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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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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Thursday launched a $420 million statewide broadband expansion project and appointed 25 public- and private-sector individuals to the broadband advisory council.
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The city council could vote next week to accept a grant for the program from the Cleveland Police Foundation, which would provide $250,000 in the first year and another $125,000 in the second year.
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Already this year, the Oklahoma college opened a cybersecurity testing site for students and professionals seeking certifications and received a $96,000 grant to build its Self-Paced Cyber Security Laboratory.
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Believing it was working with a trusted contractor to change banking information, Cabarrus County, N.C., paid scammers $2.5 million. The incident highlights yet another way cyberthieves are targeting government.
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The city has used ShotSpotter to detect gunfire since June 2013, but officials are now heading in a different direction, opting for a less expensive solution that can be more widely deployed throughout the city.
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Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg announced an $80 billion plan Tuesday that aims to expand high-speed broadband coverage to underserved areas. He is expected to discuss the proposal Friday in Atlanta.
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With a dizzying array of actions that could and should be taken, states face a quandary of where to spend the limited dollars that help governments wage the fight against cyberattacks.
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Efforts to fill gaps in access to high-speed Internet service in the region will require significant funding. Officials are in the process of gathering public input to determine the best area to target this work.
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Alarm bells should ring over a global currency that is run by an exclusive club that serves its investor-owners, not the public good.
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Plus, Pearland, Texas, launches a new hyperlocal mapping tool; Baltimore issues water bills for the first time since ransomware attack; California courts system looks to hire technologists; and more.
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In an effort to make the eight zones more attractive for investment, the city council approved a professional services contract to bring wireless Internet service to those areas as soon as Dec. 31.
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Legacy network bottlenecks during the testing phase of the data and application migration to a Unisys-owned hybrid cloud center, in Eagan, Minn., have pushed back state plans to go live until early November.
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A $700,000 grant from the Texas Education Agency will see a South Texas College Regional Center for Public Safety Excellence classroom converted into a lab to better prepare students for cybersecurity careers.
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Officials are discussing a special pricing agreement to make electricity more affordable for the data center. Under the terms, the facility would pay roughly the same rate as the city — less than 5 cents per kilowatt.
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State government in West Virginia is responsible for reviewing many aspects of local government finance. Now the state is using OpenGov to improve the way those governments report their data.
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According to a report from the International City Management Association, one in three local governments are oblivious about how often their information systems are attacked by would-be cybercriminals.
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During an all-day digital inclusion summit hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, speakers highlighted the sharp divide between those in the region with high-speed Internet access and those going without.
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Red lights at major intersections will be controlled by one system, instead of the several individual closed systems that are in place now. Officials say the existing system is more than 20 years old.
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