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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The lack of physicians in rural areas could be offset by using telehealth delivered by community-based digital networks. That, in turn, can make non-urban areas more livable and sustainable for seniors.
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Westmoreland County voters now have a chance to see touch-screen computers that will be used to cast ballots next spring. Demonstrations of the new units will be held daily in the lobby of the county courthouse.
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Ahead of retirements in city leadership planned for early 2020, Sherman is looking for a new director of engineering. Current Director of Engineering Clint Philpott will be promoted to assistant city manager in January.
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The summit, which will be the city's second event of this type for small businesses in recent weeks, is expected to attract about 150 people to hear about everything from the basics to an update on the local industry.
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City councilors in Springfield are still considering instituting a new moratorium, but probably not an outright ban, on police using facial recognition technology once they get body cameras.
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“It’s something we’ll be working on the next four to five months,” Ruth told MLive. “We have to do some more research and figure out what to do. Other than that, I’d just be speculating.”
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Law enforcement officials say the cameras have an impact on crime, but the devices are not a panacea for criminality. The technology also raises privacy questions and seem to be ahead of the attempts to regulate it.
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In North Carolina, the Shelby Police Department as well as the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office have started to use social media to get information out to members of the community and to ask for help.
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Tennessee-based technology company TransCore has been selected for a $507 million, seven-year contract to “design, build, operate and maintain” tolling infrastructure to enforce a new congestion pricing scheme.
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The department bought two new hybrid utility vehicles at a cost of $45,000 each. The hybrid patrol vehicles get better gas mileage — 24 per gallon compared with about 17 per gallon for current vehicles.
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In total, $46,000 was cut from previously reported struggling departments in the county to fund the salary of a second employee in IT and to fulfill a computer contract through the county clerk’s office.
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Last week, the city released a strategic plan detailing accomplishments, future goals and the advancement of smart city approaches for residents and vendors to understand the priorities of the Office of Innovation and Technology.
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In Garfield County, Colo., the R&D branch of the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control has established the Technodrome, a drone-testing space that appears to be a national first.
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Boulder is requesting bids to build about 55 miles of the city’s fiber-optic cable backbone network, and 10 miles of fiber lateral extensions. The city is seeking to build world-class telecommunications infrastructure.
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The police department received approval from the township council Wednesday night for the purchase of almost $120,000 worth of technology to equip its nearly 40 officers with body-worn cameras.
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