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Following the bungled rollout of a new FAFSA (Free Application for Financial Aid) system this year, the U.S. Department of Education gathered input from students and families for a new one they will test this fall.

Historically, the fair allowed people with a valid handgun license to carry a concealed gun onto the grounds, but this year not even licensed gun owners can carry a weapon.

The North Dakota Department of Transportation's STEM Outreach Solutions program will give students in grades 9-12 and hands-on introduction to transportation and civil engineering work.

While interactions with AI bots can be helpful and even life-affirming for anxious teens and 20-somethings, some experts think tech companies are running an unregulated psychological experiment with millions of subjects.

A Phoenix-based technology services company will integrate its content resource management tools with a messaging service to analyze student performance and conduct outreach from the same platform.

A survey found that less than 40 percent of agencies spend at least 10 percent of their budget on prevention, while 42 percent said they don't use any software to detect and monitor fires.

Researchers weigh in on government efforts to define standards and tools for ed-tech evaluations, calling for quality assurance measures, ongoing improvements, certifications, benchmarks and regulatory frameworks.

The declaration allows the West Virginia Emergency Management Division to post personnel and resources for quick response to any emergency that may develop. Coordinating agencies have been placed on standby to report to the EOC.

Plus, take a look at a visual of which states have had their BEAD proposals approved, find out about the Fiber Broadband Association’s new program for states and more.

Cambridge, Mass., wants to persuade more property owners to change from heating oil to electric heat to soften the impacts of climate change. A city official and a BlocPower executive explain how that can be done.

Government and industry leaders are working to better understand how data collection may not effectively document what people with disabilities need. They're improving the process by doing a better job of gathering information.

The Bay Area Rapid Transit system cut service to many East Bay and South Bay stations for a time Thursday morning. Trains on its Orange and Green lines were being turned back at the Bay Fair station.

Answer: Because traditional bells don’t sound urgent enough.

The money, delivered Wednesday by a Congressional representative, comes amid struggles at an electric school bus factory, from complications with a federal subsidy rollout. It will go toward five zero-emission buses in Calumet City.

The devices will go in this week along O Street, on traffic signal arms and streetlight poles, to gather information for a study. It’s part of a pilot aimed at potentially creating new pickup and drop-off spots, and higher parking turnover.

Muscogee County School District in Georgia worked with Columbus Police Department to place cameras in 20 school zones to catch drivers going 11 or more miles per hour over the speed limit.

New laws that will impact Ohio school districts this fall include one requiring them to adopt policies governing cellphone use during the day, and one requiring them not to give tech vendors rights to student records.

Tide gauge data shows Mississippi Coast waters rose 8 inches in the last 30 years. Scientists predict the water will rise 18 inches in the next three decades and could rise another 3.84 feet by the end of this century.

As part of a "Business INCubators" course at Barrington High School in Illinois, students created a website to connect farmers market vendors with new customers and reduce food waste.

Gov. Ned Lamont and state officials are warning Connecticut consumers about a surge in credit, debit and EBT card theft targeting residents at the gas pump, the ATM and the grocery line.

There are two cyber conferences in Las Vegas over the next several days, with those being the Black Hat USA convention and Def Con 32, the longest-running hacking conference in the United States.

Under a mandate from the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the city has 10 years to identify and replace any lead pipes that deliver water to customers, with its first benchmark in October.

The pandemic has pushed governments to provide better digital services for constituents. To understand how agencies are responding, the Center for Digital Government and AST surveyed state and local leaders across this country. Watch this brief video for an overview of the survey results and links to additional resources.

What it takes to innovate: a look at breakthrough tech making inroads in government.