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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 Ultimate Urban Circulator Program is being planned as an autonomous vehicle overhaul of the city’s 1980s-era Skyway monorail. Transportation officials have put out the call for qualifications to advance the project.
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The pandemic and its sweeping effects took governments by surprise. But when the next crisis hits, there will be no excuse to be unprepared. Here’s the groundwork information technology leaders should put in place now.
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The state requirement that riders on buses, ferries and the like show proof of negative coronavirus tests before using public transit has officials in the Portland area confused about enforcement.
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State election officials voted to put more than $5 million in grant money toward securing local election efforts. The grants seek to boost cybersecurity technology and training, as well as costs associated with the coronavirus.
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Gov. Phil Murphy made assurances that personal data would be kept safe as the state prepares to deploy contact tracing technology. He says the tools will not be used to track movements.
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Plus, a Georgetown University center is emphasizing the importance of state CDOs during dual crises, Arkansas’ governor has created a new technology advisory board to address COVID-19, and more.
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The Census Bureau adopted its differential privacy policy after research showed existing methods, such as randomly swapping members of households, failed to do enough to protect the identity of individual participants.
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A new smartphone app developed in Indiana is putting access to more than 1,000 learning resources at users’ fingertips, and it promises to carry the concept into communities across the United States.
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Isolation is known to cause negative psychological and social effects, and the COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated that large-scale isolation creates an entirely new tier of issues in the digital age.
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The upgrade will refresh and clarify language from a 2014 order that helped roll out 4G Internet across the nation. With the developments in 5G, some wireless builders have experienced delays with tower upgrades.
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Two months ago, DroneUp conducted a series of tests where drones transported medical supplies under varying conditions. A new report on the tests offers insights about communication, equipment and procedures.
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Many rural areas of the state have struggled with broadband accessibility. Major Internet service providers have concentrated their efforts on the more metropolitan areas with a denser customer base.
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So far, five communities in Massachusetts have passed either outright bans or temporary moratoriums on the municipal use of facial recognition. There is concern about the technology being used against peaceful protesters.
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With its doors still closed and its traditional children’s summer camps canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, a Scranton, Pa., museum decided to take its programs and public outreach online.
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A new map rolled out this week by the Michigan Public Service Commission and Connected Nation Michigan pinpoints locations of public Wi-Fi hot spots across the state for people without reliable Internet at home.
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