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Hackers gained entry into the networks of Colonial Pipeline Co. on April 29 through a virtual private network account, which allowed employees to remotely access the company’s computer network.

Laurie R. Doran has been appointed to lead the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, the governor announced Friday. The agency oversees counterterrorism and cybersecurity work.

Many cities in Cheshire County, N.H., are funding high-speed Internet networks via municipal bonds through local banks, while others are signing public-private partnerships with ISPs. Both models have pros and cons.

With many third graders failing standardized tests after months of learning from home, several states are weighing whether to hold students back or let them pass and focus on intervention next year.

Answer: 40.

North Carolina’s first-ever chief risk officer has departed for the private sector after six years in the role. Former deputy chief risk officer Rob Main will temporarily step into the role.

Some enticements are designed for employees and others are for customers and the public. The incentives, some of which have been offered for weeks, acknowledge it’s necessary at times to nudge people toward good deeds.

Spot, a robot dog produced by Boston Dynamics, has been employed by a few police departments over the last couple of years, raising the antennas of surveillance critics. Does Spot have a future in public safety?

The state “has really increased the amount of COVID sequencing that is happening, but they’re doing it on this really broad scale, where they’re collecting big numbers so they can make big, broad statements about things.”

Tyler is buying up a company that provides a range of corrections technology, including commissary management and video visits. Especially during the pandemic, it’s made tools like emails and texts free to inmates.

Trinity Christian School won a grant from the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers to build a hydrogen line radio telescope. The school is also launching a summer coding workshop for the public.

Funded by an $8 million, four-year federal grant, the inaugural WorkForces program through the Georgia Cyber Center aims to give marketable job skills in high-demand careers to those who lost jobs during the pandemic.

The U.S. Department of Education will distribute $10B to community colleges, $2.6B to historically Black colleges and universities, $190M to tribal colleges and $6B to other minority-serving institutions.

The country is opening back up and employers are making decisions on what the workplace model will look like. While a hybrid model seems inevitable, there are significant wins to be had by bringing the team back in.

Some — but not all — of the 20,000-plus Pennsylvania state government employees who have been teleworking throughout the COVID-19 pandemic will be heading back to their offices beginning in early July.

A drone industry alliance and a Syracuse hospital have successfully completed a year-long project to prove the feasibility of making fast medical deliveries — rooftop to rooftop — with drones.

Maryland is one of the first states in the country to set rules limiting how police can use the popular websites and their databases, doing so by passing new legislation related to the matter just this year.

Maria Thompson’s last day as North Carolina’s chief risk officer was June 4, 2021. In this interview, she shares her team’s cyber journey, along with helpful insights for others to benefit from.  

GovQA, a company that makes software to help public agencies with records requests, has put out a report measuring the difficulty of the job over time, using data from its customers. Here's what they found.

Lessons learned from the pandemic illustrate how governments can use data analytics and visualizations to reach better decisions in all aspects of their work. 

After surveying close to 400 K-12 districts across the U.S., the Consortium for School Networking found widespread concerns about IT staffing and cybersecurity given the rapid adoption of technology in schools.

The passwordless future provides us a new hope to secure our systems.

Gov. Steve Sisolak has pulled a controversial proposal that would allow tech companies to form local governments throughout the state. Instead, it will now be carried out as a study.

Answer: See for yourself — someone actually made one.

For about two years, the Anchorage Police Department in Alaska accidentally uploaded personal information of individuals involved in traffic accidents to LexisNexis. A system malfunction caused the leaks.