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California electric utilities plan to launch a program to help pay for electric vehicle charging, for income-qualified households that do not have charging at home. Other initiatives are already underway. -
The outgoing governor has signed a memorandum of understanding with tech company NVIDIA to support AI research, education and workforce development. The state has invested $25 million to support the work.
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Officials at the capital city this week approved a one-year moratorium on data center development. The suspension will provide time to review potential impacts and guide responsible development.
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Alabama and Oklahoma are the latest states to block AI tools with overseas ties from being used on government devices. Concerns include a lack of security as well as data collection and storage practices.
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While artificial intelligence and SaaS may sometimes seem like buzzwords, they're necessities for court systems that want to continue to provide accessible and efficient judicial services.
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Two bills propose cameras in areas with high numbers of accidents, and where construction is happening, to enforce speed limits. Current law prohibits using their use to gather evidence for a citation, in most instances.
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The county Board of Commissioners approved letters of support for three Internet service providers that want to build out infrastructure using federal funds. The state received more than $1.5 billion from the feds.
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As artificial intelligence sweeps through schools, colleges and universities, government technology vendors and investors are betting big on these new tools. Brisk touts its tech as helping to ease teacher shortages.
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A report from the Office of Legislative Audits found issues with the Maryland Higher Education Commission's recordkeeping as well as cybersecurity, but those findings were redacted from the public version of the report.
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After previously mandating in-person learning, Kentucky lawmakers came to the defense of a growing virtual academy that had low test scores and did not follow state guidelines for class sizes and standardized testing.
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The shift to remote learning and 1:1 devices for some districts coincided with problems with student attention and attendance, but it also gave educators practice with tech tools and prepared them for the upheaval of AI.
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Somerset County is expected to use a new electronic poll book process during this year’s general election in November after county commissioners voted unanimously to purchase an ExpressPoll system.
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Entergy's plan to power Meta's $10 billion AI data center in northeast Louisiana faced new scrutiny on Tuesday, with advocacy groups arguing before a judge that the tech giant should answer more questions.
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A new data dashboard from the Urban Institute starts to flesh out how federal infrastructure funding is allocated across sectors, and in jurisdictions like states, counties and congressional districts.
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Bob Fishtrom used the downtime of COVID-19 to rethink the use of ed-tech tools across 230 classrooms. Now, as schools enter a new era of uncertainty, the district technology director shares how careful planning can pay off.
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Gov. Kay Ivey released the group’s final report on GenAI use in state agencies. It recommends a standardized framework, stronger oversight and training to guide the responsible use of the technology.
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The U.S. General Services Administration’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, known as FedRAMP, will develop and implement a new approach to authorizations to make them easier and cheaper.
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The 32-year-old MTA MetroCard will cease operations Dec. 31, but other fare cards are coming. NJ Transit will debut one in just a few months, and PATH is in the works on a card for its new TAPP system.
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The Solano County census-designated place will get fiber-based broadband Internet, officials said last week. Internet service provider Comcast will lay cables, filling service gaps revealed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Troy Stairwalt, who brought more than two decades of experience to the chief information security officer role, has stepped down. The state will accept applications for the new CISO through April 7.
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Data plays an essential role in governance, and a new report from the Open Technology Institute illuminates an urgent need for public-sector adoption of technologies that help enable secure use of data.
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