Responder MAX will focus on marketing, communications, recruitment and other areas. First Arriving, which has worked with some 1,300 agencies, will keep involved with its "real-time information platform."
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An executive order from the governor of the Show Me State calls for the development of a strategic framework to advance AI technology and related infrastructure, addressing workforce development and data centers. -
The federal government’s now-defunct United States Digital Service has served as an inspiration for states that are increasingly putting human experience at the center of their tech projects.
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Tony Sauerhoff, who also previously served as state chief information security officer, was appointed interim executive director of the Texas Department of Information Resources and interim CIO.
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The blockchain-based token, believed to be the first from a U.S. public entity, is for individual and institutional use. The executive director of the Wyoming Stable Token Commission is planning 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. -
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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As the new five-year funding cycle for E-rate begins, experts at the Future of Education Technology Conference in Orlando urged districts to plan early, document thoroughly and stay vigilant on compliance.
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National Grid is expected to install the devices for 121,000 customers in the city. They will enable people to track energy usage via a portal, and will immediately alert the utility to power outages.
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San Jose is the latest city whose use of the cameras to snag criminal suspects, critics say, also threatens privacy and potentially runs afoul of laws barring access by out-of-state and federal agencies.
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Now headed to the state Senate for consideration, House Bill 4141 would require all of Michigan's public and charter schools to adopt policies forbidding students from using cellphones during instructional time.
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Two major Texas companies are partnering to develop a $1.2 billion hyperscale data center campus in Bosque County that will be the first U.S. data center to be co-located with an existing energy source.
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Nik Blosser, whose resume includes federal and private-sector roles, will take the helm on privacy issues and artificial intelligence planning. He also serves as chair of one of Oregon’s oldest family-owned wineries.
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Anyone enrolled in IT and cybersecurity training programs at PC AGE Career Institute this fall is eligible for a monthly $200 stipend, intended to make training for in-demand careers more widely accessible.
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An analysis of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act finds that state and local governments will likely need to focus on compliance and innovation to meet the new mandates, many of them unfunded.
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Created by Georgetown University’s Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation, the Digital Government Hub’s latest feature tracks the connections between public-sector organizations and how they deliver services.
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Cities across the U.S. are implementing AI technology solutions to improve operations. Although their approaches are unique, they share a focus on prioritizing AI to improve sustainability in local government.
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