For the third year running, the City of Long Beach’s efforts to consolidate and standardize its operations through technological advances has earned the municipality the honor of being a Top 10 Digital City by the Center for Digital Government.
Long Beach, ranking #7 and tying with Alburquerque and Denver, joined two other major California cities—Los Angeles, which ranked #9, and Riverside, which ranked #3—in the top-10 list. Boston took the top spot. The list is largely determined by government initiatives which increase transparency and accessibility to city services through online and mobile means. Additionally, the ability to eliminate waste, both physical and economical, is examined.
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The last year has marked the Long Beach Police Department’s most active involvement in digital media. The launch of the Go LBPD app for smartphones permits citizens to report crime tips, access crime maps and receive continual news feeds from the department, while the controversial Long Beach Common Operating Picture (LBCOP) program, launched late summer last year, marked the Department’s partnership with local businesses to provide police authorities access to private CCTV cameras in order to obtain possible leads in regard to criminal activity.
Last month, Code for America announced that Long Beach would be one of its partner governments for its 2014 fellowship program and Mayor Bob Foster announced an initiative with Google’s Get Your Business Online, which provides small businesses a free website to advertise their business for one year. The initiative follows a short-lived attempt last year by Long Beach City College’s Small Business Development Center to develop a partnership with the same Google program.
To view the entire list of cities honored, click here.
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