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“Nearly two years into the disruption of this pandemic, we are all COVID weary and we all want life to return to more normal times. But as the saying, goes, COVID is not done with us.”

City officials announced that a ransomware attack had breached the timekeeping vendor the Ultimate Kronos Group over the weekend. The company says it may take several weeks for services to come back online.

Several of the systems used by state lawmakers have been taken offline following a cyber attack against the Division of Legislative Automated Systems. The attack comes just a month before the next legislative session.

A recent educator survey conducted by the nonprofit Christensen Institute finds that students and teachers are struggling, and some ed-tech practices that flourished during remote learning have waned as schools reopened.

A ransomware attack on payroll service vendor the Ultimate Kronos Group may have compromised data for employees of Honolulu Emergency Medical Services and the city's Board of Water Supply.

As local and state governments gear up for federal stimulus dollars, the firm is releasing software that allows members of the public to rank budgeting choices against each other to show where their priorities lie.

The New York Department of Motor Vehicles’ online driver permit testing system has been restarted despite concerns over cheating and false ID documents raised by county clerks and other staff.

All year, we track chief information officers, data officers, security officers and more as they move in and out of government agencies at states, counties and cities across the country. Here's our 2021 roundup.

Answer: SolarWinds.

The Nebraska city will partner with Automotus to set up the smart loading zones, which will use video and other technologies to better manage the curbs serving on-demand deliveries, drop-offs and other parking needs.

The Edison Awards have nominated the math app company Flash, established by Windsor Plainsboro High School senior Vikram Ramesh. The company launched in 2020, and the app is being used in over 35 countries.

Researchers at the University of Texas' Voice Lab found that virtual appointments present a challenge for speech therapists, because Zoom alters the intensity and loudness of a person's voice.

You would think the opposite.

That support remains critical to our functioning even until today.

No data means you can’t measure.

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The Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will coordinate disaster relief efforts, which includes providing equipment and resources for cleanup. The federal government will pay for 75% of the costs.

A September report details data governance and management issues behind the accidental deletion of terabytes of evidence and proposes fixes. November saw the leak of aerial surveillance footage from a police vendor’s system.

A part of a global initiative to teach coding to kids, 10 software engineers at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories worked in rotations to lead 230 Potlatch Elementary students in coding activities.

Gov. Jay Inslee Monday rolled out his latest plans to fight climate change, including an idea that would see the state spending $100 million annually to fund rebates for people buying electric vehicles.

The Center for Public Integrity is releasing a data set of polling places used in the 2020 election to help journalists and others analyze access to the ballot and the effects of proposed changes to state election laws.

SpaceX's test launch of a Starship prototype took another step this month with the FCC granting a temporary permit for communications between Starship SN20 and the ground station during the flight.

Data-driven technologies delivered through the cloud let governments scale innovation. The Google Cloud Government and Education Summit brought together government, education and industry leaders to demonstrate how jurisdictions are putting these powerful tools to work.

The city announced that CIO Rob Lloyd had been promoted to the deputy city manager post. His portfolio will include the Transportation and Aviation City Service Area, as well as the IT department.

Nobles County commissioners voted last week to authorize spending up to $2 million on a $21 million broadband expansion project if the county is awarded a significant USDA ReConnect grant.