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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More than a fifth of Americans in rural areas lack broadband.
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The Oakley, Calif., City Council unanimously approved a cooperation agreement with Wayfarer to evaluate the viability of this proposed on-demand transit system touted as a new standard in the post-pandemic world.
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City leadership has chosen Shirley Erp as the new chief information security officer. Erp brings a lengthy career in cybersecurity to the Texas city. She begins the position June 1.
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After a plan to share data about novel coronavirus cases between the state health department and police agencies came to light, some officials have opted out of the agreement citing privacy concerns.
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With coronavirus concerns leaving questions about how school will return after the summer break, education officials are now preparing to improve available technology to students who need it.
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Suggesting that online instruction will be part of public school education well into the months to come, New Britain, Conn., is looking for ways to make Wi-Fi available to low-income families.
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Holm, a senior technology adviser to Mayor Eric Garcetti, was selected as the city’s new chief data officer. She also served as deputy chief information officer and assistant general manager of the Information Technology Agency.
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The staff, none of whom have been laid off, are fielding roughly 250 calls a day from people who need help with downloading a book, or accessing other resources that they’ve never tried using before the shutdown.
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The hope is that the shoe-leather work of contact tracing could be supplemented by the use of mobile apps. A few states have already deployed GPS location technology, and an alternate technology is in development.
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The course, which is open to anyone who wants to take it for free, is six hours long, and it’s being offered by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Hundreds have already enrolled.
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Prior to new business developments, the bright red e-bikes had already become scarce in Santa Cruz due to the bikes’ potential for spread of the coronavirus among users and Jump employees.
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San Rafael, Calif., has released a plan for a community Wi-Fi network in the Canal area to address longstanding digital inequities that have become more glaring since the coronavirus outbreak.
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Free public Wi-Fi hot spots have been added throughout Grant and Adams counties, and around the rest of Washington state, as part of a continuing project to improve access to high-speed Internet.
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Chattanooga, which pioneered the first citywide gigabit-per-second broadband service a decade ago by the city-owned utility EPB, was the smallest among the cities selected for the annual honor.
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Santa Fe Public Schools already had the infrastructure in place for remote learning before the crisis, and now the COVID-19 pandemic has compelled teachers to learn how to fully use the digital tools at their disposal.
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