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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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A nonprofit group helping Anderson County, Texas, improve its broadband Internet service said Thursday that it will need the community’s residents to complete up to 1,600 surveys to make it happen.
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A deadlocked vote at Tuesday's Ames, Iowa, City Council meeting will now shelve a pilot program that would have developed a one-year dockless, pay-to-use e-scooter program throughout that community.
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A Hennepin County, Minn., sheriff investigator’s request to obtain a criminal suspect’s encrypted messages on Facebook has sent a chill through digital privacy circles — even if most experts doubt it can be done.
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Upgrades to the company’s electric scooters will make the devices more responsive to travel restrictions set by local rules. Since coming to cities nationwide, governments have struggled to regulate them.
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Plus, the cancelled Code for America Summit starts to move some of its programming to virtual events online; the Beeck Center announces three new projects and eight new team members; and more.
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State and local governments are watching for malicious emails preying on coronavirus fears.
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The time and resources it takes to maintain technology increases as the technology ages, creating technical debt that represents a drain on government balance sheets. But there is a path forward for IT leaders.
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An online education expert explains the challenges schools will face as they go virtual.
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The Springfield, Mass., library system, aided by a new $90,000 state grant, is preparing to act as a “Census service center” to promote and help residents with filling out the 2020 federal Census.
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The bill was passed last summer, requiring cable operators to extend service to areas with at least 15 homes per mile and to place public-access channels near local broadcasting stations in channel lineups.
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The Hamilton County, Tenn., Sheriff's Office is asking county officials to fund a $4.5 million technology agreement to safeguard data following what is being described there as a "catastrophic" loss.
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As thousands of Oregon employees, suppliers and contractors file into Intel’s offices there each day, cameras are watching – and, now, recording their faces as the company deploys facial recognition technology.
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Two employees of Foster City, Calif., cybersecurity company Exabeam have tested positive for the novel coronavirus after returning from the RSA Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco last month.
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Uber has resumed testing robot cars in San Francisco, two years after one caused a fatal accident in Arizona. Two Volvo XC90 self-driving Uber cars will cruise city streets, staffed by two front-seat safety drivers.
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The public is ready for government chatbots to deliver the high-value customer experience often found in the private sector, according to a survey. The benefits are significant, but developing new technologies will take work.
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