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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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The notoriously drone-friendly state, which has one of a handful of federally approved centers for testing the technology, plans to use visuals from the devices to more quickly identify at-risk areas.
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A couple of months after suffering a ransomware attack, libraries in a Bay Area county have gone offline again — but it's not clear yet whether hackers are to blame. Meanwhile, residents can't access online accounts.
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Maternal deaths have recently increased in the United States as rates fall in other developed countries. A new bill suggests broadband, or the lack thereof, could be a critical factor for the health of pregnant mothers.
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Houston city officials will spend $1.5 million in overtime to fight increases in violent crime and are asking for an additional $8.5 million to fund new technology, including cameras and analytics.
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Since 2018, an intense public debate has erupted in Lockport, N.Y., over the use of facial and object recognition systems — with the New York Civil Liberties Union asking for the facial recognition component to be removed.
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Now that the initial hype around the smart cities movement has begun to fade, gov tech leaders must examine how to use those technologies to do the most good for citizens and stakeholders alike.
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Des Moines County works with Carosh Compliance, an Indiana-based company with an office in Iowa City, to train county employees on how to handle sensitive data in an effort to help decrease the risk of a data breach.
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Digital exclusion poses a daunting problem that includes a lack of access to affordable Internet and hardware; lack of skills to navigate content in the digital sphere; and lack of access to support when devices break.
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To avoid redundant services and boost resources on both sides, Kansas City IT is merging with its law enforcement tech department. The sensitive nature of police work means the move is no small feat.
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At this year's RSA cybersecurity conference, one session looked at the ways in which the Bureau is attempting to work together with private industry to track and prosecute hackers who spread the malware.
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Despite a trend in recent years to centralize enterprise IT, not every jurisdiction is ready to make the move toward consolidation. Here’s a look at several governments’ paths to the IT environment that works for them.
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Several companies were given an infusion of funding by the mobility arm of the Michigan Department of Economic Development, PlanetM. The grants include a range of efforts, including streamlining school dismissals.
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The Orange County Industrial Development Agency has a plan to create an artificial intelligence-themed branch in the Village of Highland Falls. The hub could soon house as many as eight businesses.
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Smart Columbus has temporarily stopped its self-driving shuttle test after one unexpectedly stopped in the middle of a road, causing a minor injury to a passenger. Both shuttles are out of service for examination.
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The city joins four other communities in Massachusetts in attempting to ban the municipal use of the technology. Somerville was the first in the state to restrict the local government’s use of the tech outright in June 2019.
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