From agentic AI help-desk assistants to cybersecurity collaboration and smarter trash routes, Raleigh CIO Mark Wittenburg explains how the city is testing tech before scaling it citywide.
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T.J. Mayotte will step in as the city’s new CIO beginning Monday, bringing private- and public-sector experience from two nearby counties to the role. The incoming tech leader has also worked in security governance. -
The program, designed for water and wastewater systems, builds upon plans released last year by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The move comes amid increasing worries about cyber attacks linked to the ongoing and widening war in Iran.
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The San Diego County Sheriff's Office has deployed a new system with artificial intelligence to answer calls that are not life-threatening emergencies. Those calls previously encountered some delays.
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The Department of Information Resources board approved his appointment Friday as DIR executive director and CIO, after an in-depth search. Sauerhoff had been serving in an interim capacity since January.
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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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Residents who use the county Sheriff’s Office app can find booking and offender information — and push notifications around weather warnings. A daily bulletin feature will soon be added.
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Negotiations have stalled over a state Senate proposal to repeal a sales tax exemption on data center equipment. Gov. Abigail Spanberger raised the possibility of a data center electricity consumption tax.
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Senate Bill 707 mandates that larger cities and counties provide options for remote participation in public meetings by July 1, among other requirements related to translation and teleconferencing for elected officials.
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A private university in Nebraska will use $2 million from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education within the U.S. Department of Education to credential teachers via the online platform BloomBoard.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced the launch of the Connectivity Innovation — Mobile Service Request for Applications to identify new ways of expanding reliable cellphone service in New York state.
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The states’ departments of transportation are teaming up to test the autonomous driving technique, which uses technology to let the driver of the first truck control the speed and direction of the second.
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Leaders from across the political spectrum found common ground at the ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego this month discussing workforce preparation and critical thinking, which all parties seem to agree need attention.
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Governments are increasingly using specialized anonymous digital tip lines to tackle niche community issues. The data, however, has become an attractive target for threat actors. Here's how one company is responding.
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Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate talked about the federal government’s changes to cybersecurity funding and said he “would not want to see” programs go away. The state, he said, does “count a lot on those cyber protections.”
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Construction has commenced on a high-speed Internet network that will connect 34 city facilities including City Hall. Kingman, Ariz.-based Wecom Fiber will build 1.1 million feet of fiber to nearly all of the city.
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