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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This week, the "In Case You Missed It" crew is joined by Bradley Tusk, CEO of Tusk Ventures and former deputy governor of Illinois. Tusk and his team published an extensive outline for regulating the metaverse.
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A survey of several hundred public officials at all levels of government polled their thoughts on artificial intelligence, resiliency, climate change and more when thinking on the infrastructure needs of tomorrow.
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Although Mon Health System indicates that it discovered a data breach in the middle of December, it learned of potential data theft about two weeks after the hack. Patients, employees and companies were affected.
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Mayor Randall Woodfin spearheaded work in Birmingham, Ala., that analyzed data around local skills and training gaps to help identify where the city could better focus efforts to drive economic mobility.
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Federal grants are giving states and localities a big opportunity to invest in their IT systems. But the money is temporary, and they need to choose their acquisitions, and vendor partners, carefully.
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The Anchorage Police Department is still a long way from outfitting all of its officers with body cameras — a move supported by voters through their passage of a $1.8 million annual levy last year.
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Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Buchanan wants Wyomingites to have confidence in the state's elections following allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 elections along with accusations related to the 2020 election.
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Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, local governments in Pierce County, Wash., are preparing for the possibility of cyber attacks on Internet, transportation and wastewater treatment plant systems.
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What can a county do against COVID-19 misinformation? San Diego County has tried a number of tactics, including gathering doctors to quickly fact-check public meetings and standing up a website.
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Michigan Medicine has warned nearly 3,000 patients that some of their personal information may have been leaked due to a data breach that occurred in December. The hackers compromised an email account.
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Federal funds are coming for broadband expansion, but some local governments, like Fort Collins, Colo., have already been working to build their own city-owned and operated networks.
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The center, which would be located within the Iowa State University of Science and Technology, would focus on training different groups to prevent cyber attacks and deal with active threats.
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Work ground to a halt at Spokane's Veterans Affairs hospital Thursday after an update to a troubled computer system left patient data corrupted and unusable, according to patients and internal emails.
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As electric cars become an increasingly common sight in Colorado, the state will target a chunk of the transportation sector that has largely escaped electrification — thousands of buses, trucks and delivery vehicles.
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Plus, why this weekly column has a new name, the NTIA awards $277 million in grants to enhance broadband in 12 states, and a new Illinois broadband program announces its inaugural cohort.
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