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Stephen Miller, who has served as Washington, D.C.'s acting chief technology officer since June, has been confirmed as permanent CTO. He has been with the city nearly two decades, including more than six years in the C-suite.

A City Council committee will consider next week a new contract with the company that provides the gunshot-detecting tech. Chicago and Seattle have moved away from it, and Houston's mayor has indicated he wants the city to drop it.

Chris Hein, Google’s director of customer engineering for public sector/SLED, reveals how AI is transforming government services and improving citizen experiences — and how they should think about AI success.

Answer: Zoom.

Plus, the U.S. Senate passes new broadband legislation, more federal broadband funding proposals get approved, Seattle launches an interoperable multilingual application process for low-cost Internet, and more.

Students at Maria Carrillo High School in Santa Rosa, Calif., started the nonprofit 404 Found Code to teach younger children concepts of coding. Now they have funding and gifts from tech companies and plan to expand.

Implementation of the Florida school district’s student information system, purchased in 2019, was disrupted by COVID-19 and multiple superintendent changes. A consultant said the vendor has failed to deliver on expectations.

The new degree program, two years in the making, was launched with collaboration from Red Rocks, Arapahoe and Pueblo community colleges. The Colorado Springs area is a “cybersecurity hot spot,” the program director said.

Given the surge of ransomware attacks and increasing costs of payments to unlock stolen data in 2024, some states have banned public ransomware payments. But experts are divided on whether it's the right move.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens urged residents to take precautions and limit outdoor activities until Thursday, saying a plume from an extinguished chemical plant fire in Rockdale County could drift west.

Hundreds of police officers, firefighters and emergency workers from North Carolina’s Triangle area are packing in food and supplies for their emotionally fatigued counterparts in the state’s western mountains.

As the state pushes residents to buy electric vehicles, some Washingtonians wonder why they should invest in an electric vehicle when many state agencies still use gas-powered SUVs, pickups and sedans.

Colorado Springs officials have proposed a policy to expand legal access for electric bikes across city-owned parks and open spaces, representing the next point of contention in a yearslong controversy.

The Los Angeles County Office of Education and the USC Education Technology Accelerator have partnered on a new program to unite educators and developers in the quest to create more effective ed-tech tools — and implement them.

CAST’s Center on Inclusive Technology and Education Systems will work with Nebraska, New Jersey and Pennsylvania to develop inclusive technologies to meet diverse student needs in their school districts.

Per capita broadband infrastructure funding is highest in rural states, a new report finds, even though the digital divide exists in all areas. Reviews.org examines funding states are receiving from the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program.

The Ohio Office of Information Technology has plans to streamline the state’s IT infrastructure in a few key areas. CIO Katrina Flory outlines several current projects underway.

Steven Martin, a longtime IT executive in the southwest, will join Glendale, Ariz., later this month as its CIO. He brings public- and private-sector leadership experience to the role, where he will set the city's tech strategy and provide ongoing program analysis.

The underground blaze in downtown Sunday knocked out service to facilities around the state. Service levels may still vary, and some libraries may be temporarily closed.

The result of a legislative overhaul, the move by the state transportation department impacts many, but not all, local traffic cameras. A new law requires the cameras be permitted.

On the final day of its 2024 Annual Conference, the organization recognized tech and cyber teams and leaders in more than a dozen states for their long-term contributions, and for success in specific initiatives.

Filling cybersecurity and IT positions is, for many governments, a long-standing challenge. At NASCIO, Montana CIO Kevin Gilbertson explains his state’s successful strategy of hiring and training up applicants from other government agencies.