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The Connecticut institution's Digital Innovation Hub for Educational Excellence will be virtual with an in-person component, offering students a chance to reskill in fields such as cybersecurity or behavioral health.

One city councilmember's anxiety touched on a rarely discussed reality of life in San Antonio: Your health, as well as your quality of life and opportunities, are powerfully influenced by where you live.

In addition to the Paycheck Protection Program rip-offs, fraudsters have used synthetic identities in many unemployment benefit null, leaving states scrambling to try to recoup the erroneous payments.

With $1.5 million in federal funding, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the nonprofit Technology and Data Institute intend to put a 5G cellular network in homes and convert the signal to WiFi.

A new federal broadband grant program is in the works with nearly $42.5 billion on the table. States should begin planning now to make sure they’re set for success in addressing the digital divide.

A dramatic drop in automatic voter registrations in Georgia may have been caused by a government website that required potential voters to click an additional button before they could sign up.

High-speed Internet infrastructure in Alabama’s Black Belt region — and in rural parts of Alabama in general — lags far behind the rest of the state, but some progress is starting to be made.

DeLorean Motor Co. now has $1 million of incentives from Bexar County and San Antonio to build a headquarters on the Southwest Side — where it plans to develop the electric cars of the future.

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According to LearnPlatform’s latest EdTech Top 40 report, Google products remain popular, and use of digital tools in K-12 classrooms did not abate even after instruction mostly shifted back to an in-person environment.

Florida and Texas have passed social media censorship legislation, but both face legal pushback from advocacy groups. If their cases move forward, it could set a precedent for other states to propose similar legislation.

Answer: For referring to COVID-19 as an “ordinary seasonal virus.”

Yesterday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that former NYC CIO Jessica Tisch will take over as commissioner of the Department of Sanitation. Tisch left the CIO position back in February.

Soon, police in Pittsburg, Calif., will have to receive city council approval for the purchase, acquisition and use of military equipment, which includes items such as armored vehicles and chemical munitions.

Michigan Secretary of State Joceyln Benson walked back the statement that her office wouldn't release to media the driving records of "victims of violence" just seven hours after she made the comment.

The Southside Network Authority in Virginia has broken ground for a new fiber ring that will connect five cities in the state. The network will even be linked to subsea fiber-optic lines in the Atlantic.

The company hopes to gain revenue by offering upgrades to the free software offered to emergency dispatch agencies. The funding round comes as NG911 work gains more investor and public interest.

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Under the deal, Manchester would be required to respond to calls for emergency services in Vernon up to four times a month, and then be compensated $600 for every time it responds thereafter.

The time has come for governments to transform the social services ecosystem through modern, scalable technology that can quickly—and flexibly—deliver urgent assistance to the communities they serve.

The Nebraska State Unit on Aging has partnered with GetSetUp.io, a virtual learning platform, to bolster digital skills and a wide range of other life skills among older adults across the state.

After a survey showed a clear preference among graduate students of the education program to have their classes online, the Maryland institution has decided to keep that program virtual on a permanent basis.

With help from the nonprofit CS is Elementary, Ector County Independent School District in Texas is hosting a series of webinars to teach families about being safe on social media, Zoom calls and other digital spaces.

Supported by nearly $2 million in federal funds, the Central Valley Training Center is expected to open in spring 2023 with classes in information technology, construction, manufacturing and welding.