Local Government

City commissioners in Harlingen, Texas, are setting a 120-day moratorium on applications for data center projects as they study their impacts on the community, its natural resources, and the environment.

The funding, a total of just more than $10.2 million from a U.S. House of Representatives bill, would pay for a variety of law enforcement improvements, including software and communications upgrades.

Technology’s ability to collect information and AI’s capacity to analyze it are helping mobilize smarter and more connected cities, transportation officials said recently.

The city has awarded a contract of up to $402,080 to Henderson-based transportation consulting agency Ludian, and it included a one-year rental of traffic cameras with an analytics platform.

As cities and counties turn to AI to ease permitting, one company is offering a new, free program through which officials can learn about the technology's potential to solve agency-specific problems.

The city of Aurora, which is located outside Chicago, is actively investigating a cyber attack that resulted in fraudulent payments being made from city accounts, according to authorities.

The city, with a population of roughly 58,000, uses a modern budgeting system to streamline and improve the accuracy of its process and to save staff time. In place since late 2025, it also aids in sharing data.

The Common Council has unanimously approved a law barring businesses that are open to the public from using facial recognition technology. It is the second New York city to enact such a law.

Scott Conn acknowledges that staff with lots of technical know-how can have blind spots, so his leadership strategy includes opportunities to grow skills like public speaking, resulting in well-rounded employees.

The Denver City Council approved a one-year moratorium on new data center construction Monday as the city prepares to study what regulations it may impose for the facilities.

The county is acknowledging its past and enhancing transparency into historic property deeds which have had lasting impacts on neighborhoods. Its searchable map activates many thousands of pages of documents.

In Flathead County, the vote-counting devices offer a swift, accurate, unbiased accounting of votes cast in elections. They empower humans to post election results within 24 hours of polls closing.

Data center operators need to talk proactively about their approach to building responsibly, and address community concerns without relying on local government bureaucracy as a buffer.

The city’s Transit Tech Lab, a public-private partnership, has named its latest tech cohort focused on infrastructure management and other areas. Experience suggests some of the products eventually will scale.

Reno became the first local government in Nevada to pause new data center applications following a council vote in a packed special meeting that reflected the divisiveness of the issue across the nation.

Fairfax County, Va., shows how maps, dashboards and a layered data ecosystem are a critical part of responding to the affordable housing crisis by building greater consensus and identifying new sites that meet community needs.

A new report finds digital service teams becoming essential to state and local governments refreshing services, managing tighter budgets, and keeping residents at the center of digital transformation.

Technology leaders from across the Seattle region have united to create The Exchange Northwest, a regional gathering for civic collaboration and partnership with innovation in mind.