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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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Winnebago County, Ill., sheriff's deputies could be equipped with body cameras and new Tasers soon if the Winnebago County Board votes to approve a $2.4 million contract in the days to come.
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Critical of the way federal data on broadband Internet is currently collected, U.S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi will conduct a survey to collect data on constituents' Internet providers and to test their Internet speed.
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A recent event in downtown Miami detailed plans for obliterating traffic, launching flying taxis, rolling out self-driving vehicles, improving public transit and building cities without cars.
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Delta Air Lines, the second-largest carrier at Seattle’s Sea-Tac airport, is implementing facial recognition that will be used with international travelers at its gates by the end of this year.
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The U.S. Army’s new Cyber Command headquarters at Fort Gordon and other related developments have created a “huge opportunity” for the entire state, University of South Carolina President Robert Caslen said.
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Massachusetts State Police added a new robotic member on a temporary basis to the department this year: Boston Dynamics’ Spot the dog, which is set for use within the department’s bomb squad for three months.
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Spectrum and its parent company, Charter Communications, have announced a partnership with Lakeland Economic Development Council to provide 1 Gbps broadband throughout a business incubator slated to open in January.
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Delta Air Lines, the second-largest carrier at Seattle’s Sea-Tac airport, is implementing facial recognition that will be used with international travelers at its gates by the end of this year.
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A Charlotte nonprofit is working on creating a Web tool that will map all food sources in a multicounty region, hoping to create a resource for locating local markets, community gardens, farms and more.
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Last week, a group of Facebook representatives and state officials broke ground on Facebook's fiber Internet project in the state, part of a much larger infrastructure project stretching from Ohio to Virginia.
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One of seven grant-funded Portsmouth Police Department drones, now available regionally for public safety, can take infrared photos from 200 feet in the air showing the locations of people inside a building below.
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The state Department of Public Safety and RTI International have received a grant to test out the Pokket app and measure its effects on people re-entering society from five incarceration institutions.
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The position is part of the city’s Privacy First Policy, which was enacted in September, and aims to help govern the use of data by government and private companies. The application deadline is Jan. 3.
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Tech that can flag potentially bad police officers is scheduled to go live in Oakland this week as one of the key tasks ordered by a federal judge overseeing reforms in a nearly two-decade-old police corruption case.
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The Eugene, Ore., City Council wants to explore expanding EUGNet, downtown's open-access high-speed network, which bolsters business in the city's commercial center, hoping to reach all of the city’s homes and shops.
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