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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After months of delay, Portland councilors voted unanimously Monday night to ban the use of facial recognition technology by city officials, doing so via an ordinance that will take 30 days to go into effect.
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The state needs federal investment and the assistance of private businesses in order to expand broadband Internet in Kentucky, particularly for students, a group of current and former state officials said Monday.
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Cleveland launched an effort Monday to tackle the digital divide in the city – the gap in access to the Internet that has left as much as two-thirds of Cleveland schoolchildren unable to go online in their homes.
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The Maine Judicial Branch has issued guidance for members of the public and the press who want to watch virtual hearings, more than four months after the pandemic first disrupted court operations.
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As California grapples with requests for unemployment benefits amid the COVID-19 pandemic, some state workers processing claims say they are buckling under pressure, hampered by outdated technology, and other challenges.
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In the race to innovate our way out of a global pandemic, things like telemedicine and a coronavirus vaccine usually grab the headlines, but there is also a need for new means of making routine encounters safer.
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Hundreds of Louisiana candidates will rely on technological interactions to replace meeting voters in person — the traditional method that political strategists say is the most effective way to accumulate votes.
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City officials in Tucson have announced that they are moving forward with a plan to expand access to free public Wi-Fi throughout the city, particularly in areas that are suffering from the digital divide.
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As part of an effort to move electrical infrastructure underground, Longboat Key, Fla., is also building a townwide fiber-optic network with the potential to foster 100 percent Internet connectivity.
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In one way, the pandemic has made life harder for municipal clerks across the country. In another, it has helped officials imagine what's possible with technology, both now and in the future.
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After hackers jammed Garmin’s aviation database, the U.S. Department of Transportation gave Ohio State University a $1.9 million grant to develop anti-jamming technology.
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Athens School District will pay hackers $50,000 in cryptocurrency after district servers and data were encrypted. The cyberattack delayed the start of the school year by at least another week.
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An increase in mail-in voting this year will cost an estimated $2 billion, much of which will fall on local governments. Smart tech investments and security monitoring are key to doing more with less.
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After months of waiting to hear if kids were going back to school at all, tens of thousands of other parents are scrambling to deal with the hybrid schedule that most districts in central New York are offering.
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