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. -
Plus, federal legislation supporting rural Internet access gets introduced, Utah’s legislature will consider a law establishing digital literacy education, Texas is investing millions in broadband expansion, and more.
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Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who took office this week, orders improvements to the permitting process, calling for a dashboard and other work. She also wants to use AI to improve state operations.
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The Hawaii Department of Transportation has launched its Eyes on the Road project, which leverages dashcams in private and state-owned vehicles to gather vast amounts of information on roadway conditions.
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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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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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A recent promotion through the state-funded CalKIDS initiative highlights how the state of California is using education savings accounts to address technology access for students.
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Hawaii has received federal approval to begin spending nearly $149 million to expand high-speed Internet statewide, marking one of the largest digital infrastructure investments in state history.
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The bill would prevent “economic prejudice” by prohibiting surveillance pricing in grocery stores, banning surge pricing on essential goods and pausing the rollout of electronic shelf labels.
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Greenwich school leaders are notifying families, particularly of middle school students, that a new law went into effect in Connecticut this week requiring an operator's license to ride e-bikes and e-scooters.
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In California, Pennsylvania, Washington and elsewhere, water districts are often turning to GIS and other tech tools to better serve their communities and the increasing needs of firefighting.
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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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