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Watch for transportation agencies and departments to begin looking beyond the cadre of civil engineers as they tackle social equity and previously unrealized challenges like extreme weather.

A recent study found that formality in government communications increases engagement, but does this idea contradict the best practice of using plain language to make government more accessible?

Funds from the Maine Jobs & Recovery Grant program will go toward new facilities and expanding career and technical education programs in fields like welding, electrical work and building construction.

A public tribal land-grant community college in Minnesota will use federal grant money to upgrade Internet service and security, learning software and computers, and provide service plans for students on and off campus.

Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are working to avert the loss of the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to auction the radio waves used for broadcast television, mobile phone and broadband services.

Experience and making mistakes brings a bit of wisdom.

A regional career and technology high school in Pennsylvania has contracted with Kooth Inc. to provide voluntary, virtual mental health care services in a state-funded pilot program.

Public-facing services in Oregon City, Ore., were taken offline Feb. 6 after what officials are now calling a “sophisticated ransomware attack.” While most services have been restored, others are expected to relaunch this week.

Russia-based ransomware group LockBit claims to have stolen "confidential data" from Pierce Transit and about 300 GB of data from the city of Lakewood. The cyber attack was discovered Feb. 14, officials said.

Some of the nation’s top cybersecurity leaders are warning state and local election officials of ongoing foreign and domestic national security threats to election systems.

"Without a doubt," said Art Martynuska, Cambria County Emergency Management Agency coordinator. "I don't know the exact route, but if it was on the main line some of that stuff would have come right through Johnstown."

One “pipeline” dream that won’t happen.

April 4-6, 2023

Compare the states.

As always, there are tweaks to the guidance and dollars.

John D. Conley is the senior director for state and local, with Salesforce.com. In this role, he works with public sector enterprises on their business transformation projects and cloud adoption strategies. Prior to his role with Salesforce, John was the executive director of the Colorado Statewide Internet Portal Authority (SIPA) where he focused on bringing cloud technologies to state and local government agencies. Before joining SIPA, Conley served as the deputy chief information officer for the Colorado Governor’s Office. As deputy CIO, he was responsible for large infrastructure projects, operations and policy, and the centralization of IT operations into a single organization.

If you are transporting petroleum products, then pipelines are safer.

The Twilight Zone and kabuki theater disaster response.

The Port Westward Industrial Park in Columbia County has been at the center of a controversial renewable fuel project that faces scrutiny from communities who say they will be left to pick up the pieces of a failed operation.

PocketLab’s Online Notebook will pair with a learning platform from HMH, giving users access to a cloud-based tool for logging and analyzing data and collaborating on scientific investigations.

The Chula Vista Police Department has been leveraging a fleet of 29 unmanned aerial systems — also known as drones — to patrol the city 10 hours a day, seven days a week from four launch sites.

The rapid rise of artificial intelligence in the hiring process is behind a new proposal that would set up a framework that would require HR departments to test their AI recruitment tools for bias.

Called AbilityOne Storefront, the new B2B site sells products and services made by people who are blind or have other significant disabilities. It builds off a longstanding federal effort and is open to state and local governments.