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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Richmond, Va.’s fraud app allows residents to report government waste, fraud and abuse. Though fraud apps can cost thousands to develop, auditors say the money they help recover can more than outweigh their costs.
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The center is considering supporting a proposal to implement a geo-fence or electronic blocker of ride hailing services, but the measure could affect local businesses as well.
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Indianapolis' longtime mayor worked hard at crafting a big idea for his city, and it paid off handsomely.
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The city of St. Louis, Downtown STL and the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership issued a request for information on bringing in ISPs to provide affordable Gigabit Internet similar to the Google service in neighboring Kansas City, Mo.
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Google made an announcement of adding the Pacific Northwest city to its Digital Inclusion Fellowship, which brings Internet to low-income residents. Many speculate that the company will bring its Fiber service next.
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Roanoke, Va.'s communication and media coordinator shares his strategies to make the most out of social media efforts.
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Such technology comes with an $80 million price-tag, but would cut down on the need for manual meter readings, something Austin Water hires an outside firm to do for $3.6 million a year.
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The projectiles will be fired and attached to vehicles attempting to evade police so law enforcement can track them without having to engage in a dangerous high-speed chase.
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The water crisis provides a lesson for public officials to ensure strict compliance controls are in place to protect their agency’s data and reputation.
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The California cities of San Francisco, Oakland, West Sacramento and San Leandro partner to embed startup solutions in city departments.
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The city's i-team program will use interns to help speed up its economic development efforts.
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Google was notoriously vague about its project to bring Fiber to the city five years ago, and needs to be open and clear about its newest wireless experiment.
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The Flood Alert System uses radar, rain gauges, cameras and modeling to indicate whether Houston’s Brays Bayou is at risk of overflowing and flooding the Texas Medical Center.
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Users can view revenue and expenditure trends, including by fund, department, expense or revenue type, gain insight into spending and revenues year-to-date and a five-year trend of what the town spends overall.
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The city has partnered with Cisco to develop a 2.2-mile corridor in the city’s downtown that is centered on a new streetcar line, and will feature kiosks with transportation and local service information, free WiFi for public use, and an extensive system of sensors.
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