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 city partners with the White House to recognize initiatives from grassroots manufacturers in the makers movement.
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Ad buy filings contain key information about who paid for spots and which candidate is supported or opposed, helping the public shine a light on outside groups and operatives bankrolling political attack ads.
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The county's elections supervisor is launching a social media campaign aimed at making it easier for millennials and new voters to learn how to register and cast their ballots.
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Here are a couple of ways the Internet of Things is currently being used, and how it has affected citizens and cities.
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A new social media policy will ask employees to sign off on understanding that “I can be held liable for anything I write, post or present online.”
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Chaos in the City Council chambers before the vote prompted Mayor Rahm Emanuel to threaten adjourning the council for the day.
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Following pleas from entrepreneurs and technology professionals, the parish's Metro Council unanimously approved a $150,000 contract to study the issue and develop a plan.
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At the Texas Digital Government Summit, attendees cast their vote for their favorite among five mobile apps.
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Britain exiting the European Union — dubbed the Brexit — threatens an effort to simplify rules for technology companies. But the United Kingdom, a substantial overseas market for American Internet companies, will probably impose its own regulations.
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Crews are taking 3-D images of Iowa City’s historic beer caves in hopes of creating a virtual reality of the hidden landscape.
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The Los Angeles City Council's Public Safety Committee unanimously backed the plan for purchasing thousands of devices from Scottsdale, Ariz.,-based Taser International for $57.6 million.
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The Innovation and Growth Fund, a project of the Mayor’s Office of Innovation, will offer $1 million annually to local programs that help young tech companies through leadership training, work-share spaces and other support.
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County employees participated in designing the “Administrative Technologies of Marin” system, which is currently coming in $1 million under budget.
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The self-proclaimed capital of Silicon Valley has hired Rob Lloyd, former CIO of Avondale, Ariz., to lead its IT department.
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The Windy City will test four statistical models that seek to minimize both unnecessary beach warnings/closures and exposure to unsafe levels of E. Coli.
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