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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Guilford County, N.C., schools will go on spring break next week, but it’s now been nearly three weeks of trying to learn while out of the classroom for most of the district’s about 72,000 students.
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COVID-19 has brought about a sea change in the way college educators have to think about courses, students and technology as they hunker down to finish an unprecedented academic year.
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Google is providing 4,000 Chromebooks and making broadband Internet free for 100,000 households through the end of the school year. This aims to help bridge the digital divide as students struggle to engage in online learning.
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The Texas Workforce Commission launched an online, automated virtual assistant to help manage the surge in unemployment benefit claims. The chatbot has helped streamline the process, though the demand remains unprecedented.
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Plus, executive government leaders are taking to social media to address constituent questions; the Census is online as of now; Seattle’s firefighters are dancing for social distancing awareness; and more.
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Bail hearings, some of the only court activities happening in Anne Arundel County, are being conducted via video conferencing. The shift has not been without its flaws, but it’s one of the only options available.
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Venture capitalists say they're still optimistic about the future of new mobility options in cities, despite the deep freeze many companies have been forced into as cities confront the coronavirus pandemic.
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The discrepancies in Missouri seem to be all about new technology, old practices, mixed messages, and health departments that are trying hard to understand the pandemic that is in front of them.
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Gov. David Ige’s office said his administration is looking to implement “a public health alert network system” in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic that continues to spread across the islands.
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A school superintendent in Connecticut this week likened getting 60,000 laptops into the hands of needy high school students around the state to filling Yankee Stadium and making everyone walk out with a computer.
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South Bend, Ind., has unveiled a Census outreach effort that puts online efforts at the center, stepping up digital outreach to ensure a complete count of residents. Federal funding for the coming decade at stake.
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Belvedere and Tiburon are launching video and audio streaming capability in light of the novel coronavirus outbreak. Public access to council meetings was unfeasible without an upgrade in technology infrastructure.
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Gov. Kay Ivey approved millions of dollars in grants to bring high-speed Internet connection to rural residents. The coronavirus pandemic has drawn attention to the need to expand broadband access.
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The novel coronavirus has grabbed public attention, distracting from the national count. Census officials are putting extra emphasis on filing online using a desktop computer, laptop, smartphone or tablet.
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Knoxville, Tenn., recently launched a chatbot to address U.S. Census questions, then came the novel coronavirus. The shift that followed helped the city meet constituents where they were — stuck at home.
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