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Justice & Public Safety
Report on Uvalde Mass Shooting to Be Released This Week
Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell said that Justice Department officials called her about the report release. She said she was surprised that the news got out because DOJ wanted the matter kept "top secret."
January 16, 2024
K-12 Education
N.J. Cell Phone Bans Cause Tears, but Fewer Distractions
A growing number of New Jersey school districts are requiring students to keep cell phones in their lockers or in special pouches so they're inaccessible during class. Some students have had a hard time adjusting.
January 16, 2024
K-12 Education
Tarrant County Schools Unaffected by Raptor Data Leak
A Fort Worth-area school district was not affected when Raptor Technologies, a Houston-based school security software company, inadvertently leaked a cache of more than 4 million records from client districts nationwide.
January 16, 2024
Emerging Tech
Axiom Space Flight Marks 2024’s First Crewed Launch
Commercial astronaut trips from Florida’s Space Coast are becoming more commonplace, with Axiom Space about to send up another crew from Kennedy Space Center this week.
January 16, 2024
Analytics
Schenectady, N.Y., Releases Tax Bills After Tech Snafu
Schenectady residents are set to receive their 2024 property tax bills in the mail this week after delivery was delayed due to the tardy 2024 city budget and logistical issues with the firm distributing the bills.
January 16, 2024
Artificial Intelligence
How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Gymnastics Judging
Proponents believe that artificial intelligence can eliminate biases in gymnastics judging, making the sport both more fair and more transparent for viewers and for the gymnasts themselves.
January 16, 2024
Analytics
North Carolina Causes Nationwide Delay of Death Data
Missing records from North Carolina have delayed the release of federal data on causes of death across the country, information that experts say is critical to understanding the health of the American public.
January 16, 2024
Artificial Intelligence
IMF: Artificial Intelligence Could Impact 40 Percent of Jobs
The world is at an AI crossroads that could either greatly benefit humankind or deepen inequality, depending on how we use it, the International Monetary Fund said in an analysis released Sunday.
January 16, 2024
K-12 Education
Cybersecurity Best Practices According to 3 Superintendents
A trio of superintendents from Connecticut, Oregon and Pennsylvania agree that securing K-12 networks requires having plans to prevent and respond to cyber attacks as well as communicate the urgency of the problem.
January 16, 2024
Lohrmann on Cybersecurity
Most Popular Cybersecurity Blogs from 2023
What were the top government technology and security blogs in 2023? The metrics tell us what cybersecurity and technology infrastructure topics were most popular.
January 14, 2024
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Dan Lohrmann
Infrastructure
California’s High-Speed Rail Project Sees New Funding, Bidders
A Sacramento manufacturing plant could stand to benefit from the $3.1 billion federal grant awarded last month to revive an over-budget and overdue high-speed rail project between Merced and Bakersfield.
January 12, 2024
Workforce & People
Longtime Nebraska CIO Ed Toner Announces Retirement
After nearly a decade of service with the state of Nebraska, Chief Information Officer Ed Toner will be leaving state government in February for retirement. A search for his replacement is in the works.
January 12, 2024
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News Staff
Question of the Day
What does this self-eating rocket use for fuel?
Answer: As the name implies, itself.
January 12, 2024
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News Staff
Public Safety
Police Tech Firm Wrap Is Betting Big on Non-Lethal Weapons
The gov tech firm has announced its highest sales ever for its BolaWrap product. It’s part of a larger trend among agencies and their tech providers to respond to changing police practices and citizen expectations.
January 12, 2024
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Thad Rueter
Workforce & People
Florida Broadband Office Appoints New Leadership
Leandro Garcia has been tapped to lead Florida's efforts to expand broadband Internet access throughout the state. Garcia was serving as the deputy director for the Florida Department of Commerce prior to this appointment.
January 12, 2024
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Katya Diaz
K-12 Education
New Software Tool to Expedite Hiring Amid K-12 Understaffing
Red Rover, which makes workforce management software for schools, is launching a web-based tool that allows people to submit job applications by phone while hiring managers track them more efficiently.
January 12, 2024
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News Staff
Infrastructure
NYC Transit Tech Lab Opens New Round of Challenge Applications
Curb management is one of the latest areas the New York City Transit Tech Lab wants to explore as it opens its new call for applications to enter the lab’s sixth challenge event urging early growth stage companies to apply.
January 12, 2024
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News Staff
Budget & Finance
What Newsom’s Sweeping Budget Cuts Could Mean for IT
California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a $291.5 billion budget this week that proposed resolving a roughly $37.8 billion shortfall with cuts, delayed and deferred funding and by withdrawing $13 billion from state reserves.
January 12, 2024
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Theo Douglas
Public Safety
Alameda County, Calif., Plan Cuts Down on Ambulance Trips to ER
The county will require its next provider to develop an “appropriate tiered system” for their responses, offering things like at-home telehealth appointments when appropriate, instead of just transporting people to the hospital.
January 12, 2024
GovTech Biz
Startup Derq, Intel Advance Traffic Management AI Tools
Intel helped the startup show that its traffic management technology can be used with what results said were "minimal processing." That could make such tools easier for public agencies to deploy and use.
January 12, 2024
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Thad Rueter
Public Safety
Parts of Midwest Brace for High Winds, Dangerous Cold
The main effect for today will be strong wind gusts, especially late this afternoon into Saturday. These high winds could snap tree limbs, leading to power outages, and blow around any unsecured objects.
January 12, 2024
Higher Education
25 Illinois Community Colleges Awarded Grants for EV Programs
The Illinois Community College Board has granted $9.4 million to institutions across the state to build up their programs for training students in EV technology and advanced manufacturing fields.
January 12, 2024
K-12 Education
New VR Program Helps W. Va. Minority Students Explore Careers
Virtual-reality headsets at the Kanawha County American Job Center transport West Virginia students to career sites such as transmission towers, construction zones or emergency situations.
January 12, 2024
Disaster Zone
New Federal Legislation to Provide Federally Backed Reinsurance
One way to help, but not solve, the price of property insurance.
January 12, 2024
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Eric Holdeman
Cybersecurity
Pennsylvania Detectives May Join Cyber Fraud Task Force
North Huntingdon is expected to consider an agreement with the Secret Service that would allow its detectives to join the federal agency's cyber fraud task force and be trained to fight financially motivated cyber crime.
January 12, 2024
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