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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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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Supported by the National Science Foundation and Micron Technology, the Q-SUCCEED-CNY program sends students to visit places like AIM Photonics and Toptica Photonics, then teaches them educational pathways to jobs there.
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The hand-held, artificial intelligence-enabled electrocardiogram, or ECG for short, has the ability to process the data as well as the larger machines that the paramedics have in their toolbox.
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Now under new leadership, the California High-Speed Rail Authority is set to move into a new phase of development. Plans are to begin train service in the Central Valley in five to eight years.
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Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a ban prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence and social media apps associated with the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party, on government-issued electronic tools.
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The electric, self-driving vehicles prepare to merge onto California’s 405 freeway — but have already driven 1.9 million miles in L.A., since beginning there in November. They will, for now, carry staffers only.
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East Baton Rouge Public Schools is testing AI-powered screeners at four high schools, along with other policy changes, after a student smuggled a firearm past manned metal detectors.
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A new program is teaching a small group of incarcerated men the tools of a new trade — coding and web design — in the hopes that it can help the men succeed when they are released.
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President Trump has promised to roll back aspirational carbon emission regulations aiming to incentivize domestic EV production as well as detailed policy changes he wants to push through Congress.
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