Public Sector Risk

Inventions being concocted by a secretive Pentagon office include self-driving boats that network with each other and swarms of micro-drones.

The engineer operating an Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia last year pushed its throttle to full, increasing the trains speed to 106 miles per hour, before entering a sharp curve.

New York Citys ports, the busiest on the East Coast, ground to halt after longshoremen walked off the job Friday in an unspecified labor dispute.

Two U.S. senators want the federal government to investigate a Sempra Energy natural gas leak near Los Angeles that has forced thousands into temporary housing and raised concerns that the emissions may be making people sick.

Driverless microbuses started serving the college town of Wageningen, Netherlands, in the first open-ended test in Europe of automated public transport on city streets.

This years theme is Envisioning the Future of Risk.