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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A civil rights watchdog has asked law enforcement in San Diego to quit using facial recognition tech, citing impending change to state law that will temporarily bar officers from collecting and using biometric data.
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VirTra is a five-screen, 300-degree simulator that creates scenarios where Volusia County, Fla., deputies can sharpen skills handling active shooters, negotiations in standoffs, and more high-stress incidents.
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A California tech company is testing remote-operated and autonomous scooters at a site in Georgia. The hope is that the technology will better connect riders while also helping to manage them in the public right-of-way.
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Police Chief Thomas Ledwell said putting the cameras in key locations in the city’s downtown could be a “force multiplier” for the department. He said he sees the benefit of cameras as three-fold.
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The situation in New York mirrors the national debate over technology supporters say is a key crime-fighting tool but that critics have dubbed Orwellian by nature. Some cities have already banned the technology.
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Residents in Hinsdale, Western Springs and Oak Brook have raised concerns as 5G wireless antennas begin making their way into their villages, and in Hinsdale officials are giving some backing to those concerns.
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The McAllen Chamber of Commerce announced six winners for its 2019 Innovation Grant, selecting projects aimed at improving health care and food safety. Applicants could request as much as $10,000 to develop ideas.
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With roughly 5,600 customers in two New Mexico counties, Internet Essentials is the nation’s largest, most comprehensive and most successful low-income broadband adoption initiative, officials say.
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Cuyahoga County Council President Dan Brady declined to say what, if anything, he and his colleagues learned Tuesday in a closed-door briefing about the 20-month absence of the county’s top IT official.
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Suffolk County officials showed off their newest tool in the battle against opioids Tuesday, a $400,000 device to help authorities in prosecutions by analyzing and identifying previously undetectable deadly substances.
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City organizations that depend on reimbursements from the Community Development Block Grant program have waited months to get their money because of the ransomware attack that hit New Bedford, organizational leaders say.
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A program at the Center for Civic Innovation at Notre Dame is collecting data on contamination from lead paint in homes, and has created at-home testing kits it will then automate to improve health outcomes.
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The commonwealth's new program, which is backed by state funding, will help communities develop effective cyber-response plans. Local governments, as well as states, often lack such concrete planning.
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As Denver and other cities continue to migrate short-term rental permitting and tax-collection to online, software-as-a-service platforms, local governments are seeing increased participation.
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With society rapidly digitizing and high-speed Internet access fast-becoming a vital utility, government must work to balance the needs of underserved populations with financial realities.
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