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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Some parents oppose legislation that would ban cellphones in Georgia public schools, arguing that the devices are essential for communicating with their kids in the event of a school shooting.
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A private university in Connecticut will use a predictive analytics system called Tiber Analytics to give students feedback and help them assess their chances of success in the first year of medical school.
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A federal judge has dismissed an epic court case challenging Georgia’s touchscreen voting system, ending the seven-year lawsuit that uncovered election security vulnerabilities and a breach in Coffee County.
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The sales tax on data, information technology and software publishing is at the center of a potential tax reform plan, which, in addition to more than $2 billion in spending cuts, aims to fill a budget shortfall.
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New fleet management technology for optimizing the use of electric vehicles crunches numerous variables related to battery performance, route, topography and temperature to get the most out of zero emissions.
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In collaboration with the University of Florida and the Concord Consortium, Florida's statewide virtual school system wants to give middle and high school students a head start in core math concepts related to AI.
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