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Officials affirmed an expanded contract with Alabama Power to add the devices and license plate readers to power poles citywide. A federal grant to upgrade IT systems and cybersecurity will cover early costs.
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The link to the payment site, which is currently available from the town's website and Facebook page, allows residents to look up their tax bills from the past three years and pay them digitally.
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So-called drone entertainment offers cities like Aspen and Parker a diverting but less flammable option to Fourth of July fireworks displays. The latter may have the “boom factor,” but could also ignite a wildfire.
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Plus, why this weekly column has a new name, the NTIA awards $277 million in grants to enhance broadband in 12 states, and a new Illinois broadband program announces its inaugural cohort.
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For a total of nine drop-box locations, the Orange County Registrar of Voters will see how new ballot-tracking technology during the upcoming June primary election affects the process of voting.
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Greensburg, Pa., residents and developers will no longer have to step foot into City Hall for permitting services in the coming months. The city may move other services online depending on the success of this initiative.
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The Tennessee Governor’s Office of Diversity Business Enterprise has announced internal and external dashboards to monitor government contracting with underrepresented groups across state agencies.
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Gov. Kristi Noem recently announced the launch of the South Dakota Citizen Portal, an updated website that improves service delivery for residents and collects new resources in one place.
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Plus, the Colorado Broadband Office is planning to connect more than 99 percent of households in the state, Arizona is investing $68.1 million in connectivity, and lawmakers ask the FCC to translate broadband labels.
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Nigel Jacob, co-founder of the Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, has announced his departure from his role with the city to share the model with new cities. He now holds the title of mechanic emeritus.
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The task management software firm is building a larger customer base among local and state governments as the pandemic continues and the Biden administration pushes for more vaccine spending.
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Plus, the National League of Cities announces the innovation projects that have won its 2021 Capstone Challenge; applications are now open for a pair of digital inclusion grant programs in Maryland; and more.
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The efforts to extend language translation capabilities across all state websites that offer public services and COVID-19 information could be given more time by the state Legislature through a recent amendment.
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Plus, a new online dashboard displays Tennessee's redistricting changes; New York City launches bill payment kiosks; MetroLab announces categories to the Civic Innovation Challenge; and more.
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US eDirect sells software to help public agencies run campgrounds and parks. Now it will fold into Tyler’s NIC payments platform, itself the result of a massive acquisition that shook up the gov tech market in 2021.
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The city of Asheville, N.C.’s Point in Time count data — an annual data collection that focuses on homelessness — is now available to the public with the launch of a new dashboard on the city’s website.
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Digital Prince William, a program in Prince William County, Va., launched a pilot project offering free technology classes to older adults to teach them the digital skills necessary to operate mobile technology.
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Plus, the U.S. Department of Commerce will invest $1.5 million in tribal connectivity programs; Georgia awards $408 million to broadband grants; North Carolina announces $350 million of grant funding for broadband; and more.
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The county, which is home to Las Vegas, has announced it will be working to deploy optical sensor technology in one of its popular parks as part of a pilot project to monitor occupancy and vehicle counting.
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Residents can now update their government-issued licenses and registrations, receive proactive reminders and complete transactions through the new Texas by Texas digital assistant platform.
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Plus, a new bill proposal in the U.S. House would extend the lifespan of the Chief Data Officers Council; the Urban Libraries Council recognizes the top innovators of 2021 in digital equity; and more.
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