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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Ann Arbor’s sustainability office will be holding a virtual question-and-answer session to discuss the $2 billion carbon-neutrality plan. The public is invited to submit their questions and participate.
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Like many government meetings, Florida’s Miami-Dade region has gone online for health and safety reasons. The only problem with virtual meetings is that those without access to technology cannot participate.
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The ongoing novel coronavirus crisis has forced a shift away from traditional government service delivery. In Boulder County, the planning and permitting office is offering virtual building inspections for certain projects.
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About 4.1 billion robocalls were received by U.S. households in March — more than 132 million a day, according to experts. That’s down more than 1 billion from the 5.2 billion calls that were logged in the U.S. in March 2019.
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The Elizabeth, N.J., police department will soon begin to use drones with a recorded message from the mayor telling residents to socially distance and go home amid the spread of the coronavirus.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent measures to stop the spread have put most lives in the United States at a standstill, and that number includes those revolving around high school athletics.
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Columbus Schools — the state's largest district, with about 50,000 students — has gone online, with staff doling out 15,480 laptops to families over 10 days, training teachers, and assigning students email addresses.
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At the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., autonomous shuttles are being used to transport viral tests and supplies. The move frees up personnel to test patients at a time when the health-care sector is struggling.
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Work to bridge the digital divide has gained momentum in recent years in state and local government, and it may be boosted further by the novel coronavirus reinforcing the importance of having the Internet at home.
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The groups, representing more than 300 police chiefs, 87 county sheriffs and about 10,400 officers, are asking the Department of Health to share COVID-19 infection locations so they can take precautions in responding to calls at the addresses.
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Technology leaders in government are focused on maintaining critical citizen services during the pandemic, but the crisis is shuffling priorities to create more resilient organizations that are ready for what’s next.
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Rather than trying to track the novel coronavirus online like several other studies, researchers in Missouri are trying to measure topics of concern, subjectivity, social distancing and public sentiment.
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Chicago Public Schools will distribute computers to the highest-need students, with priority given to eighth graders, juniors and seniors, who are all at critical moments in their educational careers.
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The San Diego Superior Court has taken a step toward conducting proceedings during the COVID-19 crisis, holding a six-minute hearing via a video hookup that allowed lawyers seated at their office desks blocks away to participate.
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Amazon is donating 8,200 laptops to families of students in Seattle Public Schools who don’t have access to a device needed for remote learning while schools are closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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