A resignation letter from the city’s chief technology officer of four years surfaced on social media alongside changes to the city’s website, where his name was removed and a new acting CTO named.
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With new EV sales in the United States recently reporting a year-over-year decline, advocates said factors like their long-term affordability should have been emphasized and infrastructure should be accessible. -
IT infrastructure resilience, like modernization and citizen engagement, is an ongoing endeavor for officials in South Dakota, according to state CIO Mark Wixon — and one that intersects much other technology work.
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State Chief Innovation Officer Dave Cole will remain under her administration, Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill said. Outgoing Gov. Phil Murphy, meanwhile, signed a bill affirming the New Jersey Innovation Authority.
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Heidi Norman, who has served as permanent CIO of Pittsburgh since 2022, and in other roles with the city since 2017, has departed at the request of the city’s incoming mayoral administration.
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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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Republican and Democratic leaders in the Kansas Senate have pre-filed a bipartisan bill that would require all public and private accredited school districts to adopt policies banning phones.
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Five students at Dow High School in Midland, Mich., have co-authored research about agriculture in space that will soon appear in a major scientific journal.
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While the city has used drones before, Chief Roderick Porter said the two new aerial vehicles the department is getting under a contract with security tech company Flock Safety are more advanced.
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More than 200 Wisconsin law enforcement agencies use license plate reading technology. The state’s capital city, however, has so far not installed such cameras even as its neighbors have done so.
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North Carolina's Child Fatality Task Force recently endorsed legislation to limit how companies can use data on minors, and it will continue studying the impacts of AI companions and chatbots.
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Vanderbilt University and the Electric Power Board of Chattanooga are looking for a downtown space for the Institute for Quantum Innovation, where up to 260 Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students will live and work.
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Schools in Alabama have a year to voluntarily implement a digital literacy and computer science course approved by the Alabama State Board of Education. It will become a requirement within 18 months.
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The state legislation would allow the inmates to get remote employment with approved businesses and companies that choose to participate in the yet-unnamed program.
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The Town Board approved the installation of the cameras on municipal property at its work session earlier this week, with the number of planned cameras dropping from eight to four.
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Digital twin technology allows universities to combine various data sources into virtual models that help with operational planning, such as optimizing energy use, streamlining maintenance and simulating disasters.
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