News Center Stay up-to-date on the latest news from the City of Virginia Beach. SearchSearch by Date RangeStart End View News by Category All NewsAgricultureBudget & Management ServicesCity AttorneyCity AuditorCity ClerkCity ManagerCity TreasurerCommissioner of the RevenueCommonwealth's AttorneyCommunications OfficeConvention and Visitors BureauCourtsCultural AffairsEconomic DevelopmentEmergency Communications & Citizen ServicesEmergency ManagementEmergency Medical ServicesFinanceFireHousing & Neighborhood PreservationHuman Resources (City)Human ServicesInformation TechnologyParks & RecreationPlanningPolicePublic HealthPublic LibrariesPublic UtilitiesPublic WorksReal Estate AssessorStrategic Growth AreaVirginia Aquarium & Marine Science CenterVirginia Beach CourtsVolunteer ResourcesVoter Registration & ElectionsCurrent Category Information Technology Page Content City’s CIO Peter Wallace Named Among Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers of 2022 by Government Technology MagazineThursday, March 31, 2022Government Technology announced that Peter Wallace, the City's chief information officer, has been named among its Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers of 2022. The annual awards program, now in its 21st year, acknowledges the contributions of visionary public-sector technolo … Virginia Beach Named a Winner in IDC Government Insights’ Fifth Annual Smart Cities North America AwardsMonday, March 21, 2022Virginia Beach has been named a winner in IDC Government Insights' fifth annual Smart Cities North America Awards (SCNAA). The SCNAA program celebrates innovative North American municipalities that exemplify best practices in implementing and advancing Smart Cities projects … Virginia Beach Maintains a Spot Among the Nation’s Top Digital CitiesWednesday, November 17, 2021Today, the Center for Digital Government revealed the winners of its 2021 Digital Cities Survey. Virginia Beach achieved a third-place victory, clinching a spot among the top 3 cities in the 250K-499K population category for the fifth year in a row. The Digital Cities Survey … Virginia Beach Named Among 2021 Smart 50 Award RecipientsTuesday, May 25, 2021The City has won a 2021 Smart 50 Award for its Traffic Data-Sharing Partnership with Waze. The annual award program recognizes 50 of the world's most transformational and influential projects based on current or future municipal-scale impact."This global acknowledgement … Contact InformationCommunications Office(757) 385-4679news@vbgov.com(757) 427-5978 More News Releases Can't find what you are looking for? View a complete list of Virginia Beach news releases.