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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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Deputies in the New Mexico county will soon have access to license plate recognition technology to monitor vehicles on roadways. Critics have raised concerns about the potential for abuse and mass surveillance.
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The machines — located in convenience stores, gas stations and even bakeries — are an easy way for people to buy cryptocurrency quickly with cash, which is harder to track than a wire transfer or check.
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The EPA wants to help communities figure out just how much pollution people are breathing, with a focus on disproportionately impacted communities near industrial zones and interstates.
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The center uses real-time technology as well as data-driven intelligence to increase prevention, apprehension and resolution of crime, officials say. The center has helped make more than 1,000 arrests since opening in 2021.
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The Appalachian Regional Commission's Partnerships for Opportunity, Workforce and Economic Revitalization program awarded the grant to Washington County as part of an effort to get some 10,000 unserved or poorly served households online.
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Meanwhile, Florida's First Judicial Circuit Court system announced plans to cancel and reschedule some proceedings following a separate cyber attack earlier in the month.
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Amazon employees have long worked alongside robots — but the company is now testing a very lifelike, two-legged machine that has the potential to help its human co-workers with some tasks.
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Some Californians appear to have received a test of the earthquake early-warning system seven hours before the appointed time, jolting them awake at 3:19 a.m. Thursday instead of sounding at the more civilized hour of 10:19 a.m.
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More than 2,200 homes and businesses in Armstrong County are now eligible for high-speed fiber Internet through a $2 billion multiyear, multistate investment by Internet service provider Kinetic.
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Plus, Missouri is launching a new advisory council related to digital equity; Kansas is collecting more input on its broadband plans; Maryland is dedicating more money to getting people connected; and more.
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New York City has announced the launch of the new Smart City Testbed Program, which will involve government collaboration with outside organizations to launch eight pilot technology projects.
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Computer scientists, mathematicians and cryptographers are on a quest to find new encryption algorithms that can withstand attacks not only from today’s conventional computers but also from tomorrow’s quantum machines.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom gave a $1.2 million loan to the city to purchase license plate readers after Mayor Sheng Thao requested the state's help in addressing rising crime.
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A case in front of Michigan’s highest court could decide whether or not police and government officials need to obtain a search warrant before flying an unmanned aerial vehicle over privately owned property.
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The city of Cumberland has established relationships with state and national cybersecurity organizations and completed various technological upgrades, but a security audit shows need for improvement, a city expert warned.
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