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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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Officials say Florida’s elections system is secure, but state and county elections websites are more vulnerable to being attacked, posing a threat not of changing election results, but of undermining voter confidence.
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Idaho Gov. Brad Little encouraged stakeholders to “get out of their silos” at the Western Governors’ Association workshop in Post Falls on Tuesday, specifically encouraging innovation for rural challenges.
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A Kentucky development district will be the pilot for a state and federal project, where regional agencies identify vulnerabilities to critical infrastructure such as water utilities, power companies and transportation.
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Clark Atlanta and Augusta universities have announced a new plan that will see them partner on cyberphysical and cybersecurity research and opportunities for their students to earn degrees in those fields.
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Four pilots in the Los Angeles region have been awarded $500,000 to grow zero-emission transportation efforts. Part of their focus will be connecting underserved communities to new travel opportunities.
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Telemedicine has made strides in Indiana since the state passed its first major piece of legislation in 2015, regulating the new technology and requiring private payers and Medicaid to cover telehealth services.
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Internet access is an issue for rural communities throughout the country, and that the federal government has a bipartisan effort to expand state funding for rural broadband.
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Police said the student was a high-school senior in November 2016 when she downloaded a computer program onto the school’s system and caused it to crash while also causing disruptions of other linked systems.
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Since Tucson combined police and fire communications centers and upgraded the technology used to dispatch multiple units from different stations, hold times for 911 calls to police have been cut by three-fourths.
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Decision-makers in north Texas are convinced that the answer to the region’s future traffic jams may be new technologies such as driverless cars, Uber air taxis, high-speed rail and hyperloop tubes.
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While KentuckyWired has left a bad taste in the mouths of many state and community leaders, the Green River Area Development District's ConnectGRADD Internet initiative is starting to gain statewide attention.
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I3 BROADBAND, which has built a fiber-optic network in central Illinois and offers Internet, TV and phone service to the region, says it is looking "to rescue Springfield from the cable and telephone monopolies.”
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As Brockton, Mass., comes under scrutiny for failure to inspect thousands of apartments that have fallen out of compliance, officials have promised to implement tech changes to modernize code enforcement efforts.
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Historically black colleges and universities are closely linked to their surrounding areas, including rural places on the other side of the digital divide. The Minority Broadband Initiative wants to take advantage of these connections.
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Students at Carencro High in Louisiana are helping to catalog litter around Lafayette Parish by using a new survey app that allows them to upload their findings into an interactive storytelling platform.
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