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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 police department's body camera policy is not yet written, but Chief Fred Fletcher said leaders are giving careful consideration to the policy's scope.
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Santa Fe’s city government, which has come under scrutiny for having a high number of municipal employees, has faced backlash over a recent decision to hire a deputy city manager.
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Tech firms are not only looking for utilitarian spaces, but environments that reflect their workplace culture, and foster creativity and better teamwork.
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After the Baltimore Police Department ran a secret aerial surveillance program over the city for months, state lawmakers and the ACLU are considering legislation that would regulate police surveillance programs.
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The central California town has hired a consulting firm to determine the best design for a fiber optic network owned and operated by the city.
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Dispute over Harris County, Texas, jail video highlights the growing prevalence of using videotape to review actions by officers in making arrests and by detention officers in their treatment of inmates in jail.
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The computer system, which launched Sept. 5, experienced a glitch that let utility customers see others' bills.
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House Bill 836 defines a ballot as a paper document marked by a voter either by hand or electronically, meaning the strictly electronic voting machines used by various counties in the southeastern part of the state will be outdated as soon as 2019.
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Embedded in nearly every government effort to corral big data is a hope for greater efficiency, saving tax dollars by using them better.
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The cameras were slow to begin recording from sleep mode; they were easily knocked off officers' uniforms; and a button that turns off sound could be inadvertently pressed.
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The next president must finish the Obama administration’s work of connecting so-called anchor institutions across the nation.
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Cities are experimenting with ways to meet the goals of affordable housing while still reaping the benefits of the sharing economy.
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States and localities have their work cut out for them when it comes to modernizing their portals.
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The police department plans to outfit a total of 250 patrol cars with the routers, which will allow officers to upload data from their cameras to a storage cloud at a very high rate.
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Officials were able to recover 3,300 videos, but about 2,283 other video files were overwritten before city technicians noticed the problem.
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