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 number of people working in local government continues to rise at a slow pace, and remains well below last year's level. However, the incoming administration has promised to prioritize state and local government aid.
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Several cities have taken advantage of nearly empty streets and parking structures brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic to roll out technology upgrades for when — and if — drivers return to downtown areas.
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Butler County Job and Family Services is expanding their online capabilities to improve accessibility for their clients.
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The county council is reviewing a $2.84 million appropriation to expand its fiber-optic network to township fire houses, community centers and parks. The project piggybacks on efforts started in the Vigo County School Corp.
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The deployment of millions of wireless smart meters has been thrown into turmoil after a court invalidated Pennsylvania's policy that requires electric utilities to install the devices on all homes and businesses.
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The San Diego City Council voted unanimously to approve an ordinance to govern all surveillance technologies in the city — action rooted in pushback after the city quietly installed cameras on 3,000 smart streetlights.
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City officials are considering amendments to a law that the state Supreme Court ruled against earlier this year. The changes would clear the way for a traffic camera program and related citations.
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A proposal to return Clark County School District students to classrooms in January after months of closures because of the pandemic calls for two days of weekly in-person learning and three days of remote learning.
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City officials in Waterloo, Iowa, worry that publicly releasing the city’s recent broadband study could hurt the city's ability to compete with Mediacom, a major Internet provider in the area.
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Dozens of new body cameras will be deployed in the city after the Hazleton, Pa., police department supervisors recently attended an hours-long training session on how to best use the technology.
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The pandemic is having real impacts on the government budget picture. Here’s what technology leaders should be doing now to make smart decisions today and retain the ability to innovate in the future.
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The winners in this year’s Digital Cities survey have long been following well-laid plans for modernizing infrastructure, cybersecurity and citizen services, meaning they were prepared to stand up to the pandemic.
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The county says the program will let the local health office contact individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 and anonymously notify those they have been in contact with, according to a recent news release.
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The nonprofit Mid-Atlantic Gigabit Innovation Collaboratory has proposed an autonomous corridor project to help fill transportation gaps. The route would connect a retirement community and college to Main Street.
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In place of human toll collectors, gantries that arch over the highway will scan transponders and photograph the license plates of cars without transponders. The change is expected to reduce traffic on the highway.
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