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Ravi Krishnan will become state chief data officer on Nov. 1. Among his key plans: spreading awareness of strong data governance practices to all agencies in the enterprise.

The Employment Development Department received massive scrutiny from California lawmakers yesterday. The agency, which manages the unemployment insurance system, has been slow to fix its many problems.

Next week, the Central Ohio Transit Authority will fully roll out a new digital fare system. Riders can pay with an app or smartcard with money loaded on it. The system automatically caps what users spend in a month.

Microsoft suspects that Nobelium, the group of state-sponsored Russian cyber criminals responsible for the SolarWinds fiasco, is taking aim at suppliers and resellers of tech products, including cloud-based solutions.

Answer: Podracing vehicles.

The availability of charging options remains a key factor in the decision to switch to an electric car. And it’s part of the reasoning behind a plan to have 10,000 car-charging sites on New York City curbs by 2030.

Minnesota’s new Office of Transformation uses a modernization playbook to update not only the kinds of technology state agencies are using, but how they’re being implemented with stakeholders and citizens.

How should schools prepare digital natives — children who have never known a world without social media and personal digital devices — for the world wide web? Half a dozen principles can help guide the conversation.

Data privacy and security are growing concerns for government organizations as well as the constituents they serve. In addressing those concerns, public agencies may be able to learn from steps taken by companies in the private sector, says Bryan Shea, vice president of data security and privacy at Hayden AI, which provides autonomous traffic management technologies to governments.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Monday the appointment of Laura Clark to the position of chief information officer. Clark will also continue to serve in her role as the state’s chief security officer.

Local universities, community colleges and public libraries are helping older generations learn information literacy and computer skills as fast-evolving technlogies become increasingly integrated into daily life.

Educators are concerned about killware, the latest type of cyber attack, which can cause deaths by disabling life-and-death technological systems such as hospital networks or public utilities like water and power.

"We have huge volumes of very sick patients, a surge of workplace violence against healthcare workers that is being felt nationwide and a workforce that is ready for all of this to be behind us.”

Some of the unemployment system’s challenges include processing large numbers of claims, protecting people’s personal information and state lawmakers not knowing the extent of the system’s operational problems.

An interview with Alabama’s emergency management director.

Kim Wyman reportedly headed to D.C.

Janesville School District in Wisconsin said no data was accessed or destroyed, but students, staff and families are without programs such as Infinite Campus, Classlink, web-based textbooks and other resources.

Some K-12 districts that aren’t equipped to offer distance learning have partnered for those services with the Southwest West Central Service Cooperative, an organization that supports school districts in 18 counties.

Cyber criminals could take advantage of natural disasters such as hurricanes, wildfires and tornadoes to wreak havoc on critical infrastructure, including transportation, emergency response, water systems and hospitals.

Austin, Texas, for years has been one of the nation's most desirable tech hubs, especially now as software giant Oracle and, coming soon, electric carmaker Tesla move their headquarters there.

Genealogy information helped Cook County, Ill., investigators in the Chicago area identify a young North Carolina native as one of the long unidentified victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

Digital payments in the U.S. have increased significantly, reaching a penetration of 78 percent in 2020, according to McKinsey’s annual Digital Payments Consumer Survey.

Where have we been, where are we going next.

FEMA Integration Teams (FIT), Coronal Mass Ejection (CME).

The U.S. Treasury Department has estimated the first six months of 2021 saw a total of $590 million connected to ransomware. In 2020, the number for the entire year was only $410 million.