As parents race to get their children into summer camp, a park district in Colorado is using tools from Rec to bring more mobile stability to the process. A park executive and Rec CEO discuss what’s happening.
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Pasadena, Calif., will soon let its electric fleet use standard, publicly available chargers. In Texas, Austin Energy, a city-operated utility, is developing a charging strategy for its fleets.
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The National League of Cities will work with tech company BRINC to educate cities, towns and villages on standing up drone-as-first-responder programs. That includes assistance on FAA approvals and training.
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Plus, the world's fastest business jet takes off, Merriam-Webster's tech-centric word of 2025, and the cost savings of charging an electric vehicle from your home.
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From mining video evidence to enabling real-time translation of public meetings to speeding up prescription renewals, state and local agencies are finding ways to put artificial intelligence to work.
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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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The Federal Aviation Administration has selected eight proposals to participate in a nationwide pilot program to determine if air taxis can be used at short-range in major metropolitan areas.
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The Montana Digital Academy Teacher Hall of Fame's inaugural class includes eight teachers who stood out in the state's online academy, which supplements middle and high school courses particularly for rural schools.
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County IT leader Rose Mustain, a former NASA cybersecurity manager, has moved on, its chief administrator said last week. Chief Information Security Officer Russ Hauser will serve as interim IT director.
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Starting this week, people riding fixed route city buses can pay without actual money changing hands. Decatur Transit Pay enables contactless payment via a smart card or smartphone app.
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The National League of Cities aims to give its local government members access to CRM and other tools that can help officials keep better track of what constituents want. The deal reflects larger trends in gov tech.
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A 2.32 megawatt solar project in Connecticut will power Gateway Community College and Southern Connecticut State University, with estimated savings of $6 million over 20 years.
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Competition for curb space from cars, delivery trucks, bikes and scooters is high. Adjusted pricing models, high-tech monitoring and better compliance will create more useful, dynamic space on urban streets.
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The Ohio Institute for Quantum Computing Research, Talent, and Commercialization is unlikely to materialize after the state senate's latest budget rejected $14 million earmarked for the project.
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The Dayton Police Department may soon use gunshot detection technology, drones and license plate readers to try to reduce crime in several hot spot neighborhoods in west and northwest Dayton.
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The San Francisco Police Department is experimenting with artificial intelligence software that can extract information from body-worn camera recordings to produce first drafts of incident reports.
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