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 increasing reliance on artificial intelligence and automation in the area workforce has prompted local business and technology leaders to find new ways to reskill workers for the future.
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This is the second autonomous vehicle open to the public in Tampa Bay. But unlike Tampa’s pilot, which launched last month, this one shares its entire route with cars, bicyclists, buses and other modes of transportation.
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Undergraduates from Rice University worked with the Harris County, Texas, Clerk’s office to learn how the pandemic affected in-voter preferences, like mail-in and drive-through voting, and impacted election outcomes.
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North Carolina has $30 million of federal money to spend on expanding broadband Internet to the state's rural areas, but there's a chance it might not be spent, depending on an approaching deadline.
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An Internet hacker almost cost the Boys and Girls Club more than $56,000, according to reports from the Shelby Police Department, which was detected after the Boys and Girls Club noticed funds missing from its account.
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The Detroit City Council is expected to vote on contracts for gunshot detection technology and the installation of hundreds of traffic-mounted cameras, two technologies that have spurred public concern about privacy.
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As the city’s IT chief, Brantley spent the last two years working to bring the city back to normal after a debilitating ransomware attack knocked systems offline. Chief Technology Officer Tye Hayes will serve as interim CIO.
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The Maine Broadband Coalition launched Monday through its website. In addition to identifying upload and download speeds, users will help the group pinpoint parts of the state where the speeds are not up to snuff.
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North Texas is emerging as a popular testbed for self-driving 18-wheelers. One company is already running trucks from Arizona to West Texas, and a new hub will help extend its network to Austin, San Antonio and Houston.
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The new process requires international passengers to pause for a photo at the primary inspection point when they first arrive. The goal is to create a completely touchless experience amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Joe Biden has sweeping plans for a clean energy revolution. Congress will be a big speed bump, but it can't block everything.
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The COVID-19 pandemic forced government to accelerate the adoption of contactless technologies to keep daily operations moving. Now, with the tools in place, keeping the momentum will take more effort.
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Illinois Facebook users still have until Monday to claim their part of a share in a $650 million class action settlement recently agreed upon over alleged violations of the state’s biometric privacy law.
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The St. Louis economic development arm has announced its intentions to apply for a federal grant totaling $450,000 that would go toward seeding an organization to coordinate software startup efforts.
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Mercy Iowa City is notifying more than 60,000 patients that their personal information may be at risk after an unauthorized user gained access to an employee's email account earlier this year.
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