A new report finds labor still accounts for a large portion of the cost of deploying the necessary infrastructure. But advocates say technology is worth it, given the resiliency and future-proofing it offers.
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The AI Learning and Innovation Hub empowers responsible public-sector experimentation and development of AI technology, using an open source model to support broader applications of tools that emerge. -
Kyle Guerrant takes over for Michelle Lange, who is set to step down to take a job in the private sector. The state CIO departed in December for a technology role at Michigan State University.
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The nonprofit advisory group GovRAMP reports that its Progressing Security Snapshot Program leads to steady cybersecurity improvements for cloud service providers who sell to government, ultimately boosting trust.
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A four-person team from the University of Michigan earned a $15,000 prize in the 2025 MiSpace Hackathon, for creating technology that gives four-day forecasts of ice formation on the Great Lakes.
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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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A five-year Education Innovation and Research grant will bring an online literacy tool and expanded support to elementary schoolers in Iowa, Wyoming and other states.
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Through electronic queueing and a pilot of drive-through court services, the governments hope to handle a rise in court transactions driven largely by an increase in traffic violations around school buses.
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County commissioners considered, then deferred for two weeks, a resolution setting strict requirements on the facilities. A meeting with the governor and state officials lies ahead.
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Starting next year, Avon Lake City School District will store Chromebooks for first-graders on carts at school instead of allowing students to take them home. It may expand that to other grades in the coming years.
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The procurement software company, bought by KKR in 2024, also sold six business units with duties outside the gov tech space. Tom Spengler, a gov tech veteran and the new SOVRA leader, discusses the changes.
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The city’s Common Council approved the purchase of six cameras; fundraising will cover the cost of the one-year pilot. Five cameras will be fixed; the sixth will be used at different locations including special events.
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Officials in local government are turning to technology to improve the physical accessibility of their city sidewalks. GIS tools can help staff monitor thousands of curbs more efficiently.
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The local government, which sustained a ransomware attack June 18, is informing people whose information may have been impacted, via a website. A review of the impacted data is continuing.
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A new International Gaming Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas has launched a new AI Research Hub (AiR Hub) to tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing the gaming industry's digital transformation.
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Personal information, including names, addresses and Social Security numbers, from former students in the Lexington-Richland 5 school district was posted online, the district has announced.
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