Accelerating Innovation and Digital Transformation in Local Government
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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. -
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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A multimillion-dollar data farm is growing in Lowell and the local planning board there recently heard neighbor concerns with noise and pollution emanating from the facility during a meeting.
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Mayor Javier Joven announced someone has accessed the city's computer network numerous times since December using the former city attorney’s accounts, which someone failed to deactivate following her termination.
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The leading jurisdictions in this year's Digital Counties Survey are redefining the boundaries of tech advancements with their agile adoption of new tools, commitment to digital equity and digitization of critical processes.
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The Chula Vista City Council last week approved creating an advisory commission that will be tasked with reviewing and recommending best practices on city technology use policies.
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City officials are working out how to grant access to digital public records without constituents needing to use the city computers to view the files. More secure workarounds are being considered.
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Gunshot detection technology and a license plate reading camera system are poised to help law enforcement agencies in Glynn County combat crime and make streets safer, Glynn County's new police chief said.
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The digital divide leads to lost opportunities for people in underserved broadband areas, officials said as they discussed how to spend $1.16 billion expected from the federal government to help solve the problem.
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Plus, Houston is hiring a broadband director; more governors issue comments on the federal BEAD funding for high-speed Internet; and U.S. senators are fighting for a broadband strategy.
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The Agriculture Department will use $300 million to improve its measurement, verification and tracking of carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions as it moves ahead with climate-smart agriculture.
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While the continuation of Pittsburgh's pilot program with battery-powered scooters has been frozen by a state budget impasse, it may restart soon with fines for the program operator for letting scooters lay around.
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Waymo's driverless cars spend a lot of time testing their technology on San Francisco's streets. But the black-and-white vehicles are also observing their surroundings, gathering data.
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The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority will soon have $1.16 billion in funds to upgrade Internet service — and that effort was moving forward on Tuesday by collecting community stories.
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It’s hard to say how many, but the business of politics is full of the sorts of roles that researchers believe are most vulnerable to disruption by generative AI, such as legal professionals and administrative workers.
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Officials for the northern California city said they have no evidence of personal information being leaked during the incident, but its website was offline for at least a day as it investigated systems.
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Drones for fighting wildfires are taking off in many states, but federal agencies remain somewhat caught up in regulation and procurement challenges related to use of the technology.
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Tarrant County officials are looking into auditing its courts software system two months after its launch. The case management program, TechShare.Courts, took the county 12 years to get off the ground.
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