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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Two data-as-a-service tools from the company, which it has running in two California counties, propose to help local governments identify unpaid taxes from unassessed property improvements and rental income.
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Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg has launched a new company focused on using blockchain technology to manage identity. The move has raised concerns about the unusual arrangement.
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Jonathan Feldman, chief information officer of Asheville for the last 15 years, discusses the changes he’s seen in his city as new technologies have become available, as well as what he sees in his agency’s future.
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A $10,528 grant from AAA will help the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office purchase a drone and other technology to better investigate traffic accidents. Officials hope it will speed up investigations and reopen roads quicker.
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If 5G capability comes to the island community in the weeks to come, it will mean “faster download speeds and the capability to run more complex mobile devices,” according to the municipal association.
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As technologies like the Internet of Things, virtual reality and augmented reality mature, city planners can build virtual replicas of urban infrastructure to better respond to local energy and environmental changes.
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The money will help University of California students access business mentors and entrepreneurial guidance. The services will be available at all universities in the system except UC Santa Barbara.
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The Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University announced on Monday that Connecticut's former chief data officer, Tyler Kleykamp, has joined the innovation hub's Data + Digital team as a fellow.
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Cyberattack simulations are part of a series of free trainings specifically for municipal officials that IBM Security is hosting to give them a taste of what it’s like to be attacked, so they can prepare.
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City officials are working to address a computer virus that has effectively shut city employees out of their computer systems since early Saturday morning, and the effort to restore normalcy could take several days.
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This new program in Council Grove, Kan., is called “Rolling Study Hall” and the kids love it because it means that they can do their Web-based assignments on the long trip to and from school.
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As cities draw hard lines over use of the rapidly developing technology, Portland's policy — with a unique focus on both private and public use — could mean a new standard for privacy protection.
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Federal funding to the tune of $60 million is aimed at supporting autonomous and connected vehicle research projects across the country. The push will see the technology put to work outside of cities and test tracks.
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To prepare for 5G's rollout, Ericsson also opened a research and development site and a product design center in Austin. It also created innovation hubs in Silicon Valley and Montreal focused on artificial intelligence.
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The challenge is huge. Even as power plants and other sectors have cleaned up, greenhouse gas emissions from transportation in California have actually grown in recent years due to population growth and a reliance on cars.
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