Accelerating Innovation and Digital Transformation in Local Government
Digital Communities News
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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.
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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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Through October 2023, only 296,000 households of the more than 1.1 million eligible in the state have enrolled in the Affordable Connectivity Program, according to the White House.
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Last month President Joe Biden issued a new executive order on artificial intelligence, which ranks as the government’s most ambitious attempt yet to set ground rules for this technology.
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The court received the $19,070 electronic citation special funding grant from the Supreme Court of Ohio and the Ohio Department of Public Safety's Traffic Records Coordinating Committee.
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County officials say that there is no evidence that resident data was stolen in the October cyber attack. The nature and scope of the attack, and any possible impacts to county data, are still being investigated.
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Every state is poised to receive a large amount of federal money to expand broadband access, but they have a lot of work to do to meet the government’s requirements for distributing it.
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The business of sending humans into space has not yet risen to the levels seen during the famed space shuttle program, but 2024 could see the most U.S.-based orbital launches in 15 years.
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General Motors' self-driving car unit, Cruise, is shaking up its executive leadership after the company lost the permits that it needed to operate in California and paused its operations.
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Investigators probing a string of late-night burglaries identified a former Connecticut police officer as the culprit after obtaining cell data linking his wife's Jeep to the crime, according to a warrant.
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Two Baltimore City Council committees this week heard discussion about a pair of proposals designed to regulate the growing use of facial recognition technology within city boundaries.
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Strict rules were enacted by the City Council to limit speeds to 3 mph in much of the city – enforced using GPS tracking – and other restrictive measures that slowly pushed out operators of e-scooters.
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Officials with the county said the launch of a new 3D zoning software system will make it easier for residents and developers to navigate development codes and land use information.
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Radnor Police Department will soon be getting two electric Ford F-150 Lightning trucks. The two vehicles will cost $54,471 each, with emergency vehicle up-fitting expected to cost $36,850 each.
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The City Council will meet at noon today to decide whether to ratify the city manager’s push for emergency powers to help the city respond to a cyber incident that struck its systems Tuesday.
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Both CALSTART and Forth Mobility have put forward resources to help businesses navigate the new terrain for installing electric vehicle chargers to serve their workforce.
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The city is moving forward with its first chatbot, which will make it easier for residents to get answers to their questions and to request services. Officials have approved a three-year contract with South Carolina-based Citibot.