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Language professors are experimenting with artificial intelligence tools to generate materials, personalize learning, give students more varied opportunities to practice — and keep up with them.
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The major initiative, a modernization of the state’s financial management system known as One Washington, is years in the making and projected to launch in 2027. The work has engaged more than 40 state agencies.
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The local government’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appropriate the funds for a “comprehensive technology infrastructure remediation project.” It comes in response to a critical IT outage last summer.
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Plus, Louisiana launched a $1.3 billion grant program, the city of Orlando is seeking a person or company to lead digital literacy training, and more.
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The state’s most populous county is piloting installation of 12 solar streetlights near the Downtown South area of Las Vegas. It has been hard hit by copper wire theft, which has kept conventional lights dark for months.
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In Broward and Palm Beach counties and elsewhere, the sheer number of visitors to county elections websites delayed results reporting. Actual tabulation of ballots, which is not done online, was unaffected.
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CrowdStrike is a useful lesson for officials who draw up government IT contracts, pushing them to ask the question of how future contracts can prepare for any unplanned outages.
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The 2024 state exams are only the second batch to follow the implementation of the state's Next Generation Learning Standards, established after revisions from the controversial Common Core curriculum.
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A task force in Louisiana has released guidelines for safe and ethical use of artificial intelligence in schools, with officials saying they are creating programs that use it to help with math and reading.
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The University of Maryland Extension in Frederick, Md., is looking to expand practical research into cover crops with the goal of better understanding how farmers learn from each other.
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The City Council in Superior, Wis., has approved a three-year agreement for a fiber management system for the ConnectSuperior broadband project in time for construction to begin.
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California lawmakers intend to shelve legislation that would have required Google to pay news outlets for distributing their content, and in its place announced a new public-private partnership.
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The city of Waterloo’s finance committee approved purchasing 21 kiosks for $161,960 Monday. The kiosks will allow parkers to pay by license plate on the machine that resembles an ATM.
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The 22-year veteran of state service spent more than a decade as CIO at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. He is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and was previously deputy state CISO for nearly two years.
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A team at the Office of the Attorney General built a search solution to help child support field case workers with a major pain point — time-consuming research. The result demonstrates the “art of the possible.”
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The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada is using artificial intelligence, machine learning and real-time data analysis to keep its facilities safe and improve response times to traffic incidents.
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Officials have announced a pact with Internet service provider Zayo to increase Internet availability in as many as 10 county ZIP codes. The project is funded by American Rescue Plan Act funds.
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Pittsburgh startup Velo AI will use $200,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation to inform cities on making streets safer. Its devices collect data showing sites for potential improvements like bike lanes and fixing potholes.
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Backed by $100,000 in prizes, a new challenge from the U.S. National Science Foundation calls on the next generation of innovators to build video games envisioning how future innovations might change our world.
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Wi-Fi at Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport remains out, after an incident in May took the Kansas city’s computer systems offline. A new system is in the works, but temporary Wi-Fi may come online this fall.
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To combat evolving fire risks more efficiently, a federal fire agency is developing an emergency response system that uses data to inform action. In California, a new online map makes Clean Air Centers information more accessible.