The FBI’s annual Internet Crime Report shows that emerging technologies are shaping cyber theft, with digital fraud and related losses reaching new highs in 2025, topping more than $21 billion forfeited.
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Plus, Massachusetts is distributing nearly 27,000 devices, the Atlanta Regional Commission is launching a digital skills training initiative, Nashville is working to expand language access, and more. -
Cities sometimes sign contracts for technology like digital twins after they've been presented a best-case-scenario pitch from software vendors. Here’s a guide for procurement officers who want to avoid common pitfalls.
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The deal provides Motorola Solutions with HyperYou’s agentic AI for handling nonemergency calls, as well as real-time language translation. The general idea is that AI can help alleviate call center staffing shortages.
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San Jose, Calif., formed the GovAI Coalition in 2023 to bring technologists from different sectors together to collaborate on AI governance. After a unanimous vote, it will now go forward as a nonprofit.
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From Pilot to Launch: What will it take to scale AI in government?
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As fears of an AI “bubble” persist, officials and gov tech suppliers are looking to move past pilots and deploy larger, more permanent projects that bring tangible benefits. But getting there is easier said than done. -
Artificial intelligence has been dominant for several years. But where has government taken it? More than a decade after the GT100's debut, companies doing business in the public sector are ready to prove their worth.
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The boom of early Internet in the mid-1990s upended government IT. The rise of artificial intelligence isn't exactly the same, but it isn't completely different. What can we learn from 30 years ago?
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Researchers at Digital Promise position outcomes-based contracts (OBC) not as a guarantee of student proficiency, but as a method for making sure ed-tech tools are implemented and used properly.
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The town Select Board unanimously approved appropriating the funds to outfit 50 police officers with the cameras and software. The cost also includes record retention equipment.
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New legislation signed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger requires schools to impose bell-to-bell phone restrictions, teach kids about social media addiction, promote the suicide crisis hotline and align CTE with workforce needs.
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An incoming doctoral student in the UM School of Information built a digital campus map focused on student needs: empty classrooms for studying, transit routes, university services and even weather information.
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A Colorado school district has blocked access to ChatGPT on district-issued devices, in light of the chatbot's easily skirted age verification process, opaque group chats and ability to generate explicit materials.
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Americans should be on the alert for potential lone wolf cyber attacks amid the conflict in Iran, according to a bulletin issued to law enforcement from the Department of Homeland Security.
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Months after shutting off most of its Flock Safety cameras due to privacy concerns, Richmond must now decide whether or not to give the company a second chance, a dilemma splitting the community.
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A ruling by the Board of the California Privacy Protection Agency serves as a warning to ed-tech and school-service vendors that digital access to school life cannot be contingent upon being tracked for advertising.
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With funding from the state and The Delta Air Lines Foundation, the Georgia Institute of Technology will revamp its aerospace engineering facility to include advanced labs and research spaces for emerging technologies.
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Lea Eriksen, who has been serving as director of the Department of Technology and Innovation for the Southern California city, will become the next senior assistant city manager in Culver City.
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