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 SirenGPS mobile app will give dispatchers and emergency responders a much better location for emergency calls.
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Dallas is one of several municipalities incorporating animal service data into its citizen-facing portal. Louisville, Ky., Los Angeles, Miami-Dade County, and Aurora, Colo., have all gone this route.
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Virginia's Isle of Wight County hopes to lure tech businesses to the area by offering radio tower access, including broadband host areas, at its new emergency dispatch radio towers, planned to go up next year.
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The app helps users find parking spots and allows them to pay from their phone.
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Franklin County Auditor Clarence Mingo wants to update the county's computer center by hiring a private company for information technology services, a move that could cut many county jobs.
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It's a challenge to write a fair and legal policy that is as much for a "mouthpiece of the government" as a rank-and-file worker.
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There are ways for jurisdictions without big city budgets to bring startup energy to the challenges they face.
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Data is a strategic asset that can help policy-makers and officials manage programs more effectively and inexpensively.
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After the recent announcement that the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office is saving many e-mails sent and received by its staff for only 30 days one lawmaker said he plans to introduce a bill aimed at clarifying records-retention rules.
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Bridgeport311 is said to ensure greater accountability than the BConnected app, in part because anyone using the system can look up the individual cases that were filed and their status.
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The borough included the position in its 2017 proposed budget.
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CincyInsights, a new Cincinnati Web portal with 15 dashboards, uses city data in different ways to make city services more interactive and easy to understand.
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The Haverhill City Council president said the city needs faster and more reliable broadband service for everyone.
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The proliferation of ransomware has grown exponentially in just the last two years — from about five variations in 2015 to more than 100 now.
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The Austin City Council recently passed a resolution directing the city manager to form a Smart Cities Strategic Roadmap to guide the city's next phase of innovation.
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