Accelerating Innovation and Digital Transformation in Local Government
Digital Communities News
-
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.
-
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.
Surveys & Awards
More Stories
-
Northern Colorado business owners, officials and members of law enforcement organizations will gather later this month for that area’s first ever regional Cybersecurity Summit, which will be held in Loveland.
-
Police officials in the Connecticut city have established a new formal social media policy that explicitly details proper Internet behavior expected from officers and other department personnel.
-
Plus, CDC provides $301 million of funding to opioid-related data work; the Urban Institute has published a new data catalog; California civic tech groups are prepping for a 23-hour hackathon; and more.
-
The Columbus School District is taking a second look at whether its board meetings should be streamed via Facebook Live. Board President Cindy Damm has voiced concerns about access for people with disabilities.
-
The measure, introduced Thursday by Councilman Carlos Menchaca of Brooklyn, would prohibit the city from adding any information to the card that isn’t already visible on the face of the identification.
-
CivicPlus, which makes websites and other communications tools for government, is running the promotion specifically for the smallest water and sewer districts around. The giveaway includes 18 months of hosting.
-
Lakeland residents are being asked by officials to provide their opinions on whether they would be interested in the Central Florida city launching its own municipal-owned high-speed Internet service.
-
Election representatives from New Jersey’s 21 counties practiced emergency election preparedness skills this week in an all-day seminar with the state Division of Elections and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
-
Millheim Borough, Pa., residents could have reliable and accessible high-speed Internet access within the next year, but only if six areas sign a nonexclusive franchise agreement by November.
-
A collaboration among the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the city and other partners drives work behind the MLK Smart Corridor, used to test new technologies and generate data-driven outcomes.
-
Cumberland County commissioners are taking a second look at the agreement for new voting machines after discovering it would come with interest. They initially believed the five-year lease would be free of interest.
-
Phil Bertolini, former deputy county executive and CIO of Oakland County, Mich., will come on board as co-executive director of the Center for Digital Government, the research and business intelligence arm of e.Republic.
-
A company representative said transmitters with 5G capabilities would need to be placed about every 500 feet in high data-traffic areas such as downtown, with fewer or 4G-only transmitters on the outskirts.
-
Savannah’s portion — nearly $62,000 — of the larger pot of $200,000 will fund new portable fingerprint scanners, surveillance cameras and GPS tracking systems for the city’s police department.
-
Suffolk and Long Island University's Homeland Security and Terrorism Institute will host a cybersecurity summit in the aftermath of two local school districts being hacked this summer with a ransomware virus.
Premier Sponsors
Sponsors
