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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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NextLight, the municipal broadband service for Longmont, Colo., offers a community-driven program that puts low-income families with school-age children on a path to high-speed Internet for no charge.
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The FBI is helping Belvidere, Ill., authorities investigate a cyberattack that struck dozens of computers at City Hall this week, leaving city employees without access to email and other programs on the city's network.
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The project will roll out more than 200 miles of fiber-optic cable to help 2,609 homes, 12 businesses, and 16 farms in Iberville, St. Landry and Pointe Coupee parishes reach faster speeds.
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Amid pushback related to data-gathering sensors on thousands of local high-tech street lights, a San Diego city committee will get its first look at a potential policy governing how all that data is accessed and used.
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Sidewalk riding bans have been a point of tension among scooter companies, local gov and riders as everyone points fingers about who’s to blame for breaking the law and who should enforce it.
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The question is not whether a portion of the vehicle fleets in the world's major markets will become electrified. The questions are how big those EV segments will become, and when the technology will reach critical mass.
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City officials voted this week to begin drafting a new general employee headcount tax that could bring in as much as $10 million annually. Mountain View recently implemented a similar business-focused tax.
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A computer program called BriefCam that uses algorithms to pinpoint specific objects in video footage is being deployed by police in St. Paul, Minn. The police plan to use this technology only for major cases.
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Cybercriminals attacked Regis University last August, crippling the campus’ IT network, phones and email. Despite paying an undisclosed ransom, school officials say day-to-day operations are still affected.
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The 2020 U.S. Transportation Climate Impact Index by StreetLight Data ranked the top 100 metro regions around key transportation metrics and for their contribution to greenhouse gases.
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The intrusion into the Dunwoody, Ga., computer system was identified by staff, who worked with security contractors at InterDev to shut down servers and disconnect computers in order to limit the impact of the attack.
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With an unexpected $818 million of extra tax revenue headed their way, Wisconsin legislators are contemplating what to do with this new windfall, and one of the ideas under discussion is broadband expansion.
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Most Wisconsin households could save approximately $90 a year and slash energy use by selectively unplugging devices that draw power even when not in use, according to a recent study.
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Weeks after an employee clicked on a malicious link in an email, causing a cybersecurity breach, the city of Galt in California's Central Valley is nearly done getting its phones and computers back in working order.
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From technology to methodology, the way volunteers go about counting homeless populations in different areas of Washington state varies widely. Here's an inside look at the process in three counties.
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