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Public safety needs a better way to triage emergency calls

The overarching goal of the public-safety community is to ensure that 911 callers receive the most appropriate emergency response as quickly as possible. Lives often are on the line in an emergency, and every second matters. Achieving a balance between sending the optimal response to an emergency and having it arrive as fast as possible […]

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Biden’s relief plan includes $350 billion for local and state government

President-Elect Joe Biden announced a $1.9 trillion relief plan Thursday to combat the COVID-19 crisis and the economic downturn it has caused. In addition to $400 million to combat the pandemic specifically, the proposal includes $350 billion for state, local and tribal governments that would help them to bridge budget shortfalls, help public works maintain […]

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University procurement department defends campus against COVID-19 pandemic

University of South Carolina buyers have established multiple personal protection equipment supply sources and online catalogs that hasten ordering

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How Philadelphia is aiming for zero waste

The city of Philadelphia has long collected data on city properties’ waste generation and leveraged it to improve waste management, but now it’s honing in on the commercial sector too, realizing this will be crucial to hitting Philly’s zero waste targets. Today it runs a voluntary program where both municipal and commercial operations do detailed […]

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Florida county announces successful test of Motorola Solutions’ cloud-based P25 core technology

A Florida county recently announced the completion of a successful test of Motorola Solutions’ CirrusCentral Core, the cloud-based secondary core for ASTRO 25 P25 systems that is designed to provide redundant reliability to the land-mobile-radio (LMR) network without the costs associated with a physical secondary core site. In Sumter County, Fla., the absence of a […]

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How the City of Fullerton navigated adding candidates to ballots remotely

This time last year, we were all looking forward to 2020: the start of a new decade and big elections (federally and locally) were just a few of the things we were excited about as we closed out the year. Little did we know, the beginning of the end of “normal” would happen two month […]

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D.C. police begin identifying Capitol rioters

Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to identify the supporters of President Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. “MPD seeks assistance in identifying persons of interest responsible for Unlawful Entry offenses that occurred yesterday on US Capitol Grounds, 100 block of 1st […]

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Embracing digital within local government in 2021

While COVID-19 has brought on a litany of challenges, it has also shown government leaders the need to employ the right digital solutions for their constituents

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The 21 neediest American cities in 2021

Every city has its share of economic issues, but economic disadvantages affects some cities more than others. Is your city among the neediest cities in the U.S.?

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FirstNet Authority releases new details about impact of Nashville explosion on broadband system

Public-safety subscribers to FirstNet responding to the Dec. 25 massive explosion near the AT&T network hub in Nashville experienced a four-hour outage when some services were not rerouted prior to deployable cell sites becoming operational at the scene, according to a FirstNet Authority blog. Released Friday evening, the FirstNet Authority blog reiterated several facts previously […]

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Commentary

Public safety needs a better way to triage emergency calls

Article

Biden’s relief plan includes $350 billion for local and state government

Article

University procurement department defends campus against COVID-19 pandemic

Article

How Philadelphia is aiming for zero waste

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Florida county announces successful test of Motorola Solutions’ cloud-based P25 core technology

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How the City of Fullerton navigated adding candidates to ballots remotely

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D.C. police begin identifying Capitol rioters

Commentary

Embracing digital within local government in 2021

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The 21 neediest American cities in 2021

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FirstNet Authority releases new details about impact of Nashville explosion on broadband system

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