Belmont Information Technology Advisory Committee

05/24/2023

Signed into law by Governor Tim Walz on Wednesday, the Digital Fair Repair Act is the second broad, consumer right to repair law in the U.S., after New York enacted a narrower bill in December and closes many of the pro-industry, pro-BigTech loopholes written into the NY bill.Chief among them: home appliances are covered by the Minnesota bill!!
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Signed into law by Governor Tim Walz on Wednesday, the Digital Fair Repair Act is the second broad, consumer right to repair law in the U.S., after New York enacted a narrower bill in December.

12/19/2021

Governor Baker’s COVID Executive Orders cleared the way for the use of remote meeting technology in Belmont. But that order will eventually expire. That’s why our Select Board should vote now, as required under the State’s Open Meeting Law, to allow committee members to continue to participate remotely after the pandemic finally ends.

COVID special orders will eventually end. Our Select Board should vote now to allow Belmont committee members to deliberate remotely.

07/20/2020

Hey Belmont friends. If you support the Belmont Public Schools, the Belmont Community Path, and the Belmont Public Library please attend tomorrow evening's Select Board virtual (Zoom) meeting at 7:00 when the discussion will be on a Prop 2 1/2 override to avoid steep cuts to schools, town services, the library and more. This will be a critical decision for the future of our schools and Town and a vocal group of anti-tax residents is squaring off to urge the Select Board to pursue deep cuts in funding and a halt to projects like the 7-12 school and the Community Path. We need to hear your voice. I've included a link in the blog post to the Select Board meeting.

A group of anti-tax residents plans to ask the Select Board to halt work on the 7-12 School and abandon the Community Path project. Concerned Belmontonians should tune in to the Select Board Zoom m…

04/06/2020

Hey Belmont people. If you're hearing a lot about 5G technology and want to understand what it is and where things stand in Belmont, check out our report on 5G in Belmont. Available for download from the Town website here:https://www.belmont-ma.gov/sites/belmontma/files/uploads/5g_in_belmont-final.pdf

03/17/2020

Check out our March 16 ITAC Meeting - 100% Virtual. A Belmont first!!

March 16 2020 Meeting of Belmont's IT Advisory Committee

01/31/2020

Hey Belmont - Do your part for the future of our planet by fixing, not trashing non-operational stuff. Belmont's first FixIt Clinic of 2020 kicks off tomorrow, Feb 1st at noon at Belmont Public Library. Thanks to Sustainable Belmont for sponsoring!!

Fix-it Clinic on Feb 1st at the Belmont Public Library, noon-3pm. see SustainableBelmont.net

01/06/2020

IT Advisory Committee's Report to the Select Board on proposed 5G hotspot deployments in Belmont Center has been posted online. This was submitted to the Select Board in early December.

10/31/2019

Important information from Belmont PD: phone support scams are a big problem. Never allow a stranger to have remote access to your computer!

Reminder: Microsoft and Apple will NEVER randomly call claiming there is an issue with your computer. NEVER give these callers remote access to your computer. Most importantly, they will NEVER ask for payment in the form of gift cards. A resident recently paid who they thought was Apple over $6,000 in gift cards for computer "maintenance." Just hang up!