El Paso a top-ten U.S. Digital City

​​​​​​EL PASO – The City of El Paso ranked in the Center for Digital Government‘s top ten Digital Cities Survey​ in the cities with populations over 500,000 category.

The city achieved this ranking because of its variety of engagement and mobile-first strategies.

The annual survey recognizes cities using technology to improve citizen services, enhance transparency, and encouraging citizen engagement.

The city was recognized for:​​

• free Wi-Fi accessibility on buses, in public buildings, facilities, libraries, and some park and recreation locations;
• upgraded city websites to a new content management system;

• an online agenda management system, which streamlines creation of City Council agendas;

• City TV, the award-winning municipal TV station, which has livestream capabilities and programming available on YouTube;

• allowing the public to make suggestions on how to save money or improve services; and

• a mobile pay app for remote payment of parking meters​.​