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Josh Ellars is the head of product marketing at OpenGov, the leader in cloud-based budgeting, performance, and communications solutions for the public sector. Josh has spent over a decade leveraging technology to help governments accomplish their missions, including launching the state and local government business units for companies like Qualtrics and Metalogix. He is also founder of Patri, a company dedicated to helping technology companies do more business with the public sector.

Plus, a new report looks at what digital inclusion efforts are lacking, a pair of organizations are partnering to promote broadband careers to students and more.

Answer: Possibly.

A report from the nonprofit CALSTART says California, Maryland and Florida lead the way, but 11 states are not on board. The report also offers recommendations for making zero-emission fleets more affordable.

New York, which was America's sixth-largest state consumer of natural gas in 2020, became the first state to enact such a ban when the state's 2023-24 budget was passed Tuesday night.

Washington's Department of Natural Resources will deploy 21 “stations” to monitor for smoke and heat in a two-year pilot. Each station has two cameras that continuously rotate 360 degrees.

The technology still misidentifies individuals, especially when it’s focused on people of color. While the technology has advanced, the problems haven't gone away, and new legislation won’t fix them either.

Virginia CIO Bob Osmond views innovative emerging tech like artificial intelligence as a means to enhance, rather than replace, the work of state IT staff.

A recent 360-mile road trip to Portland, Ore., in an electric vehicle introduced a whole new set of considerations around trip-planning. Unlike their gas-powered counterparts, EVs take some planning and a little luck where charging infrastructure is concerned.

A new school at the University of Southern California will be dedicated to teaching data science and information technology to non-computer majors in order to prepare them for an increasingly digital world.

Barker Central School District in New York will use federal funding to buy 12 new electric buses, an idea that has been relatively well received within the district for its potential to reduce carbon emissions.

Data-driven well-being audits are becoming more common in Denmark’s classrooms, and experts are mixed on the potential for mood-monitoring tech to help address student mental health in the United States.

"Homeowners, particularly those who are financially vulnerable, need affordable flood insurance policies to protect against catastrophic financial loss when future storms befall," wrote House Oversight Chair James Comer, R-Kentucky.

The Marin County Fire Department and the College of Marin will collaborate initially on designing the project, which uses a renovated building, as well as a new facility for housing firefighters and equipment.

With a steady hand and commitment to collaboration, the former Mississippi state CIO left his mark on the public-sector IT community.

The attack hit on Wednesday, and it has caused court closures, problems with the city's 311 app and an outage for police websites. It also has the potential to disrupt online payments.

Some City Council members say they’d like to see more community input before police finalize their policy on using drones, after two meetings were held and 10 people attended one while none went to the other.

Authorities say technology played a vital role in Wednesday’s eight-hour search for a man accused of opening fire inside a Midtown medical office, killing one woman and wounding four others.

A network of clean hydrogen plants and pipelines could by mid-century deliver carbon-free fuel around Texas and the world, generating $100 billion a year for the state’s economy.

The local EMA works year-round with the state and federal counterparts to update evacuation plans, response plans and to update the county's website with all of the most up-to-date information so the public can be informed.

At the NASCIO Midyear conference, Utah CIO Alan Fuller outlined modernization plans and cloud migrations for major systems like health and human services and HR to lower operating costs statewide.

Santa Clara County, Calif., is turning to drones to spray larvicide in non-residential areas. Recent wet weather has created the ideal conditions for a booming year for mosquitos and vector-borne diseases.

The company is working to erect guardrails to help mitigate the potential danger from AI tools, though the potential for them to be used by bad actors remains a significant concern in the wider space.

State lawmakers are assigning $25 million to help police departments replace their drone fleets after Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration forced local governments to stop using drone technology made in China.

Answer: 83 percent.