Grant programs like the Advanced Transportation Technology and Innovation program and Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation are advancing transportation and transit improvement tech projects across the country.
Merit, a gov tech company from California, has integrated with the Snowflake Government and Education Data Cloud. The partnership could help officials leverage best practices and monitor fraud and abuse.
Plus, the percentage of organizations hit by ransomware last year who paid their hackers, the U.K. works toward “sovereign” AI and a tech startup introduces a 3D virtual office environment.
Federal officials announced expedited measures to reach the 28 million U.S. households without high-speed Internet service. Money from the new Infrastructure Law will be available to families and Pell Grant recipients.
A project at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has developed a drone equipped with GPS, an infrared camera and 400 tiny “fireballs” that can be used to ignite prescribed burns from a safe distance.
The city of Philadelphia announced that Chief Information Officer Mark Wheeler is leaving the city, and Chief Operating Officer Sandra Carter has officially started serving as interim CIO this week.
Deloitte and Amazon Web Services will donate robotics kits, curriulum and training materials to a middle school, with plans to extend STEM outreach to more middle and high schools in the nation’s capital by 2026.
