| MOST POPULAR Thermal Imaging: Promising or Perilous? The pandemic has presented some interesting opportunities for emerging technology to prove its worth. Heat-sensing systems that rely on thermal imaging are seeing new interest from the private sector and even some governments outside the U.S. as they seek to contribute to the slow of COVID-19 by monitoring body temperature in public places. But fears about privacy and infringement on personal liberty are impeding much use from public agencies in this country. Other Emerging Tech Gets Another Look Due to the Coronavirus GT also covered other technologies this week that have had their trajectories influenced by the novel coronavirus. Delivery robots were largely viewed as a novelty until recently, but now this no-contact method of connecting people to food and supplies seems more viable than ever. And some jurisdictions have given new jobs to drones, now charged with making announcements over crowds reminding citizens to observe social distancing guidelines. This and other uses can help isolate law enforcement personnel from crowded gatherings, furthering their own protection from the virus. Will We Ever Go Back to the Office? COVID-19 may also dramatically impact what the world of work looks like post-pandemic. Governments everywhere hastily put telecommuting infrastructure in place a few weeks ago as stay-at-home orders were introduced, and were forced to work through some significant barriers. But now that most equipment and technology issues have been overcome, the public sector might look much different when all of this is in the rearview mirror. GT Assistant News Editor Zack Quaintance talked to Kansas City officials about what the future might hold. Cyberattack Reported for New York State Remember before the coronavirus hit? Don’t worry. We barely do either. Turns out the state network in New York, however, was hit by a foreign hack that took advantage of an unpatched vulnerability. While it happened at the end of January, the event was just reported in April. During the breach, access to a handful of large state databases was temporarily unavailable. | 