Accelerating Innovation and Digital Transformation in Local Government
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The 54 winning cities in this year’s survey are incorporating community feedback into their plans, ensuring responsible AI use, maturing their data programs and navigating challenges without sacrificing service. -
The 52 counties honored in this year's awards from the Center for Digital Government are transforming local government with cutting-edge tech while focusing on resident services.
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Winning cities in the 2024 Digital Cities Survey are not only modernizing their IT infrastructure — they're investing in digital equity programs, upgrading resident-facing services and prioritizing data security.
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The license plate reading system that is placed throughout the city at undisclosed locations has helped find kidnapped children, arrest murder suspects and recover stolen vehicles. But it comes at a cost to privacy.
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The Latah County Broadband Coalition is hoping that people in that area will participate in this effort so the county can qualify for more funding to bring broadband Internet to rural households.
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The online registry gives police officers a heads-up to any disability, disorder, diagnosis, coexisting conditions, behavior triggers, de-escalation techniques, medical and other critical information.
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The $50 million in ARPA funding, which is exclusively for digital equity activities, is meant to help address those issues. The funding has to be fully committed by the end of 2024 and fully spent by the end of 2026.
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Small glitches remain throughout the county systems, but officials say they are nearly 90 percent recovered from the BlackCat ransomware attack that disrupted city operations in mid August.
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A new report by StreetLight Data underscores how traffic patterns across U.S. downtown areas have been reshaped by the pandemic. Remote work and changes in travel preferences offer new challenges for urban planners and transit agencies.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the recipients of its Clean School Bus program last week, awarding 389 school districts some $965 million toward the purchase of more than 2,400 school buses.
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Plus, New York program submits 31,000 unserved addresses to help inform broadband mapping effort, a new report outlines how policymakers can support libraries working to foster digital equity, and more.
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Sewer Equipment has donated a new search and rescue drone equipped with thermal imaging to assist the Dixon Fire Department in locating victims. The donation follows the August drowning death of the company's engineering manager.
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Cumberland police will soon have electronic license plate readers to aid in identifying motorists with outstanding violations after accepting a Maryland State Police License Plate Reader Grant totaling $67,500.
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Following technical problems that forced a return to paper poll books in the May primary election, officials in Berks County, Pa., are putting electronic poll books through their paces ahead of the general election.
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The Ashtabula County Board of Commissioners has approved a contract with Ohio Transparent Telecom to provide broadband to as many as 8,000 residents in the New Lyme, Cherry Valley and Richmond townships.
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The Gloucester City Council has approved a $2.15 million loan to upgrade the seaport's information technology infrastructure. The work will include an update of the production data center that houses all city applications.
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Transit leaders gathered at the American Public Transit Association TRANSform Conference last month to discuss how projects like fare removal in Kansas City, Mo., or a bus rapid transit line in Seattle will help remake cities.
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The incident, which was just recently revealed to the public, saw Chester Councilman William Morgan allegedly send an estimated $400,000 to an unknown scammer during a phishing incident in June.
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