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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 San Francisco and Silicon Valley, the epicenter for research and development on driverless cars, residents cannot hail a robot taxi. But, that could change thanks to proposed new state regulations.
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The legislation, which would loosen restrictions for electric cooperatives to offer broadband service, was approved unanimously in both legislative chambers last Wednesday before being sent to Gov. Tom Wolf’s desk.
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The Minnesota law enforcement agency is responding to a Web service data breach that has exposed the information of 1,400 people, officials confirmed. The office was initially notified of the exposure in June.
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Unless residents in Maine live in small towns that hand count ballots, they’ll feed completed ballots into a machine that scans ovals to determine votes, making an electronic record of the results.
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Remote learning will quietly hit an important milestone in the Buffalo Public Schools this week after the school district reaches its goal of distributing a laptop or tablet to every student.
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A bill is ready for Gov. Tom Wolf's signature that would boost broadband in the state's rural areas by loosening restrictions on electric cooperatives' ability to attach broadband units to existing utility poles.
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Land O'Lakes and Microsoft joined forces over the summer to address, among other issues, the rural broadband gap. The two organizations, along with other partners, just released a Wi-Fi access point map.
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The city has entered into a no-cost deal for 50 solar charging stations to be deployed next year. Because the units are not tied into the city's electrical grid, they can be installed in as little as five minutes.
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One district has requested permission from the Iowa Department of Education to transition its junior-senior high school to a 100 percent digital format for two weeks amid a spike in COVID-19 cases.
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Plus, New York City is relaunching its Neighborhood Challenge initiative to benefit small businesses, a new report notes that government agencies benefit from collective wisdom for COVID-19 problems, and more.
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A recent study examined projects to reduce car use and increase walking and biking on neighborhood streets in five cities, offering a look into how transportation data can be used to craft similar future projects.
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When body cameras were first introduced to local police nearly two decades ago, La Crosse County Sheriff Jeff Wolf said officers were initially wary. However, he now says attitudes have changed.
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Woodbury County Auditor and commissioner of elections Pat Gill on Wednesday announced that the "WhereUVoteIA — Woodbury County" app is available for free download in both the Apple and Android app stores.
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Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell is pushing for more data on technology distribution for BPS students as classes go fully remote, but the district said more than 40,000 Chromebooks have been handed out.
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Burlington, Wash., is offering businesses free installation to connect to its high-speed fiber optic network after the city got a $250,000 economic development grant to help businesses cover fiber installation.
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