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With more than 23 years of IT leadership experience in North Carolina, Rob Main will work with CIO James Weaver to reinforce the state's cybersecurity programs and infrastructure as the state's new chief risk officer.

In Case You Missed It (ICYMI) - Join us as we recap the InState Partners and AWS GovTech Summit and discuss the future of design with Kim Scerbinski.

A study published by the National Association of School Resource Officers may indicate that most SROs seek to engage school administrators before making an arrest, but there's still opposition to their presence on campuses.

Answer: Meta.

Ohio has announced a new pilot that involves using mass spectrometers to increase efficiency and safety around drug testing to increase officer safety, aid in investigations and help connect individuals to treatment.

Over the past year, as state and local government agencies have met the challenges brought on by the pandemic, there’s been an increased focus on cloud migration, cybersecurity, the digital divide, and smart city initiatives.

The city of Fort Smith is working to install a nearly $2 million compressed natural gas fueling station to refuel its trash trucks. Natural gas is better for the environment and costs less than gasoline or diesel.

Massachusetts’ fifth annual Cybersecurity Forum focused on three of the biggest cyber topics today: fighting ransomware, expanding the cybersecurity workforce and anticipating a U.S. central bank digital currency.

If approved by voters, at least 70 percent of all taxes collected would be used to promote tourism in the Charleston area. The remaining funds would be used for code enforcement, waste removal and administrative fees.

Funded by a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation, Tennessee nonprofits CodeCrew and CSforALL will organize training for qualified instructors to teach new computer science courses throughout the state.

With state officials pushing for 70 percent of the state's energy to come from renewable energy sources by 2030, utilities are scrambling to meet the goal. The overall target is to reduce carbon-based emissions by 40 percent.

Residents and officials in Dewey Beach, Del., pushed back on the placement of 5G poles that they say blocked beach views. Now, a new ordinance is being developed to better manage the wireless infrastructure.  

The project's first phase — which was funded through $3 million of CARES Act money last year — connected 415 homes in Clark County. The second phase will connect around 1,165 homes, though a timeline has not been established.

The company is making its cybersecurity curriculum available to all community colleges across the country, offering 25,000 scholarships and training faculty at 150 locations in hopes of filling 250,000 jobs by 2025.

The university's food services provider is delivering select food options on campus with knee-high robots from Starship Technologies that use machine learning, artificial intelligence and sensors to self-navigate.

Public-sector IT leaders can gain better visibility of resources and reduce drain on their teams by bringing IT service management and project portfolio management together on one platform.

The West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission will recognize robotics as a sanctioned activity, providing a framework for competitions and the opportunity for students to receive a varsity letter in robotics.

A limited-duration position, likely three years.

Should you be interested in such a thing.

It all smacks a little bit of Blackwater to me.

Scientists have long known that ultraviolet light can kill pathogens on surfaces and in air and water. UV robots are used to disinfect empty hospital rooms, buses and trains; UV bulbs in HVAC systems eliminate pathogens in building air; and UV lamps kill bugs in drinking water.

Two industry giants, Verizon and Amazon, have announced a partnership to tackle the digital divide in rural areas. Verizon will use Amazon's satellite system, Project Kuiper, to expand the reach of its data networks.

Officials in Harlingen, Texas, want to use $4 million to give all homes in the city basic access to the Internet. Officials note that the investment won't provide broadband-level speed.

Hackers exploited a vulnerability in out-of-date Atlassian software used by the University of Colorado Boulder and compromised the data of about 30,000 people. No financial info or Social Security numbers were leaked.

Earlier this month, UMass Memorial Health, a health-care system in Worchester, Mass., informed 209,048 patients that their private information may have been compromised due to an email-related data breach.