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To be most effective in a school emergency, administrators, teachers and first responders all need to understand the roles everyone plays, and experts say those roles should be established ahead of time.

Internet service provider Comcast will deploy fiber in the Milford, Orange and Woodbridge areas, potentially reaching more than 160,000 state residents. The move is expected to reach nearly 173,000 homes and businesses.

Iowa Child Care Connect, a new website unveiled by state Gov. Kim Reynolds, comes out of a recommendation from a task force she created to look into improving the access to and affordability of child care.

The Pine Springs Preparatory Virtual Academy started its first school year this week. The tuition-free public charter school allows students from anywhere in North Carolina to attend full time online.

TeacherServer offers hundreds of secure, generative AI education tools, all built by Dr. Zafer Unal, a professor at the University of South Florida. He created the site this summer, in less than three months.

The Iowa United First Aid program enlists volunteers who are on standby and equipped with basic first aid gear to help on EMS calls, and a specialized software connects them to 911 callers in need.

Answer: Flying Lotus.

Illinois' DMV modernization hit a snag with rampant no-shows for digital appointments. But a simple tech fix — text reminders — may be turning the tide. Government Technology dives into the data to reveal the impact.

There needs to be more study of how to best reach as many homeowners as possible when agencies ask them to take action against fires, though it’s impossible to reach every single one. It’s hard to define a “fire-adapted” community.

Emergency preparedness and response has been coordinated by the Lafayette Parish Communication District's 911 division and funded equally by the city and parish. A dedicated in-house department is needed.

The policy change comes after Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued an executive order mandating that school systems devise ways to create cellphone-free environments at school.

The amount is in addition to $184,000 awarded to the state last year, on top of $222,000 granted in late 2020 as part of an initiative to protect children from lead in drinking water in Hawaii.

The federal government is alleging that Georgia Tech and its research arm didn’t follow enforcement of cybersecurity rules stated within U.S. Department of Defense contracts.

The app provides personalized recommendations for eating fish from lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior, from inland lakes in northern Michigan and northern Minnesota, and store-bought fish.

In the absence of federal action, the state that is home of Silicon Valley has previously led with first-of-its-kind regulations on net neutrality, data privacy and online safety for children.

The exercise is an effort by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to reassure voters that voting computers can be trusted, along with upcoming testing to ensure they’re faithfully recording votes.

As rates of COVID-19 surge and the long-term threat of bird flu is on the horizon, experts say the lack of a national health system and coordinated messaging put the U.S. at risk for another pandemic.

Earlier this week, Florida county election officials had trouble posting primary results due to slow and crashing election websites managed by VR Systems.

The winning solutions include RouteMe, Signapse and Mapsted, which will undergo testing at MIA through fall 2024.

The biggest single appropriation on the list — $1.15 million — is to buy machines that will be installed in four cities that can capture three-dimensional images of bullet casings to help build a database that tracks guns used in crimes.

The aim? To help craft technology that can power smart cities. The call for candidates comes as more accelerators and incubators provide guidance and other vital assistance to government technology companies.

The U.S. Air Force is indeed considering a $1 billion proposal from Port San Antonio in Texas to relocate its cybersecurity unit there from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The courtship dates to February.

Answer: 5.58 terabytes. And that was only for one night.

Plus, Louisiana launched a $1.3 billion grant program, the city of Orlando is seeking a person or company to lead digital literacy training, and more.

The state’s most populous county is piloting installation of 12 solar streetlights near the Downtown South area of Las Vegas. It has been hard hit by copper wire theft, which has kept conventional lights dark for months.