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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Unauthorized access of a server used to process payments for a San Bernardino County, Calif., water utility may have exposed some customers’ billing information to theft, authorities disclosed last week.
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For more than a year, a broadband advisory committee has been meeting in Westmoreland, N.H., to brainstorm solutions for the town’s dismal Internet connectivity situation, and now it will detail its plan.
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People buying items from strangers online have a safe space to conduct the in-person sales in one Massachusetts town after the Southborough Police Department set up a new Internet Transaction Safety Zone.
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The Lewis County Public Utility District has long heard the concerns of citizens living in rural and more isolated areas about a lack of an adequate Internet connection and the negative impact it has on their daily lives.
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Metrolink, a commuter rail service in the Los Angeles metro area, has already been credited with eliminating more than 300 million vehicle miles from the region's notoriously clogged highways last year.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced its first round of rural broadband funding awards as part of its ReConnect Pilot Program. Alabama got a huge slice of that pie to fund four major efforts.
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The county’s former IT chief filed a lawsuit Thursday against the county and County Executive Armond Budish over the 19 months he had been on unpaid leave amid an ongoing corruption investigation.
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An audit by the New York State Comptroller's Office found cybersecurity electronic access vulnerabilities for the water system in upstate Middleton, N.Y., using a simulated cyberattack to find holes in the defenses.
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The Leesport, Pa., Borough Tax Collector has issued an alert via email to residents, advising them to put their bank accounts on hold after learning that the collector’s computer system has been hacked.
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Two Russian nationals are wanted by the FBI for widespread malware attacks that robbed dozens of entities nationwide of $70 million, including the town of Egremont in Berkshire County, Mass.
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Residents of Kentucky will start learning and developing certifications in virtual reality after a grant purchased 20 VR consoles to be used by students during the day and displaced coal miners at night.
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A major Dallas-based data center operator says it is working to restore service to six of its customers after a ransomware attack, which primarily affected customers hosted at the company’s New York data center.
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After a data breach in Maine exposed the personal information of school district employees last month, the U.S. Secret Service is now investigating the incident, which did not affect student info.
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East Baton Rouge Parish schools are considering improving backup systems to protect its data from the kind of ransomware attacks that recently hit other school systems and shut down parts of the state government.
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Tisch has led IT efforts for NYPD for six years, and has overseen the rollout of smartphones, tablets and body cameras for the largest police department in the country. Now she will steer citywide technology.
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