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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In an effort to protect the safety and privacy of Anchorage citizens, the city police and fire department have withdrawn their radio broadcasts to the public inciting transparency concerns.
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The license plate reader device checks scanned plates against the city's database of permit holders, specific to each of the 133 permit zones.
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The GeoHub platform increases efficiency in city services by providing real-time access to over 500 datasets shared across 20 city departments.
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The company was set to begin digging in San Jose last month, but nearly 100 employees hired to install Google Fiber were pulled into an office and told the project was being delayed, according to workers.
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An emergency computer incident response crew swept in, isolated the employee’s data from the rest of the county’s system and restored files to where they were an hour before the software attack occurred, with no information lost or stolen.
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According to one city official, Fredricksburg's number of college-educated locals and local Small Business Development Center have greatly attributed to the level of entrepreneurial success.
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Recently Uber introduced its ride-sharing service to Westmoreland County, Pa., creating a rift between city administrators and the cab industry.
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About 2,000 residents have created profiles that include personal and property details that can help inform emergency personnel responding to 911 calls.
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The state financial portal, Ohio Checkbook, will add data on city employee salary information and department spending from Gallipolis and Gallipolis Township.
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When the Sacramento Regional Technology Alliance folded last fall, one effort the organization abandoned was the region’s state-designated innovation hub, called the iHub. Local stakeholders are now working to reinvigorate the region's innovation cluster.
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Oftentimes an officer doesn't know a camera is malfunctioning until he or she attempts to download video clips at the end of the shift, and when body cameras are first implemented, it's common for officers to forget to turn them on.
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There were two issues: The county’s election results website was unusually slow to update, and the way in which results must be reported during a primary from cities and townships.
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According to an official blog post introducing the new official, Krucoff will lead a team of 26 employees who worked together previously in an unofficial capacity as they were spread across the enterprise.
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The initiative is part of the city’s broader effort to generate data-driven decision-making in its parks department, a move reflected in large and small municipalities nationwide.
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The portal is intended to promote Rock Hill as both a technological and knowledge-economy hub, which includes careers in Internet technology, engineering, design, finance and marketing.
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