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 city’s parks and recreation department will be the first to test out an all-electric 2020 Chevrolet Bolt. The new fleet vehicle replaces a nonfunctioning 2004 Ford Crown Victoria officials say.
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Vaccine seekers have been navigating conflicting information from the state’s MyTurn COVID-19 vaccine registration website, in some cases allowing appointments to be mistakenly booked by people outside the county.
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Indian River County is leveraging a new vaccine registration system aimed at residents 65 and over. The new process is a notable change from the "first-come, first-served" system residents were struggling to navigate.
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House Bill 2 is aimed at reducing the financial barriers associated with extending high-speed Internet to rural parts of the state. Some 300,000 households currently have no high-speed options, according to the governor.
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O’Hare International Airport could soon have a new way to arrive and depart — on-demand helicopter service. Blade, the company behind the push, has already launched services in New York, Miami and India.
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Yuba County systems were recently targeted by a cyberattack that forced IT staff to isolate affected computers to stop the malware. Officials say critical systems had backups and were successfully recovered.
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Transit providers in Berks and Lancaster counties have upgraded fare payment and other technology to better enable contactless transactions amid a larger push to improve safety and convenience for riders.
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Expanding access to broadband Internet service is vital for rural Pennsylvania communities and school districts, state legislators were told during a hearing related to rural issues on Thursday.
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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed a bill that enables cities to provide broadband services to their citizens. The legislation does place some restrictions on certain government entities.
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Beginning in May, Washington will roll out the ShakeAlert system, which will alert residents and automatically prepare critical infrastructure for incoming shaking. Oregon's system will be available in March.
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With many workers remote as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, some cities and states are putting even more emphasis on the programs meant to attract new workforce talent away from the urban hot spots like Silicon Valley.
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Plus, the NSF named 52 teams as Civic Innovation Challenge awardees; Anchorage, Alaska, launches a financial navigator to help residents impacted by the pandemic; and the USDR is offering pro-bono vaccine rollout support.
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Thanks to new funding from the Federal Communications Commission, 5,732 customers in Haywood County, N.C., will be among those newly receiving broadband services in certain regions of the state.
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The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved the framework and platform for Gov. Kim Reynolds' priority to deliver $450 million over three years to companies applying for state money to extend broadband service.
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The hacker sent a ransom note demanding 50 bitcoins, or about $2.4 million at the current exchange rate, a spokeswoman for Chatham County, N.C., said Tuesday, and the county refused to pay the ransom.
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