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Fuel prices alone are not enough to coax the electric vehicle market into full-scale adoption, say industry observers. But when EVs are the same price as their gas-powered couterparts, it’s game over for the internal combustion engine.

Services have been relocated in accordance with the agency’s disaster plan, and the new locations can accommodate all the patients who were previously visiting this central location.

A display issue that led to complaints from some voters in Berks County, Pa., that they had trouble selecting their preferred candidate on electronic voting machines during the 2022 general election may soon be rectified.

Roughly half of Kansas government agencies — including key departments, public universities and K-12 schools — investigated by state auditors have significant information security weaknesses.

The high-profile recent collapse of FTX might have tainted cryptocurrency trading platforms for many, but it isn’t slowing advocates’ plans to make Texas a leader in the still-growing industry.

New York-based private equity firm Leeds Equity Partners has made a significant investment in e.Republic, the parent company of Government Technology. The partnership punctuates a year of record-setting growth for the California-based company.

Molly Tierney leads Accenture’s VR work in child services, using service design and digital tools to help agencies improve outcomes for the most vulnerable members of their community. She joined Accenture with 25+ years’ experience in child welfare and social services at the state and local government level.

Val Armbrust is North American managing director for Accenture’s child services practice. She previously led Accenture’s public sector practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. With over 20+ years of management consulting, Armbrust's passion has been and remains public sector health and human services.

The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation is receiving $72 million toward upgrading its unemployment insurance system. The project is expected to take four years to fully implement.

The bill, sponsored by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., underscores concern that the social media platform and its parent, ByteDance Ltd., could share information on U.S. users with Chinese authorities.

University of Texas at Arlington has launched a new certificate and master’s degree program to train educators to teach online, use web-based applications and curricula, and personalize learning strategies.

At least six states in the past few years have started pilot programs to test plastic roads. New federal legislation and programs have added to the momentum because of the government’s commitment to using sustainable materials.

Plus, New York reaches a critical milestone in its ongoing broadband connection efforts; Colorado offers more broadband grants; the NTIA highlights 40 local government digital inclusion resources; and more.

Experts in the ventilation industry say that bringing in air from outside through a filtration system is still the best way to improve air quality in schools, which studies have shown can affect student performance.

Answer: Because there aren’t any good female crash dummies.

Johnson Early Childhood Center in the Taylor School District in Michigan had its safety measures tested on Dec. 6 when a man came to the preschool building and allegedly tried to leave with a 4-year-old boy.

Plus, India hits Google with a $113 million fine for anti-competitive practices in the Google Play app store, and online photo giant Shutterstock expands its offerings of AI-generated images.

Washington, D.C., like many other cities, has seen a rise in remote work since the pandemic began. The lingering trend is prompting new conversations around how transit agencies and their services must change.

Ashley Bolton, the city of Littleton, Colo.'s former CIO, has taken a new IT role with the city and county of Denver, where she is serving as the chief data and information security officer.

Gov. Charlie Baker has created the Cyber Incident Response Team in a Dec. 14 executive order. The group will be comprised of members from state government public safety and cybersecurity organizations.

Social services agencies can develop more effective and integrated services through a modern cloud-based case management system, but they need to establish a strong data-driven culture to truly innovate for their constituents. Read this issue brief to learn how to make data accessible, promote data-driven decision-making to staff and raise critical questions to further enhance services.

In an email to families this week, Seattle Public Schools told students to bring laptops and chargers home over winter break in case inclement weather prevents their return to school in January.

Following a spate of false alarms about active shooters, the Manchester school board has approved putting the gunfire-detection system ShotSpotter, along with Fusus technology for live video, into school buildings.

Initiated by a $1 million state grant, the STEM Tech Career Academy at Springfield Technical Community College will be one of five such programs in Massachusetts which could enroll up to 2,000 students in the coming years.

Neil Cooke, who has served as interim chief data officer since the departure of Ed Kelly in September, has been selected to fill the position on a permanent basis. He brings more than two decades of IT experience to the role.