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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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Microsoft is ending its technical support of the 10-year-old Windows 7, which is forcing Crawford County, Pa., government leaders to approve an operating system upgrade for 56 computers and a replacement of 145.
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As part of this year’s Startup in Residence program, the Memphis Area Transit Authority is working with Urban SDK on a project that could help streamline data for more than 600 similar transit agencies nationwide.
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Plus, state and local government agencies prepare for coming Data Privacy Day; Miami makes its new beta website official; new map visualizes Chicago’s most polluted neighborhoods; jobs in gov tech abound, and more.
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The tool integrates with the state's central reporting system and gives inspectors a way to manage their cases on mobile devices. Most of California's 58 counties have environmental health departments.
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Town officials voted unanimously to approve a proposal that would allow board proceedings to be recorded and posted within 48 hours of a public meeting.
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The ransomware attack Jan. 23 forced city computers to be taken offline and prompted an emergency declaration from interim City Manager Larry Patterson. The extent of the damage is not yet known.
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Two schools in the county began using the Rave Panic Button smartphone application, which allows users to report dangerous situations like fires, medical emergencies and active shooter scenarios to first responders.
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Police officials say the department accounts for 980 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year. The electric vehicle is the first step in a process to lower the agency’s output.
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The Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company said it will build a plant in southeast Michigan, which it expects will employ hundreds of workers in a few years.
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Traverse City, Mich.’s plan to build its own fiber-optic broadband network is prompting criticism from Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist, who says municipal undertakings are “really stupid ideas.”
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In one case, a blaring alert about a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile launch sent one Bay Area family into a panic before they realized the alert was actually coming from a hacked Nest home security camera.
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State and local government leaders say that for now some collaborative efforts are facing the potential of individual delays, but the effects are likely not to be noticed by most of the general public.
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After a technology employee, who no longer works for the city, was found with hacking tools on his computer, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh called for a review of the municipal government’s cybersecurity practices.
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The grant program, announced in late December by Gov. Rick Scott’s office, is part of a larger initiative to spur economic growth in the state. The funds will go toward improvements around the Wolf Branch Innovation District.
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If approved by voters in Randolph County and Moberly, the tax would essentially add a $1 monthly fee for each cellphone used in the county. A three percent sales tax will also be added on the purchase of prepaid cellphones.
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