Pittsburgh's new police records system is live after five years of work, providing officers and federal agencies a better view of crime data.

A new Digital Equity Coalition plans to close the Pittsburgh digital divide within the next five years.

New legislation would share city data with the Center for Policing Equity to search for indicators of racial bias in policing.

Acting Pittsburgh CIO Heidi Norman would lead technology efforts in a city now focused on improving connectivity and access to data.

City CIO Heidi Norman said the city will focus on connectivity before pursuing "fun stuff."

Pittsburgh will move all city services to the Google Cloud platform over the next 4 years, a move that'll allow it to retire "brittle" legacy IT systems.

Heidi Norman, the city's acting CIO, said the city government has gotten "into a groove" with remote work as the pandemic's continued.

The Indiana college town's former chief innovation officer, Santiago Garces, returned to run economic development after a stint leading Pittsburgh's IT efforts.

A new proposal to the Pittsburgh City Council this week follows a recent predictive policing pilot led by the city and its controversial use of social media…

The former federal prosecutor running the task force said there's a place for AI-backed technologies like facial recognition, but that governments can "do better."