Accelerating Innovation and Digital Transformation in Local Government
Digital Communities News
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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.
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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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Port of Walla Walla officials are mulling a lease for a digital mining operation that would bring an estimated $7 million in investment and as many as 20 jobs.
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Local business owners are calling for a moratorium on the dockless, on-demand bikes until the city can nail down policies.
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The California DMV may have loosened the regulations around driverless self-driving vehicles, but city officials are saying the technology needs to be vetted before it takes to public roads.
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From locating suspects to potential accident sites, data analytics tools from are giving authorities a leg up.
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The company has crafted its rendition of an indoor connected city, complete with a micro-apartment, autonomous shuttles and IoT-equipped infrastructure.
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The region has attracted many large tech-centric companies looking to draw on its utility assets.
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By 2020, Metro Transit will begin incorporating electric buses into its fleet.
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With the overarching goal of establishing policies around the technology and the footage it produces, a number of interest groups are asking the state legislature to be included in a proposed statewide study.
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The city council has suspended a Verizon project to roll out small cell antennas throughout neighborhoods after the community voiced concern.
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Commissioners in Flathead County have signed off on a plan to use a drone to spray hard-to-reach areas for the insects.
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A regional effort to outfit police officers with body cameras will have to wait until later this year when funding is available, officials say.
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The Baton Rouge Area Foundation is trying to raise the money needed to purchase gunshot detection software, while similar efforts are focusing on license plate readers and surveillance cameras.
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The company behind the project says it is the missing piece of the area’s coverage puzzle, but the town council is waiting for the study before making a decision.
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The larger fiber network project connects all 115 school districts, all 58 community colleges, the universities, public health clinics, hospitals and public safety, according to officials.
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The increasing popularity of on-demand transit in the city is becoming a thorn in the side of local authorities.
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