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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A quarterly review of Atlanta's Information Management has found the department was funded nearly $8 million less in fiscal 2022 than it was four years ago — dropping to $30.8 million from $38.6 million in fiscal 2019.
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As part of its continued push for economic growth and development in the city located north of Sacramento, the Marysville City Council on Tuesday approved the deployment of a citywide fiber-optic network.
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Joshua Schank, former chief innovation officer for L.A. Metro, has joined a boutique consulting firm as a principal partner. Schank led L.A. Metro’s Office of Extraordinary Innovation since 2015.
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A city audit indicates that the Portland Police Bureau should have been more transparent and purposeful with the personal information it collected about racial justice protesters in 2020.
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Borrowing up to $18.2 million will give Traverse City Light and Power what it needs to expand its fiber-optic network throughout city limits after city commissioners unanimously agreed to authorize the borrowing.
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The backlash against secret surveillance of San Diego residents led to new legislation Tuesday when the City Council unanimously approved a new privacy advisory board that will evaluate all future surveillance proposals.
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Cities like Los Angeles worked fast during the COVID-19 pandemic to radically change the way we think about sidewalks, curbs and parking areas. Many of the changes government and businesses made are here to stay.
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Store deliveries via drone are finally more than just a futuristic concept for several Texas communities. Companies like Wing and Flytrex are testing out the long-term viability of the drone delivery concept.
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Fourteen schools in the San Diego Unified School District will receive electric school buses and more thanks to a $9.6 million grant. The grant is intended to improve local air quality.
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Whiteside County, Ill., is taking the first step in providing the entire county with reliable and affordable fiber broadband Internet access, joining a regional planning program with a number of its neighbors.
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Madison, Wis., is slowly moving from online to in-person committee meetings after two years of nearly exclusive online remote municipal sessions due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The county’s public library and information technology department partnered to assemble a task force that is developing a long-term plan to increase access to affordable and reliable broadband Internet.
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First responders in Jefferson County, N.Y., are now using an upgraded and improved public safety radio system. The project was constructed over 10 years, and the county saved $15 million in the process.
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Various organizations have come together to create Tech Equity Miami, an initiative that aims to provide $100 million over five years to improve equity in the Miami-Dade tech sector.
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Boulder, Colo., has found some success one year into a pilot program for testing a new bidirectional electric vehicle charging system located at the city’s North Boulder Recreation Center.
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