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City of New Orleans Selects Mission Critical Partners to Overhaul Criminal Justice Technology Systems

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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The city of New Orleans announced its partnership with consulting and managed services firm Mission Critical Partners (MCP) to overhaul the city's critically antiquated justice technology systems under the Justice Tech Modernization Program authorized by Mayor LaToya Cantrell and the New Orleans City Council in December 2022.

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  • The city of New Orleans announced its partnership with consulting and managed services firm Mission Critical Partners to overhaul the city's critically antiquated justice technology systems under the Justice Tech Modernization Program.
  • NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The city of New Orleans announced its partnership with consulting and managed services firm Mission Critical Partners (MCP) to overhaul the city's critically antiquated justice technology systems under the Justice Tech Modernization Program authorized by Mayor LaToya Cantrell and the New Orleans City Council in December 2022.
  • Mission Critical Partners brings a wealth of experience building data systems across a wide spectrum of justice agencies, both large and small.
  • "Mission Critical Partners brings a wealth of experience building data systems across a wide spectrum of justice agencies, both large and small.

Entergy New Orleans makes resilience and hardening filing to strengthen grid

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Friday, July 1, 2022

NEW ORLEANS, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Entergy New Orleans became the first of Entergy Corporation's operating companies to make a grid hardening and resilience filing with their regulator, the New Orleans City Council.

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  • Regulatory filing is next step in Entergy's resilience conversation with regulators, communities
    NEW ORLEANS, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Entergy New Orleans became the first of Entergy Corporation's operating companies to make a grid hardening and resilience filing with their regulator, the New Orleans City Council.
  • Entergy New Orleans' filing includes a menu of options for the New Orleans City Council to consider including grid resilience, hardening projects, and alternative technologies such as microgrids.
  • Our objective is twofold - the hardening of the New Orleans grid and how quickly we get power back on for customers."
  • Entergy New Orleans looks forward to a collaborative process at the Council to determine the best path for New Orleans.

Gray’s InvestigateTV Announces Two Additions to Reporting Team

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Thursday, May 26, 2022

Atlanta, May 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  InvestigateTV, the award-winning investigative unit owned by Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN), announced the addition of Investigative Reporter Joce Sterman and Consumer Investigative Reporter Caresse Jackman to its award-winning team.

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  • Prior to joining InvestigateTV, she was the lead National Investigative Correspondent for Spotlight on America, a segment airing on TV stations in more than eighty cities.
  • From accountability reporting on the failures of government agencies at every level to exposing product flaws, her work has resulted in congressional investigations and federal legislation.
  • We are excited to expand our team and bring aboard 2 more journalists with expertise in community-focused investigative reporting that generates results, Vice President of Investigations for InvestigateTV Lee Zurik said.
  • InvestigateTV launched in 2018 and provides innovative, original journalism from a dedicated investigative team and partners, includingProPublica,News21at Arizona State University's Cronkite School of Journalism, andNerdWallet.