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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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This was the first time the court had heard a case involving the automatic license plate readers, saying the use at a fixed point on bridges did not amount to a search and seizure, but the widespread use could.
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The heat-reading surveillance systems have been sold as a potential "virus spotter," but state and local governments may be hesitant to adopt them over privacy and civil liberty concerns.
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The House has proposed to allow temporary, low-tech remote voting through a proxy-vote proposal. House members would be able to authorize another member to vote on their behalf but Speaker Pelosi is skeptical.
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Even before COVID-19 consumed this nation’s attention, Texas faced strong headwinds to achieve a complete count. For starters, the Census is mostly being conducted online, but about 1.6 million households in Texas lack Internet access.
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Local governments across the country have had to scramble to get work-from-home setups put in place during the COVID-19 crisis, and some say it may lead to permanent changes in staff policies.
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Camden County’s computer systems went offline following a cyberattack. The incident included an “encryption attack,” presumably ransomware, that disrupted daily operations, according to local officials.
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A fleet of autonomous delivery vehicles has been deployed in Fairfax, Va. Until now, a time when human interaction is discouraged to slow the spread of COVID-19, the robots have been regarded as novelty or convenience.
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After Ohio's stay-at-home order closed Camp Nuhop in Perrysville, its staff got creative to continue teaching local kids about the great outdoors and ended up reaching children around the world.
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The Kennebunk Select Board held a troll-free meeting using Zoom technology Tuesday, a welcome reversal from last week, when intruders bombarded a special meeting with vulgar and prejudiced words and images.
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Internal COVID-19 data used by the Oakland County, Mich., health department was briefly exposed during a leak, officials reported Thursday. The leak involved a non-public map unintentionally marked as public.
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As students from more populous, wealthier districts pivoted to online learning after the state ordered school closures to facilitate social distancing, poorer districts, especially those in rural areas, were scrambling.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought on an economic deep freeze, and as a result, most cities in the U.S. are anticipating revenue shortfalls this year, according to new survey data — especially the larger cities.
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The Madison County, Ill., Health Department unveiled a new coronavirus-tracking resource Wednesday. The tool shows, officials said, that efforts to curb the spread of infections have been working in the county.
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The state of Connecticut is looking to ease out of the stay-at-home coronavirus orders with plans including extensive medical surveillance and enforced voluntary quarantines. The quarantines would be enforced with mobile phone technology.
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Michael Schnuerle made history as the first chief data officer of Louisville, Ky. A long-time maker of open-source tools, he will join the Open Mobility Foundation later in April.
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