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.
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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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However, according to a civil rights attorney, the city has shown improvement in its handling of records requests in the past year.
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The county’s chief judge laid down the rules in December on how prosecutors and defense attorneys should handle the video footage.
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From flood control in Texas, to wildlife protection in Florida to earthquake alerts in Los Angeles, the IoT is making connections in the public sector.
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Scammers posing as an existing vendor contracted for construction work used email to contact local government entities.
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The Police Department announced an accelerated plan to outfit thousands of patrol officers with the new cameras and training by late 2017.
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Neither the city nor its public safety agencies had social media accounts when the Nov. 28 inferno struck the city.
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The department's facial recognition protocol requires probable cause for an arrest in a specific case for a detective or officer to request an analysis.
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The California city is on the hunt for a new breed of cybersecurity professional: the cyber-risk officer.
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Shared services succeeds when local governments follow certain best practices and focus on the right technologies.
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Organizations are extending the concept of sharing beyond infrastructure and applications to include IT talent.
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Should the ban on traffic enforcement cameras pass, it could have side effects for Iowa cities that rely on the technology, including Cedar Rapids, which has the most robust camera program in the state.
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To guarantee the economic stability and well-being of their communities, local governments are looking for new approaches to provide stable housing to those in need.
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Backed with close to $300 million in government and research money, Manchester inventor Dean Kamen pledged to create an industry to regenerate human tissue and organs.
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PitchFest hosts tech-centric local startups in competition for $5,000 and the title of San Diego's Top Technology Idea of 2016.
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Clocking in at nearly 1,000 pages, the 21st Century Cures Act is deemed one of the most comprehensive laws Congress has passed since the Affordable Care Act was adopted in 2010.
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