The microgrant initiative aims to help support technology adoption among small businesses. The city joins other local and state governments in fostering the adoption of AI and other technologies.
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The impending departures on the same day in March, of Alameda County’s CIO and assistant CIO, will close a chapter in the local government’s technology history. Both have been in place since 2012. -
Minnesota’s case is one of several breaches of late involving legitimate access, a recurring issue in provider-heavy government health and human services systems.
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State CIO Kristin Darby describes the search for an agentic, auditable enterprise resource planning system, and why 2026 marks a shift from incremental upgrades to exponential change across state technology.
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The city’s tourist-heavy Oceanfront neighborhood is using a digital parking solution from eleven-x to improve parking management and grow revenue in its “resort area.” Area residents will get parking credits.
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People are less worried about AI taking humans’ jobs than they once were, but introducing bots to the public-sector workplace has brought new questions around integration, ethics and management. -
As governments at all levels continue to embrace new developments in artificial intelligence, cities are using automation for everything from reducing first responder paperwork to streamlined permitting.
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Agencies report that critical IT positions remain hard to fill, but finding the right people takes more than job postings. States are expanding intern and apprentice programs to train and retain talent.
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Entities including an uncrewed aviation company are exploring use cases. Organizers indicate the city’s proximity to training and National Guard drone operations make it a good fit.
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The state has received final federal approval on how it plans to spend nearly $149 million to expand Internet access statewide. The funds come from the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program.
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Faced with falling enrollment and a growing budget deficit, United Independent School District is expanding its early college program and preparing to offer a virtual high school program, open to any student in Texas.
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The American Medical Association awarded $12 million across 11 institutions to implement artificial intelligence-powered feedback for students on tasks like clinical reasoning and interactions with patients.
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In a video interview, a Tyler Technologies exec talked about new public agency requirements for website and mobile accessibility, coming a little more than 35 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act became law.
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Two weeks after Nevada shuttered all state offices following a network cybersecurity incident, the recovery process is still underway, with updates provided by a new webpage. Some state websites remain unavailable.
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The University of Michigan examined the topic, comparing lifetime emissions of battery, hybrid and gas vehicles from the 2025 model year. The electric vehicles should produce fewer greenhouse gases, it found.
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The Sacramento-area city has plans to transition its fleet of 1,000 city vehicles and more than 40 buses to electric by 2040. A digital twin is helping leaders learn more about how their conveyances are used.
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Among 37 researchers and entrepreneurs who responded to a survey, only one described the Trump administration’s changes as mostly positive. Many said it will take time to grasp the full impact of what's happening.
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To make waiting in line at the DMV a thing of the past, Vermont, Colorado and Nevada are just three states moving systems to the cloud, creating shared services and redesigning customer portals.
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