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New York City is a great example of that.

FEMA, in coordination with the FCC, will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on Wednesday, Oct. 4, scheduled to start at approximately 2:20 p.m. ET.

The nonprofit College Track has partnered with 14 universities to offer online courses and resources to first-generation college students and help them navigate the transition from secondary to higher education.

It started with civic service in New York’s streets, says Lisa Mascolo, the first leader for post-merger GCOM. Now, after jobs at IBM and Accenture, she must fuse corporate cultures while dealing with AI and other trends.

From revisiting the effectiveness of passwords to exploring what cyber response can learn from emergency management, our annual cybersecurity issue digs into what it takes to keep government secure in 2023.

Answer: Twenty-three.

From strengthening public safety to improving staff morale and productivity, combining artificial intelligence with automation is an effective way to bolster cybersecurity for state and local government agencies.

Last week marked one year since Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc on Florida, particularly its coastal communities. The people of Fort Myers Beach mostly survived. How many can afford to stay remains an open question.

As general artificial intelligence threatens to upend years of advice telling students that coding was the essential skill of the future, new skills might come to the fore, such as the ability to think conceptually.

Lakeside High School in Ohio is using virtual-reality technology to simulate hands-on experiences in various subjects and allow students to explore topics, places and content without leaving campus.

Should we now color outside the lines?

The act would benefit local levee districts by giving them more flexibility to maintain their systems by reducing the federal regulatory challenges that make maintenance and improvements difficult.

Matt Massey, president of the Alabama School for Cyber Technology and Engineering, is leading an independent state high school that focuses on cybersecurity and engineering and has recruited 333 students since 2020.

The 31-year-old who co-founded the cryptocurrency exchange FTX is facing a reckoning over what’s been called one of the biggest financial frauds in U.S. history by federal prosecutors.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed into law a bill proposed by state Sen. Michelle Hinchey that makes it illegal to disseminate AI-generated explicit images or "deepfakes" of a person without their consent.

The recently launched IndexPGH website is trying to give potential visitors to Pittsburgh a sense of the city’s center while also answering questions they have, doing so with both numbers and anecdotes.

Scammers are impersonating technology, banking and government officials in a complex ruse aimed at convincing a typically older victim that foreign hackers have infiltrated their financial accounts.

Cleveland is preparing to strike an agreement with fiber developer SiFi Networks, in pursuit of high-speed, citywide Internet infrastructure that promises to serve every household and business that wants it.

Ahead of Banned Books Week this week, the nonprofit EveryLibrary Institute published a spreadsheet of book titles and authors that have been targeted by parents across the U.S. trying to get them banned from schools.

States like Georgia and North Carolina are courting the electric vehicle industry, attracting investments from not only car companies, but battery and charging manufacturing efforts as well.

Answer: Yes, but he also wants you to know that’s not him in that new dental ad.

Anthony Jamison, co-founder and CEO of CivStart, introduces CivStart's newest cohort and discusses the upcoming State of GovTech 2023 event.

Survey data reveals rural libraries are significantly less likely to offer STEAM programming than their city or suburban counterparts. Here’s how small-town librarians are breaking past funding and resource roadblocks.