Skip Descant
Staff Writer at Government Technology
Staff Writer at e.Republic
Skip Descant is a staff writer for e.Republic, covering technology in government. (And becoming a better baker every day!)
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1 week ago |
govtech.com | Skip Descant
Seven city parks and a retail corridor in St. Louis boast a free public Wi-Fi system, built atop the city’s own fiber network, with expansions planned for three more parks and downtown, to begin this year. The projects are in partnership with SmartWAVE Technologies, which designs, builds and manages similar public Wi-Fi systems around the country.
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1 week ago |
govtech.com | Skip Descant
The agency reported the attack on Wednesday. The disruption was still impacting operations Friday, with email communications out of service, and vehicle inspections in the Portland and Medford metro areas closed through the weekend, Lauren Wirtis, communications manager for Oregon DEQ, said.
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2 weeks ago |
govtech.com | Skip Descant
A new technology integration from Flock Safety is further enabling law enforcement agencies that use its products to do timely, thorough policing. The Dunwoody Police Department in Georgia uses a suite of Flock communications tools that include its Flock Aerodrome drone-as-a-first-responder (DFR) system, said Sgt. Michael Cheek, department public information officer.
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2 weeks ago |
govtech.com | Skip Descant
After decades of little to no growth, electric demand in the United States is forecast to increase 50 percent by 2050, according to a new study by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA). The study, A Reliable Grid for an Electric Future, was released Monday. “And that’s pretty unprecedented,” Debra Phillips, NEMA president and CEO, said in a webinar briefing with reporters Friday. “Over the last several decades, electricity demand has been relatively flat.
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2 weeks ago |
insider.govtech.com | Skip Descant
Managing just one or two electric buses against the daily variables of route length, battery capacity, topography, temperature and more can be a challenge for fleet managers. That demand gets even more arduous when additional buses and other vehicles become electrified.
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Gutting legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act, with its incentives to advance clean transportation and energy, has rattled the electric industry, who want to see more certainty out of this White House. @NEMAupdates https://t.co/qWvuftIucv
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