Mark Combs, Vermont’s inaugural chief technology and enterprise services officer, helped expand the scope of state digital services as his role changed. Officials are now seeking his successor.
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s choice to lead gov tech efforts in the Big Apple has more than three decades of heavyweight experience. Gelobter, a computer scientist, helped invent GIFs and worked on the Hulu launch team. -
The county's Department of Public Safety Communications and Emergency Management upgraded its computer-aided dispatching system to one that is cloud-based and can work more easily with neighboring agencies.
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AI, cybersecurity, budget: How well are America’s cities prepared for a digital future? The annual survey from the Center for Digital Government has topline data on municipal tech.
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The new data analytics platform brings health, public safety and service information into a single view, in an effort to help officials guide substance abuse prevention efforts and resource decisions.
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From Pilot to Launch: What will it take to scale AI in government?
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As fears of an AI “bubble” persist, officials and gov tech suppliers are looking to move past pilots and deploy larger, more permanent projects that bring tangible benefits. But getting there is easier said than done. -
Artificial intelligence has been dominant for several years. But where has government taken it? More than a decade after the GT100's debut, companies doing business in the public sector are ready to prove their worth.
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The boom of early Internet in the mid-1990s upended government IT. The rise of artificial intelligence isn't exactly the same, but it isn't completely different. What can we learn from 30 years ago?
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Kip Glazer, principal of Mountain View High School in California, said her student internship program provides campus tech support, but its most important lessons involve collaboration and communication.
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The Gilbreath-Reed Career and Technical Center, part of Garland Independent School District in Texas ,recruits instructors from the private sector and covers the cost of industry certification exams.
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The technology campus is working with a subsidiary of Boeing Co.’s Wisk Aero, to develop a vertical heliport for electric flying cars. The facility is expected to be the first in the Texas region.
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The White House is expected to give the New York Police Department the authority to ground unauthorized drones around major events. The department also plans to roll out a new 311 dispatch system.
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In working with Kyndryl to replace its mainframe with the company’s MAX platform, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles looks to give visitors more options and have staff handle complex tasks.
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A measure being considered by state lawmakers would require anyone in Louisiana to verify their age before downloading an app. If approved, it would also require minors to secure parental permission for downloads.
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A new project between the University at Albany's Atmospheric Sciences Research Center and the weather intelligence company Tomorrow.io will use high-performance computing and real-time data from both space and the ground.
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The state will continue to offer clean car and charging tax credits, an Environment Department spokesperson said. This follows voting by federal lawmakers to overturn a series of electric vehicle waivers in California.
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Some of the promised test centers were unavailable and others were chaotic, with shouts from some test-takers that their screens had frozen while others were trying to answer the same questions.
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The Federation of American Scientists has acquired MetroLab Network to expand the work in policymaking and local tech innovation the organizations do through universities and government partnerships.
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