Smart Cities & Technology

Highlights

Fortifying networks for prolonged telework: the pandemic and beyond

Rethinking the smart city experience

Study: Comprehensive, collaborative approach needed to address cybersecurity threats

Article

Connecting the public sector’s data sources to combat COVID-19

Article

Ready or not, digital platforms are here to stay

Article

7 cybersecurity priorities for government agencies and political campaigns

Article

Protecting program integrity with better data

Article

Election security’s sticky problem: Attackers who don’t attack votes

Article

Smart water tech: The future of smart cities

Article

Electric vehicle infrastructure in the post-COVID city: Planning for a green recovery

Article

Local governments, now more than ever, need to automate sales tax revenue collection

Article

Facing the controversy of facial recognition technology

Product

Non-contact fever detection and facial recognition-based access system helps keep essential workers safe

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