Marietta Named One of Top 10 Digital Cities
Marietta has been named one of the top 10 digital cities in the country for the city's use of technology to improve efficiency and provide better services to the public while saving money.
by City of Marietta Marietta has been named one of the top 10 digital cities in the country for the city's use of technology to improve efficiency and provide better services to the public while saving money. Criteria for the award included how the city is dealing with the economic downturn and how prepared city staff are to deal with IT challenges including keeping up with the use of mobile devices for government business, social media technology and management, data safety and usability and integrating mobile computing with smart phones and tablets. "The awards committee took a very thorough look at all the ways we use technology internally and externally," city manager Bill Bruton said. "They looked at the sophistication of our networks…
