Officials from Tennessee, New York and Florida warned lawmakers that shrinking federal coordination and inflexible grant structures could weaken cybersecurity amid escalating threats from AI.
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The website, for the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, expands efforts to centralize information on rules, forms and requirements for people and business. An AI assistant helps users navigate the portal. -
Plus, U.S. lawmakers introduced new legislation supporting digital inclusion, Vermont’s broadband expansion efforts are directly impacting state residents, the FCC has adopted new rules, and more.
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Technology’s ability to collect information and AI’s capacity to analyze it are helping mobilize smarter and more connected cities, transportation officials said recently.
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President Donald Trump is poised to issue an executive order aimed at bolstering artificial intelligence cybersecurity and has asked tech industry leaders to join for the event, according to sources.
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San Diego CIO Jonathan Behnke said that despite some of AI‘s drawbacks, like a loss of knowledge among entry-level workers, most employees are seeing its upsides.
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In Latah County, CIO Laurel Caldwell doesn’t anticipate adding to her staff of six full-time employees, but rather embracing new technologies by expanding their skillsets.
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Clark County School District employees are on alert after hackers scammed three staff members, accessed their login credentials and stole money via their direct deposit information.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce says it has signed letters of intent to invest $2 billion in nine quantum computing companies, with the two biggest being GloblFoundaries at $375 million and IBM at $1 billion.
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School districts looking to hire a chief technology officer should convene interview committees with a variety of expertise and consult established cybersecurity resources like the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
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After months of development, the Texas city’s new initiative will deploy from nine locations, to respond to 911 calls and feed live footage back to officers. Video is not recorded en route to calls.
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Legislation in Alaska proposes to create a grant program that would reimburse 100 percent of school districts' energy costs, starting in 2028, based on a three-year average.
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The funding, a total of just more than $10.2 million from a U.S. House of Representatives bill, would pay for a variety of law enforcement improvements, including software and communications upgrades.
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The new California Student Parent Resource Hub allows users to check which colleges offer on-campus childcare, family-friendly study spaces, food pantries, academic support and other resources.
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A draft plan being considered by Los Angeles Unified School District would ban screens for kindergarten and first grade students, and enforce screen time limits for higher grades later this year and next.
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The city has awarded a contract of up to $402,080 to Henderson-based transportation consulting agency Ludian, and it included a one-year rental of traffic cameras with an analytics platform.
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Joined by a legal expert from New York state, the National Association of State CIOs explores vendor accountability and “good faith compliance” as governments work to meet federal accessibility standards.
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