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. -
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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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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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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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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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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Many school districts are still in the early, cautious phases, setting guidelines and testing tools, while local colleges are certifying teachers and using it to create teaching assistants, tutors or study aides.
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A new survey from Boston University revealed that respondents support enacting protections against deepfakes — AI-generated images or videos depicting something that did not happen. Their backing is bipartisan.
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In partnership with the city of Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan will research “cellular vehicle-to-everything” technology and deploy it for testing at 51 sites throughout the city.
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The Delaware Department of Technology and Information has promoted a leader in enterprise security operations to the top cybersecurity role in the state. A longtime exec, he previously held it on an interim basis.
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By crafting statewide standards, California officials hope to help districts adopt AI in ways that support learning, respect privacy and keep educators at the center of decisions that affect classrooms.
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The state’s cybersecurity work, through its Joint Security Operations Center, involves a network of people working with different entities to enhance and harden the overall security posture.
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The state attorney general’s office confirmed a “cyber incident” in August that has left some staff and prosecutors unable to access archived emails, files and internal systems. Some civil cases have also been postponed.
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