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A new Zencity tool uses artificial intelligence to help PIOs and other city officials create and structure not only releases but social media posts and other communications. The general idea is to save time.

Answer: Texas.

911 professionals invaded the nation’s capital this week to engage with each other and Congress, and to let legislators know of improvements being made to 911 services, as well as those still needed.

Three HBCUs in Virginia will receive nearly $10 million in federal funding from the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program to close the digital divide and provide students with additional tech job training.

The strategy says local and state government and other end users shouldn’t have to shoulder so much cyber risk — and will hold software companies more responsible for secure products.

State and local election officials across the country have begun pursuing strategies to combat election lies and online misinformation ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

As part of a paid partnership with the company, star gymnast Oliva Dunne recently promoted the use of Caktus AI to help students automate their classwork. LSU warned students to be careful how they use AI tools.

The State Board of Higher Education has yet to make a decision on whether or not to ban access to the social media app on college networks, but students and staff say they're aware of the information security concerns.

A private liberal arts college in New York has added five new technology-oriented hybrid learning programs including cybersecurity, data analysis, web design, game development and digital marketing.

The Solano County Office of Emergency Services has launched the "Know Your Zone" campaign to better prepare residents and businesses in all seven Solano County cities for emergencies and evacuations.

The roughly 12,000 hydrogen cars on the road in California is just a tiny fraction of the more than 14 million total vehicles, but should there be more as the state works to reduce carbon emissions?

For years, a locked cellphone belonging to the suspect in a Pasadena, Calif., homicide sat in an evidence room as investigators tried to get around the device's security measures, but police may have now caught a break.

It is a play that was foretold before it happened.

"The main federal firefighting funding programs, one called AFG and one called SAFER, are at risk of being totally eliminated because their funding expires at the end of this fiscal year."

CISA gets a bunch more work.

Recent financials paint a picture of how gov tech suppliers will move past COVID and embrace rising concerns about public safety. A “moonshot” goal and the labor market will also play roles in the months to come.

The $3.5 million gunshot detection system from ShotSpotter Technology Inc., now two years old, continues to be a controversial issue among city leaders, community members and law enforcement.

The usefulness of artificial intelligence platforms — like the much hyped ChatGPT — stretches far beyond answering online queries and the private sector is putting the technology to work in a number of profitable ways.

A new proposal put forward by the state’s Department of Transportation takes aim at reducing pollution by promoting use of electric vehicles and encouraging transit and non-motorized ways of getting around.

The “big four” consultant has already begun producing thought leadership in the form of reports, case studies and events with a focus on several specific topic areas of concern to modern government agencies.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, of Spokane, Wash., is urging her colleagues in the House to pass bipartisan legislation that would limit how tech companies collect and use Americans' personal data.

Following the discovery of unusual activity on police department computers, officials called in a cybersecurity firm to identify the source of the issue. Town officials do not believe any data was breached in the incident.

Answer: For not disclosing an automatic iPhone feature.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is working with cities to use visualizations to make urban heat island data more accessible. For Washington, D.C., this work led to a virtual reality experience.

The Department of Motor Vehicles may be the most common way residents interact with state government, but digitizing those systems for a modern constituency is no small feat. Three states share their progress.