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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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Ticketing and trip-planning across some half dozen transit providers in San Joaquin County, Calif., has been brought under one app, allowing for an easy jump for riders moving from one system to another.
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The Navy has established new "Tech Bridges" in Hawaii and the Gulf Coast, with the Hawaii branch expected to be a super connector tying together state and local government, industry and academia to solve Navy problems.
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The attack, which occurred over the weekend, resulted in "technical difficulties and disruption to multiple services" but was discovered and halted "before it could infect the full city network," the city manager said.
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Researchers at Old Dominion University are working to develop an artificial intelligence system that can detect areas on roadways that have flooded and alert drivers about the problems on their route.
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The new $85,000 project would be operated by the private company SpaceX and provide high-speed Internet for one year to 50 rural households in southeast Eau Claire County, Wis., near Augusta.
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Cuyahoga County, Ohio, is now seeking more partnerships and projects to help close the digital divide, which involves planning for a long-term solution to lack of Internet access in the county.
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A data-driven look at how cities across the country have invested in workforce, doubled-down on cybersecurity and embraced new technologies to serve their communities before, during and after COVID.
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With its $886 million award from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to expand satellite broadband access in more than 640,000 locations across the United States.
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A study conducted by the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University earlier this year found that cybersecurity protocols and general concern about cyberthreats were inadequate across many agencies.
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The FCC on Monday released a list of entities awarded money through the Phase I auction of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. Twelve different bidders won the $495 million allocated across eligible locations within Mississippi.
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A new book from Harvard Business Review provides practical advice to policymakers for those times when residents don’t do what you thought they would.
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt schools, doing so by making it far more difficult for teachers and other educators to effectively assess students’ academic progress in traditional ways.
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The St. Cloud, Minn., City Council unanimously approved a 2021 budget on Monday that includes new funding for body cameras, as well as for related data storage capacity needed to deploy the tech.
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Among the recommendations contained in a 295-page Transit Development Plan given to the Eau Claire City Council is the idea of using a smartphone app and smaller vehicles to replace a bus serving the north side.
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Commissioners in Winter Park, Fla., which is located in the Orlando area, heard a pitch this week that would upgrade AT&T’s cellphone network in the city to 5G and increase connectivity speeds.
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