Colorado state CIO David Edinger recounted progress the state made to improve digital services in 2025, including identity management, digital equity, accessibility and AI. He also revealed what’s ahead in 2026.
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The new plan reflects a move from piloting emerging technology to operationalizing AI. The department has done more than a dozen AI projects and is actively developing upwards of 20 others.
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How agencies can use on-premises AI models to detect fraud faster, prove control effectiveness and turn overwhelming data volumes into clear investigative leads — all through a simple chat interface.
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A new statewide strategy maps out how AI could reshape careers, classrooms, energy infrastructure and government operations — if its recommendations are done carefully. Education is a key starting point.
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The combined company is building an end-to-end toolkit for public-sector finance. The new CEO of ClearGov discusses the reasons behind the merger and what comes next.
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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.
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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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The AI research company Anthropic is giving a global collective of teachers access to AI workshops, an online community forum and other resources, both to share ideas and to inform the progress of their chatbot Claude.
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State lawmakers are concerned about how information from the cameras can be used. A bill, however, has received pushback from law enforcement. To date, at least 16 states have created such rules or guidelines.
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Ensuring a smooth transition, the comptroller told a state Senate committee, is “absolutely of the utmost importance” to efficient revenue collection funding state operations.
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Developing policies to establish phone-free schools and a playbook for artificial intelligence, including curriculum, rules and professional learning, are among Connecticut's legislative priorities for 2026.
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The Georgia Fintech Academy, a partnership between the University System of Georgia and some of the world’s largest payments companies, says it has served more than 10,000 students since it was established in 2018.
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In paying $875,000 to settle a lawsuit over whistleblower allegations about broken cybersecurity rules, Georgia Tech denied wrongdoing and said there were no data leaks or breaches of information.
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Gov. Josh Stein signed into law Tuesday legislation that enables motorists to renew their driver's license a second consecutive time via a remote method.
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Fermi America, a startup co-founded by former Gov. Rick Perry, has outperformed its unusually early debut as a public company, highlighting how much Wall Street hype there is for AI ventures.
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A big spike in the cost of software licensing was addressed at Tuesday's meeting of the Barton County Commission, potentially owing to one company being acquired by new ownership.
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Those credits, which were expanded and extended in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, gave drivers up to $7,500 in credits toward the purchase of a new electric vehicle.
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