City of Coral Gables

File #: 19-8828    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Presentation/Protocol Document Status: Noted and Filed
File created: 6/10/2019 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 7/9/2019 Final action: 7/9/2019
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Title: Presentation of Information Technology Department recent recognition and awards from organizations such as ASQ, NIST, IEEE, CDG and IISE.
Attachments: 1. CG_ITEA_Award, 2. CGIT_ASQ-ITEAPoster_2019, 3. ASQ-QP-June2019IssueCover, 4. IT Bulletin
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Presentation of Information Technology Department recent recognition and awards from organizations such as ASQ, NIST, IEEE, CDG and IISE.
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The City of Coral Gables is proud to recognize our Information Technology Department for leading the way across our organization to introduce innovative technology solutions and smart city initiatives to improve the life of our citizens.

Today more than ever, technology plays an important role in how our local government operates, in how we communicate internally or provide services to the public, transforming every aspect of productivity and efficiency. Thanks to the teamwork of the Information Technology staff with the city's leadership and all departments, Coral Gables is a high-tech, high-touch customer service city that is becoming more sustainable, resilient, livable and prosperous.

Coral Gables has been recognized as one of the leading Smart Cities in the United States with multiple accomplishments in areas of technology and best practices, on top of its numerous recognitions as a world-class city with exceptional services and quality of life.

In recent months, national and international professional organizations in government technology, industry and academia have taken notice of our technology innovations in Coral Gables. The following is a list of some of the technology awards and recognition received this fiscal year 2019 in chronological order:

The Center for Digital Government (CDG) in Silicon Valley awarded the City of Coral Gables first place nationally in the Digital Cities 2018 awards, in the category of Up to 75,000 population. The city’s exceptional performance and technology innovation in aligning processes to promote citizen inclusion and expectations as well as boost cybersecurity placed Coral Gables at the highest ranking at the National League of Cities annual conference, where I.T. Director Raimundo Rodulfo attended last November.

In March 2019, Global I.T. research and advisory fir...

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