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Local governments need flexible procurement policies as they work to acquire up-to-date technology

• 9th June 2022

Streamlining procurement processes is a top 10 priority among local government IT officials. That’s one of the findings in the new “2022 CompTIA Public Technology Institute (PTI) State of City and County IT National Survey” from CompTIA. “Our latest 2022 local government survey has procurement as one of its top priorities for the first time—ranked […]

Video: LiDAR-equipped drone by Microdrones demonstration at IWCE 2022

• 8th June 2022

Mayors call for peace, gun control legislation at annual conference

• 3rd June 2022

The U.S. Conference of Mayors kicked off its 90th annual meeting Friday in Reno, Nev., with a call to action on gun control—a topic the advocacy organization has taken a strong stance on following recent mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y.; Uvalde, Texas; and Tulsa, Okla. “It’s more important than ever that we recommit ourselves to […]

Public procurement resource is expanding its tools and offerings to purchasers everywhere

• 2nd June 2022

Last September, Canadian technology vendor mdf commerce acquired Periscope Holdings. Periscope provides procurement transformation solutions to the entire procurement ecosystem. “This is great news for local governments,” says Mark Eigenbauer, president of eProcurement at mdf commerce. He explains that key tools, such as eSourcing, eProcurement, shopping and contract lifecycle management (CLM) solutions built specifically for […]

Software solutions and data analytics forming synergy in AMI deployment

• 2nd June 2022

Software and services are empowering the traditional electricity, gas and water meter hardware, and unlocking greater value than ever from the meter data, which will definitely disrupt the future of the utilities and the advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) industry. “A new era of software-defined solutions is coming,” said Stephanie Wu, senior analyst of Omdia Smart […]

Report: Majority of public schools saw increase in students seeking mental health services

• 1st June 2022

While news of the coronavirus and its latest mutations has dominated public discourse for the last few years, there’s been another, tangential public health concern simultaneously the nation—an ongoing mental health crisis, especially in K-12 schools. Across the board, “We’ve seen an increase in students seeking mental health services and in staff voicing concerns about […]

Remote alarm notifications add firewall as utilities face mounting threats of cyberattacks

• 27th May 2022

Municipal utilities are critical to national security, economic stability, and public health and safety. As technology in these sectors evolves, cyberattackers take advantage of opportunities to exploit vulnerabilities. While the Federal Government has taken steps to address this issue by creating innovative public-private partnerships and initiatives, the worldwide attacks on municipal utilities in the past […]

Infrastructure improvements in cities often feature clean energy or connected technologies

• 26th May 2022

The most in-demand products and services in local governments fall into three interconnected buckets, says Matthew Britt, general manager of smart cities at Honeywell. The buckets, he says, are urban mobility, sustainability and resilience, and public safety. “Urban mobility begins with road infrastructure and understanding how to move people around cities more effectively and sustainably. […]

Ahead of Surfside condo collapse anniversary, Florida’s legislature approves inspection standards

• 26th May 2022

Nearly a year after one of the worst building tragedies in United States history, the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Fla., the state’s legislature has passed a bill requiring stricter inspection standards. It’s expected to be signed into state law by Gov. Ronald DeSantis. The update significantly reduces the inspection timeline statewide for coastal […]

American City & County survey highlights civic engagement priorities in public sector

• 25th May 2022

In today’s frenetic social media-driven environment, engaging with constituents can be a balancing act—too much interaction and they might tune you out or unsubscribe; too little civic engagement might cause them to disengage with messaging. A survey conducted by American City & County (AC&C) quantifies in data the ways communities are walking this delicate line—leveraging […]