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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Officials have paid no ransom, instead shuttering their network to isolate the attack detected July 25. The city has been working with the FBI and Minnesota National Guard to secure systems and find the attack’s source.
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State Attorney General Kwame Raoul encourages families to be vigilant about fake test-prep and financial-aid offers, fraudulent websites, deceptive payment schemes and other scams when shopping for school supplies online.
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With record-high enrollment this year, Northland Preparatory Academy has completed a 9,000-square-foot facility to introduce students to technology and prepare them for future studies in fields like computer science.
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Tracking more than 80 educator-designed AI pilots, researchers from ASU and the Center on Reinventing Public Education found that teachers were more interested in problem-solving than efficiency for efficiency's sake.
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Oregon alleges that public officials in Morrow County pocketed several million dollars by arranging to buy a local telecommunications business from a nonprofit organization there.
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The FBI’s Internet Criminal Complaint Center has issued a warning about a group called The Com or The Community, which is made up primarily of members between the ages of 11 and 25.
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