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The newly released Hawai'i Highways Climate Adaptation Action Plan uses historical data and climate projections from other agencies to examine potential risks to 917 miles of state-owned roads on six islands.

Communities throughout the state are trying local hotspots, limited virtual classrooms, Google Classroom, and private-public partnerships laying fiber in an effort to accommodate families with poor Internet connection.

The suburban Chicago city’s Transportation Advisory Board is now recommending that the Naperville City Council remove the fee on electric vehicle charging stations in public parking lots downtown.

New autonomous boats are being increasingly used in fisheries research, from scientists in the Great Lakes to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration deploying them in the Pacific Ocean.

The 21st Century Broadband Deployment Act, introduced by Rep. Richard Hudson of the state’s 8th congressional district, establishes grant programs to improve Internet access in underserved communities.

Exponential increases in global cyber crime. Ransomware crippling governments and businesses. Nations ignoring cyber criminals operating on their soil. The time for international cooperation on cybersecurity is now.  

Bob was the chief technical architect for the state of Utah’s Department of Technology Services, including the development of the state’s Utah.gov portal. Utah has been widely recognized in these areas with numerous national awards. He has also been a technical lead and RFP writer for the WSCA/NASPO Cloud and Data Communication Procurements. He has experience with state, county and higher education employee skill assessments and technology upgrade implementations, including large-scale database migrations from RDMS to NoSQL platforms. He has extensive private-sector experience with Microservices Architecture implementation and DevOps using hybrid cloud deployment patterns.

ITsimple’s newest product aims to provide what amounts to a mobile safe space for residents and law enforcement to interact. The launch of the tools comes amid recent hurdles for many community policing efforts.

Answer: Yes, but it only contains data from four providers.

With a fuel load similar to California’s, Austin, Texas, firefighters are gearing up for the eventuality of a catastrophic wildfire that threatens the urban interface. They now are getting the tools they need for the battle.

The COVID-19 pandemic and various studies have exposed nationwide disparities in who has access to physical and mental health care, and a recent funding windfall for schools and broadband could help close those gaps.

In order to meet the goal of 75,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2025, Sacramento, Calif., will need at least 3,800 EV charging stations. The city had fewer than 1,000 stations installed in 2020.

Last month, a dozen prisoners at the state penitentiary in Bismark, N.D., began taking tech training classes as part of a new program. The program is funded by a $250,000 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act grant.

Thanks to an initiative involving many public and private organizations, a digital COVID-19 vaccination card has been created using technology from the Boston Children's Hospital. A few states have adopted the card.

According to a statement released yesterday, officials in Joplin, Mo., believe the city lost its computer system in early July due to a ransomware attack. A ransom was paid to prevent sensitive data from being released.

The proposed legislation would examine technology- and policy-based approaches to detecting and combating maliciously deployed deepfakes. This marks yet another attempt to legislate the controversial technology.

Since all-virtual classes aren’t permitted for the coming year, Palm Beach County teachers are debating whether turning on their cameras for students quarantining at home is a viable way to keep them from falling behind.

This week, the Texas comptroller announced the creation of a Broadband Development Office, which will help the state in its effort to bring broadband access to unserved and underserved areas.

What’s most unsettling is that everyone inside Parkland Memorial Hospital understands that delta is not the end of the game — it’s only the current game. There’s another variant out there waiting.

During an annual cybersecurity inspection, university officials discovered that hackers had exploited a vulnerability in the university’s website to access the College of Education database.

The food services company Sodexo has partnered with robot delivery company Kiwibot to bring about two dozen vehicles onto campus that will be able to manage door-to-door deliveries of drinks and individual meals.

A panel of judges outlined some of the benefits and drawbacks of handling court hearings through video technology Thursday as state lawmakers pondered how they should make remote hearings part of standard court practice.

The owners of several nuclear power plants, including two in Pennsylvania, have formed ventures with cryptocurrency companies to provide the electricity needed to run computer centers that “mine” bitcoin.

Sometime before midday, YouTube removed a video recording of Tuesday’s St Louis County, Mo., council meeting for violating its terms on COVID-19 misinformation, but by about 6 p.m., YouTube had changed its mind.