With more than a decade of experience managing enterprise infrastructure, cybersecurity initiatives and large-scale technology projects, Richard Barbee will now lead Durham's IT operations.
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To get more people prepared for careers in cybersecurity, Maryland is betting on a state-backed, employer-driven apprenticeship model, not unlike traditional skilled trade apprenticeships. -
From Davos insights to state readiness, let‘s explore how robotics and sensors are moving artificial intelligence into the physical world.
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The director of the California Department of Technology and state CIO since June 2022 will be stepping down after a 38-year career. That included guiding CDT’s on-the-ground response to the 2025 wildfires.
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Spring days can produce an excess of surplus renewable energy in California — more power than electric lines can carry. Researchers have some ideas about where and how to harness that energy.
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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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The third part of the district's five-year, $609 million bond proposal would pay for devices and network and software investments, including money for cybersecurity supports and testing.
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Twelve colleges in eight states last weekend participated in six- to nine-hour cyber defense marathons at the Midwest Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, defending mock-up businesses from “hacker” attacks.
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With an alarming increase in breaches, hundreds of public organizations in the state might be unprotected despite a free membership to the service that New Jersey began paying for last year.
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The Trump administration has released its national legislative framework for AI technology. If enacted, it could pre-empt state regulations in certain areas but maintain some authority elsewhere.
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An amended version of Assembly Bill 1111, if passed, would allow small education agencies to have the electric-bus requirement waived temporarily. Most polled superintendents are skeptical about the 2035 deadline.
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Graduate students facing potential academic sanctions because AI detection software flagged their work are petitioning the University at Buffalo to stop using Turnitin and improve the appeals process.
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A career and technical education center that opened in 2024 as a collaborative effort between a school district, the city of Oxford and an economic development council now hosts around 300 high school students a day.
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Waymo has gotten a green light to run its autonomous vehicle fleet in nearly all of San Jose, marking the first time in the city's history that a commercial driverless service can operate on its streets.
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Connecticut lawmakers on the state and national level are pushing for new Internet-related legislation aimed at protecting children, citing a state insider investigation.
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W. Schad Meldrum has retired as IT director in the capital city after 25 years of public service. An interim has been elevated from within the organization, and leaders are considering his permanent replacement.
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