The state’s new accessibility and equity strategy focuses on how state agencies design and run digital services. It aims to ensure government websites and other online resources can be used by all.
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Having realized efficiencies through their use of a technology project management platform, city officials are contemplating where else it might bring transparency, save time and accomplish routine tasks. -
The state is upgrading its Division of Motor Vehicles technology system this month to improve security, usability and efficiency. To do so, several temporary service closures are planned.
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The third-party payment processing vendor, BridgePay Network Solutions, is reporting a systemwide outage to its services following a ransomware attack. An investigation and recovery efforts are ongoing.
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The state has created a policy establishing how data across the executive branch is identified, classified and safeguarded, to act as the foundation for data security. Its scope is wide-reaching.
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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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A new safety app at UTC includes a panic button, ride requests, location sharing and remote monitoring. The university is also planning to implement panic alarms on walls and computers.
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A new center at the University of Texas at Arlington will focus on space simulation, space instrumentation, astrophysics, data science, aerospace engineering and physics education.
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Students and faculty at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with backgrounds in physical and social sciences are trying to design an energy system that better serves the needs of low- and moderate-income households.
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Called Civiq, the platform assembles in one color-coded place voter registration info, past election results, campaign finance totals, census details and other public data sets related to elections.
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The state’s National Guard has donated five devices to local law enforcement to assist it in combatting drug trafficking. The components and software will aid in managing mobile device data and extracting information.
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The city has improved customer service and billing for its water and sewer customers, in part through new customer service software and a policy alerting residents to issues with bills.
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The local government may limit data center development, holding it to an area in and near White Oak Technology park in eastern Henrico. Should this happen, data centers elsewhere would need supervisors’ approval.
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As geospatial technology supplier Forerunner launches an AI-backed language translation tool, its CEO describes the next steps for AI in this part of gov tech — while cautioning that AI can’t do everything.
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This fall, Washtenaw Intermediate School District in Michigan will use state funds to expand career and technical education, particularly drone aviation, as well as mechatronics and construction engineering.
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State CIO Madhu Gottumukkala reflects on lessons learned and IT advances focused on better public service, as he prepares to depart for a new cybersecurity role with the federal government.
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