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 Philadelphia Office of Innovation and Technology has created a Racial Equity Action Plan. Equity plays an integral role for an office tasked with supporting other city departments with technology.
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The leader of North Carolina’s Division of Motor Vehicles is urging officials to delay new digital court software in Charlotte, citing concern over how it transmits data on things from DWI convictions to fatal crashes.
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After a costly cyber attack on the local government in Brown County, S.D., in 2021, the state’s Committee on County Funding and Services is stressing how important it is budget-wise to invest in cybersecurity.
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After discovering 250 cases in which the state police allegedly used covert surveillance tech without turning over the evidence, the Committee for Public Counsel Services is urging public defenders to start an inquiry.
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A female pedestrian was severely injured after being struck by an alleged hit-and-run driver and then thrown into the path of a Cruise driverless vehicle that ran over her in downtown San Francisco on Monday.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed into law a bill proposed by state Sen. Michelle Hinchey that makes it illegal to disseminate AI-generated explicit images or "deepfakes" of a person without their consent.
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The recently launched IndexPGH website is trying to give potential visitors to Pittsburgh a sense of the city’s center while also answering questions they have, doing so with both numbers and anecdotes.
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Scammers are impersonating technology, banking and government officials in a complex ruse aimed at convincing a typically older victim that foreign hackers have infiltrated their financial accounts.
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Cleveland is preparing to strike an agreement with fiber developer SiFi Networks, in pursuit of high-speed, citywide Internet infrastructure that promises to serve every household and business that wants it.
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States like Georgia and North Carolina are courting the electric vehicle industry, attracting investments from not only car companies, but battery and charging manufacturing efforts as well.
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Survey data reveals rural libraries are significantly less likely to offer STEAM programming than their city or suburban counterparts. Here’s how small-town librarians are breaking past funding and resource roadblocks.
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The Butler County Clerk of Courts Office has streamlined its jury management system, modernizing the process of notifying potential jurors and seating prospective jurors in the courtroom for selection.
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School district officials have explained that the district followed the legal procurement process and solicited bids for patrol vehicles from more than 90 vendors and auto dealers.
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At stake are tricky questions about how the First Amendment should apply in an age of giant, powerful social media platforms, which currently have the ability to moderate the posts that appear on their sites.
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Blackfoot Communications, based in Missoula, recently announced the completion of a six-year project to install over 380 miles of fiber-optic cable on the Flathead Reservation in the St. Ignatius area.
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