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Everyone should have a disaster recovery plan and should avoid signing any documents within the first 72 hours. Anyone whose property has been impacted by disaster should call their insurance company.

Congress must stop dithering on AI and set up a regulatory structure as soon as possible to govern its development and use, and stop leaving it to profit-driven modern tech companies.

Texas Parks and Wildlife commissioners will decide whether to turn over 43 acres of Boca Chica State Park in exchange for 477 acres near the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, about 10 miles away.

The Administrative Office of Illinois Courts has granted Lee County $1,016,623.10 in funds from the 2024 Illinois Court Technology Modernization Program.

State and local governments face ongoing workforce challenges, including budget constraints and difficulty competing with the private sector. Often, antiquated technology and outdated processes make it even harder to attract and retain new employees.

To optimize business systems and deliver value to taxpayers, governments should focus on a modular strategy that allows them to stack solutions and applications that work together seamlessly — without having to overhaul all their business systems at once.

The county first responders took a tour of the Texas State Technical College’s Immersive Interactive lab and its ambulance simulator. The county recently purchased its own immersive interactive lab.

The new $74 million upgrade is scheduled to go live in October and will improve radio coverage by expanding capacity from 3,000 radios to 5,000 and moving the system into the 700- to 800-megahertz frequency range.

Plus, support remains strong for continuing the Affordable Connectivity Program, a Massachusetts planning program expands and Alabama gets $150 million in broadband funding.

Students are using apps such as Tor, Psiphon and Proton VPN, commonly marketed as “censorship circumvention tools,” to bypass school content filters. Schools need multilayered security strategies to meet the moment.

HiPerGator AI, a supercomputer constructed by Nvidia at the University of Florida, is losing out on hiring skilled AI researchers thanks to SB 264, which prevents the state from working with “countries of concern.”

During a recent Tallahassee event, the CIO of Leon County and Okta’s solutions engineer discussed how the Florida Digital Service has enhanced customer experience, notably through securing a $30 million cybersecurity grant in 2023.

State Sen. Adrienne Southworth said schools should balance teacher-student interaction with digital instruction. Her bill also calls for regulation of third-party ed-tech tools that access student data.

Processing times for DNA samples can take up to a year at a state lab, but a rapid DNA machine could have results in 90 minutes to two hours, the Bellingham police chief told city council members Monday.

Answer: A tech worker.

States are allocating money from the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program toward training, multifactor authentication work and encouraging a move to .gov domains. But funding is currently set to run out in 2025.

The Chelan County Public Utility District, which serves around 50,000 customers, said the incident kept a nationwide vendor from mailing and emailing statements last week. It’s unclear whether personal information was compromised.

AT&T has asked the California Public Utilities Commission to drop it as a “carrier of last resort,” which requires it to provide landline service in its coverage area. San Mateo County supervisors question the impacts to 911 and emergency services.

The role comes with a $210,000 salary and would report to the CIO. The CTO would focus on closing technical gaps and improving state systems.

Hundreds of UF professors have petitioned university leaders to undo restrictions from a state law that effectively blocks universities from recruiting researchers from seven countries “of concern."

The Hawaii Department of Education's new data portal tracks 22 data sets related to student proficiency and learning, the educator workforce and school operations, with more data sets to be added over time.

Texans should use extreme caution as they celebrate Texas Independence Day March 2, as approximately 90 percent of wildfires are caused by humans and their activities, and holidays and celebrations pose an increased risk.

Colorado Springs District 11 is in talks with local colleges, industries and governments to create an innovation zone to offer specialized curriculum in aerospace, defense, cybersecurity, information and space technology.

The state's information technology chief executive worries that any legislation crafted now may become obsolete and leave state regulators unable to deal with rapid societal advances brought by AI.

Chicago has joined a growing list of cities that have cut ties with a controversial company that tries to reduce gun violence with tech that listens for the crack of gunshots and immediately notifies police.