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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In order to help both parents and students stay informed about evolving plans related to the COVID-19 pandemic, some school districts are attempting to find new and improved ways to communicate.
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Younger and older students alike face challenges with virtual school, said Andrea Smith, an early childhood education professor in Western Michigan University’s College of Education and Human Development.
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Despite recent attempts by the state to bring broadband high-speed Internet service to every household, there are still pockets of Lewis County, N.Y., with no access or slow, unreliable service.
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The Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments staff in that region of North Carolina are using grant funds to address food insecurity, broadband inequality and the daily challenges senior adults face.
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A civic tech fellowship that was born out of crisis response earlier this year has now lead to nearly half a dozen successful digitization projects in New York City, with no sign of slowing down.
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Officials from the public, private and nonprofit sectors discussed the need for community testbeds to explore and grow smart city technologies at scale during the recent Smart Cities Connect Conference.
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As a surge of coronavirus cases continues to impact communities across the state, several Michigan school districts are weighing or have already pivoted entirely to remote learning to slow the spread.
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In Central Indiana, many schools already are on a hybrid schedule, while others are making moves to restrict the number of students in their buildings at any one time and some say they’re not there yet.
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Huron County lies in a region identified by the federal government as underserved for broadband internet and that in some school districts, 30 percent of students and teachers are without broadband.
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Soon after COVID-19 closed schools and sent workers to home offices, Internet traffic skyrocketed in parts of Virginia, according to J.D. Myers II, senior vice president and regional manager for Cox Virginia.
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Not every 911 call will be answered with a drone, but Brookhaven, Ga., police say the project will give its officers more flexibility, availability and information, while limiting in-person contact amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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As soon as a winner is projected in the U.S. presidential election, Facebook says it will begin displaying a notice for users to help combat misinformation about the outcome. The company has also been targeting false or misleading posts.
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As the presidential election drags on, many election officials say more state and federal money, coupled with new laws to create a more efficient and expansive mail-in voting system, would shorten future counts.
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Election misinformation typically involves false narratives of fraud that include out-of-context or otherwise misleading images and faulty statistics as purported evidence.
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Plus, the NDIA reaches a new 500-affiliate milestone amid a crisis that emphasizes importance of its work; Pittsburgh groups to host a month of GIS events; and Delaware has launched a COVID-19 alert app.
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