The cyber threat outlooks from CIOs and CISOs at the NASCIO Midyear Conference in Philadelphia ranged from the good to the bad to the ugly — with AI front and center.
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Code for America’s 2026 Government AI Landscape Assessment evaluates states’ AI readiness, highlighting progress made within the past year, across four stages: readiness, piloting, implementation and impact. -
The state’s new governor had previously called for the state to develop a more efficient permitting system, part of a broad tech push. The state will select up to 10 projects to take part in the pilot.
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State lawmakers voted down a bill that would have created exceptions to Colorado’s right-to-repair laws, which currently enable individuals other than manufacturers to repair electronics.
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The law, which requires annual cyber training for staff, is aimed at reducing clinical risk and ensuring that hospitals can continue to operate in the event of a cyber attack.
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Introducing the 2026 Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers.
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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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The new WanderNebraska mobile app, a collaboration between the historical society foundation and the state Game and Parks’ Trail Trek program, is intended to transform how people discover the state.
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Before the bus safety camera program was suspended last year, BusPatrol was mailing out violations with wrong information, resulting in a Miami-Dade judge wiping out 5,400 violations last spring.
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Sacramento City Unified School District bought seven new electric buses through a $2.4 million grant from the Sacramento Air Quality Management District’s incentive program. They're expected to arrive in October.
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The Berks Career and Technology Center West Campus hosted more than 100 Pennsylvania high schoolers for the annual Sea, Air and Land Challenge involving robots, drones, cameras and other technologies.
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New York political leaders have announced funding to provide high-speed Internet to underserved areas in Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties, as well as several other counties across the state.
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Two developers have withdrawn plans to add large-scale data centers to Seattle's electric grid following a flood of backlash, including members of the City Council proposing a one-year moratorium.
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Scott Conn acknowledges that staff with lots of technical know-how can have blind spots, so his leadership strategy includes opportunities to grow skills like public speaking, resulting in well-rounded employees.
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When it comes to AI adoption, some institutions lead with executive strategy, others with faculty experimentation, but all are working through governance, curriculum updates and faculty training.
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Congress is pushing to regulate the Internet for kids after decades of harms posed by an evolving digital landscape. Experts say this well-intended effort may fundamentally alter privacy protocol for every user.
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Autonomous vehicles, sidewalk robots and other technologies in the urban landscape are scooping up new caches of data. Cities, in turn, are using this information in novel ways.
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