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.
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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.
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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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A new one-acre solar farm at the university's Research and Technology Park, supported by a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is designed to reduce fossil fuel consumption and minimize risk from storms.
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While many educators and parents have supported and attested to the efficacy of keeping smartphones out of schools, some educational organizations are warning Maine lawmakers not to overreach.
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A bill heading to Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe’s desk will require school districts to draft their own policies enacting a total cellphone ban for students during the school day, starting in the fall.
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A webinar this week featuring panelists from the education, private and nonprofit sectors attested to how institutions are applying generative artificial intelligence to advising, admissions, research and IT.
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Modernizing the state system will require more than just new technology. The undertaking will include a careful “change management” process to receive input and feedback from Hawaii staffers.
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Officials have agreed to spend nearly $1 million on electronic voter check-in systems that will enable virtual sign-language services for deaf voters. Each polling place will have at least two tablets with the software.
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