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State governments are expected to deploy AI in 2026 with an increased focus on returns on investment as they face complex policymaking restrictions enacted by a recent executive order signed by President Donald Trump. -
The chair of the City Council introduced a measure last month that would mandate using online software to enable better visibility into city and county budgets and finances. The bill passed its first of three Council readings.
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The renewal of a state grant program for local public agencies focuses on cybersecurity and other areas that involve gov tech. Officials encourage governments to partner on projects that could receive funding.
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High-speed Internet could come to all area addresses without a tax increase if a two-thirds majority of voters sign off. Residents attended a recent town hall meeting to learn more about the project.
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Creation of a new Minnesota computer system for vehicle registrations and titles is on track to replace the much-maligned current one, according to a report, but some risks related to schedule and budget still remain.
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The city’s police and fire departments have finished a multi-year project to update the public safety dispatch system. The initial cost of the overhaul was $3 million, with $2.8 million due each year for the next decade.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced its first round of rural broadband funding awards as part of its ReConnect Pilot Program. Alabama got a huge slice of that pie to fund four major efforts.
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East Baton Rouge Parish schools are considering improving backup systems to protect its data from the kind of ransomware attacks that recently hit other school systems and shut down parts of the state government.
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Lakeland, Fla., has entered into agreements with two private Internet service providers that may be willing to strike a private-public partnership to offer gig-speed Internet at Monday's city commission meeting.
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A tax advisory council has recommended adoption of a $32 million tax on Internet sales and the imposition of a $30 million sales tax on digital products including cloud-based applications, video games and more.
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A Kentucky development district will be the pilot for a state and federal project, where regional agencies identify vulnerabilities to critical infrastructure such as water utilities, power companies and transportation.
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Historically black colleges and universities are closely linked to their surrounding areas, including rural places on the other side of the digital divide. The Minority Broadband Initiative wants to take advantage of these connections.
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The $1,125,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation will help Bloomington, Ind., Transit upgrade its fare payment system with the goal of making it easier and more convenient for riders.
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The Monongalia County Commission approved a bid totaling nearly $400,000 from the Maryland-based company Mavenspire Inc. on Wednesday that will streamline the county’s information technology setup.
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The Heflin, Ala., City Council voted unanimously to buy new computers for the police department during a recent meeting, with the current computers soon to be obsolete once Microsoft discontinues support for Windows 7.
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The Livingston, N.J., school district’s payroll system was still not fully functional after a ransomware attack, which forced a delayed opening of schools earlier this week, officials said Tuesday.
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The Heflin, Ala., City Council voted unanimously to buy new computers for the police department during a recent meeting, with the current computers soon to be obsolete once Microsoft discontinues support for Windows 7.
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Winnebago County, Ill., sheriff's deputies could be equipped with body cameras and new Tasers soon if the Winnebago County Board votes to approve a $2.4 million contract in the days to come.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has reached a settlement with Sprint and T-Mobile over the companies’ merger, making the state the latest to drop out of a coalition of states in an anti-trust suit.
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CentraCare Health has been awarded a grant of $234,648 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to improve its telehealth services by installing video equipment within 10 clinics throughout nine counties.
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Some West Michigan residents — while pleased a new industry has breathed life into a once-vacant building — say the center has yet to live up to the high hopes it was greeted with when it announced it was coming.
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