Panelists at the Consumer Electronics Show suggested cities hire people — which they referred to as "lookers" — to manage civic-tech pilot projects.

New Hampshire took a step closer to opting out of the nationwide public safety broadband network powered by FirstNet and AT&T. Gov. Chris Sununu announced Monday the creation of a committee by executive order to review “the regulatory and financial risks … associated with the pursuit of an opt-out plan.” The committee is a direct result of the recommendation from the state’s Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC) that “an opt-out of FirstNet is far and away our…