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Risk, resilience, and security – the three key functions of public safety technology

Open Access Government - Technology News

Controlling public safety is a major concern of governments, and that’s where public safety technology comes in The legitimacy that results from managing a crisis has an instant and lasting impact on public opinion and the daily lives of citizens. Where does climate come into public safety technology?

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How the City of Canton worked with Wi-Fiber to build a safer and more connected community

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2020, the City of Canton, Ohio set out to build a better, safer, and more connected community. Initially Wi-Fiber’s deployments focused on public safety solutions, such as license plate recognition (LPR). Today, the city is nearly there. Learn more about Wi-Fiber.

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DC Public Safety Summit, Wednesday May 10th, 9am

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DCCF has also alerted us to a "public safety summit" tomorrow, convened by Mayor Bowser, and bringing a lot of public officials to the table, with citizens invited. DCCF has a post, " Questions for Mayor Bowser's Public Safety Summit ," providing lots of questions to be asked of the public officials.

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Voices: The Role of Mobile Printers Grows in Local Government and Public Safety

State Tech Magazine

billion in 2020, according to Emergen Research. This growth underscores the increasingly important role printer mobility and portability are playing across industries, including public services. In just a few years, the global mobile printer market has grown exponentially, from $290 million in 2014 to $2.89

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Why government must heed real-time data management trends

Open Access Government - Technology News

The impact of data usage during the COVID-19 pandemic was so significant that the UK government established a National Data Strategy in 2020, the aim of which was to use data to innovate, experiment, and drive a new era of growth. Dynamic data in the future.

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Why hide from data?

Barrett & Greene

Though this may be short sighted, we can certainly understand that there's pressure to use limited resources on direct services, like sanitation, pot-hole filling or public safety. percent in 2020 to 5.2 While one out of 20 children living in poverty is still too many, the press publicized that change as unquestionably positive.

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Powering education, state, and local leaders: Insights from the AWS IMAGINE keynote

AWS Public Sector Blog

Under her leadership, the university formalized a data team in 2020 and integrated the athletics program’s data with the centralized Pitt IT team. As one example, she shared how the Texas Department of Public Safety is working with AWS and an AWS Partner to create a predictive maintenance schedule for their fleet of officer cars.