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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MyLA311 links city departments and civic tech through open data.
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At issue is a law that took effect in March 2015 that recognized camera programs for the first time, but imposed statewide standards for local rules that cities claim make them economically impractical to continue.
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Providing context to open data sets through GIS mapping aims to make the city’s information beneficial for everyone.
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The pilot program aims to give governments visibility into their communities’ conditions from one location and in near-real time.
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Douglas County, Colo., is working to find better ways of sharing data both with the public and between government offices.
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The First Five Minutes app was launched by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's App Brewery, the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.
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With advances in technology that are already in place, including the proliferation of Internet of Things technology and devices, any city or town can be smart and reap the benefits.
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Mayor Darrell Steinberg pushed to add provisions that would open more meetings to the public and curtail the use of private email servers by city staff and elected officials.
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Through the Citizen Self Service Portal, contractors and homeowners will be able to apply for construction or remodeling permits -- and track progress as inspections are done -- online.
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Two panels at CES 2017 critiqued the move toward smart cities, agreeing efforts must be individualized and that the U.S. is somewhat behind other nations — but catching up.
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The cloud-based tool presents topics to participants who can contribute their opinion and read what others say on a variety of topics.
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City Council members budgeted $304,500 in fiscal year 2016-17 to purchase a new central server, upgrade the city's geographic information system and acquire land management software.
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Some of the same technologies used in Japan will be put to work in Colorado to make highways smarter and safer.
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The city rolled out “NextRequest,” an online portal for residents to request city government documents.
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Taking a look at Chicago's new sensor-based stormwater management system.
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