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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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Cybersecurity and other online precautions were the topic of Tuesday morning's Belmont Abbey College President's Community Roundtable, which is a quarterly informational event held at TechWorks in Belmont, N.C.
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Florida is on the road to an era of driverless cars with its good weather, popularity as a tourist destination, and demographics — that's the assessment of two advocates of the emerging technology.
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Work on software with the potential to help operate the Dallas County jail continues to be on hold after the jurisdiction’s commissioners court failed to take up the issue at its Tuesday meeting.
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The state Executive Office of Technology and Security awarded the town the grant, which will now enable town employees to receive cybersecurity training, assessment and simulation tools as part of security preparations.
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Port Neches-Groves schools paid an undisclosed amount via bitcoin to a suspected overseas cyberattacker who encrypted millions of the district’s files and issued a four-day deadline to respond to the criminal demands.
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Verizon Wireless is the second cellular carrier to offer publicly available 5G mobile service in Houston, though its Ultra Wideband product initially is limited to a handful of locations around the city.
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The new position, which will operate out of Mayor Bill de Blasio's office, will lead the development of guidelines and best practices surrounding the use of algorithm-based tools by city agencies.
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Portland delayed taking action Monday on a proposal to prohibit city employees from using facial recognition technology. Proponents of the ban say the technology often misidentifies women, people of color and children.
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A seamless transition from a scooter to a bus — covered by a single payment — is part of what the future in multimodal transportation should look like, transportation leaders and experts argue.
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Almost two dozen City Council members sent a letter last week demanding to know why the Education Department failed to meet legal deadlines for providing city school bus GPS tracking information to parents.
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Portland delayed taking action Monday on a proposal to prohibit city employees from using facial recognition technology. Proponents of the ban say the technology often misidentifies women, people of color and children.
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Submitting an anonymous crime tip or looking up the whereabouts of local sex offenders just got a whole lot easier with the recent introduction of a cellphone app by the Portage police department.
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Users build an electronic vault for online records held by financial institutions, government agencies, insurance firms and even social media and email services. The info remains locked until the individual passes away.
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More than half of 11-year-olds now own their own smartphone, according to a recent national survey of more than 1,600 children between the ages of 8 and 18 years old. And the trend is on the rise.
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New technologies, including electronic warrants and remote first court appearances during holidays and weekends, have eliminated a sizable chunk of paperwork for the judges in St. Johns County, Fla.
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