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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San Jose will be one of Facebook Connectivity Lab’s first examples of how the Terragraph network might be used to cheaply scale high-bandwidth wireless connectivity for a high volume of users.
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The agreement “establishes strong, balanced rules to protect intellectual property and the 40 million Americans working in creative and digital industries,” says Secretary of State John Kerry.
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Verizon and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh say the company will spend $300 million to install fiber optic cable throughout the entire city.
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The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is spreading its latest grants across 19 communities to support an outdoor office, a carpentry-based workforce program and more.
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The new feature could make it easier for state and local governments to get their messages out to the people who already care enough to follow them.
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Ken Miller, head of IT for Grayson County, Texas, explained that his county had been attacked previously, but due to his well-trained staff, the attacks were fruitless.
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The elimination of the free tier suggests a major change in the tech giant's approach to expanding the Internet's reach to low-income households.
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Other partners for the real-time transit app include Raleigh, Atlanta, Miami Beach and Tampa.
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Interim Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson explained that the cameras will help officers fight crime, and will add transparency and accountability to the law enforcement agency.
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The district helps concentrate innovative businesses and workers in an area where they can readily interact with one another and spawn even more new ideas.
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The Internet of Things cloud solution by Compology uses sensors that detect garbage levels in city trash bins and notifies waste removal trucks when it’s time to collect.
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For the city to receive the tax revenue, the home-sharing company included a contract provision the allow their service to operate in the city.
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A host of apps are being developed to take advantage of the new ride-sharing app, including one to compare prices with Uber's rival, Lyft, one for drivers to log all of the miles driven and another to reserve your favorite driver just to list a few.
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Partnering with Waze has benefits for the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, as the company plans to share its incident response data with the transit authority to help officials better understand traffic patterns.
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The aerial drones, which the fire department will test before they go to market, contain thermal-imaging tools that can gauge temperatures up to 1,000 degrees.
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