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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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Drones are finding work surveying crowds and testing temperatures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A resource guide for state and local IT leaders during the COVID-19 recovery and beyond.
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The non-identifiable cellphone data for 16 million Americans shows patterns in where people live and how often they left their homes in February, March, April and May — before, during and after the height of the crisis.
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The Michigan House of Representatives passed a series of bills last week aimed at expanding telehealth in Michigan, including one that expands Medicaid coverage under the Healthy Michigan program for telehealth.
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As school districts offer Chromebooks and Wi-Fi to students in need after school buildings have closed across the country, students whose families don’t speak English or lack tech knowledge might be left out.
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The Federal Communications Commission grants follow an earlier round of funding aimed at buttressing telemedicine efforts as coronavirus-related social distancing spread across the country this spring.
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Planned to start in August or September, the pilot will start with about 400 to 500 stand-on scooters, 200 bicycles and 100 sit-down scooters. The pilot will take place in the downtown area and surrounding neighborhoods.
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The Hamilton County Health Department has pulled out of a plan to share coronavirus patient data with first responders and 911 dispatch. The controversial plan drew fire over concerns about privacy.
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Milford, Mass., made the decision as part of an attempt to stop people from Zoombombing, or crashing public meetings with inappropriate images, videos, or audio, Milford leadership officials said.
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The Bernards Township, N.J., computer system was breached by a ransomware attack that was discovered Monday night that caused the township’s website to go offline, the mayor and administrator said.
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Esports is also known as electronic sports, e-sports, or eSports, and it is a form of competition that uses video game consoles for organized, multiplayer video game competitions, individually or as teams.
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Johnson County, Kan., part of the Kansas City metro region, will experiment with more on-demand, flexible transit options as it evolves beyond the pandemic and traditional service structures.
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The service, which is available seven days a week, contacts participants each day. After confirming the caller is okay, it offers to connect them with the local Area Agency on Aging for information about services or assistance.
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Plus, Google’s $100 million investment in COVID-19 recovery may have community tech implications; Code for America helps Louisiana rapidly scale gov tech crisis response applications; and more.
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An AI-driven program from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland aims to give individuals and governments a real-time picture of the risk of coronavirus transmission in a given area based on state and local data.
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