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State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) Executive Director Julia Fallon says Congress may need to identify legislative means outside of E-rate to solve the home connectivity issue for students. -
Amid an overall growth projection for the market of more than $160 billion, government IT leaders at the Beyond the Beltway conference confront a tough budget picture, with some seeing AI as part of the solution.
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Plus, New Mexico is increasing access to affordable Internet, federal legislation has advanced in Congress to better track funding, Indiana residents have expanded access to fiber broadband, and more.
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Critical infrastructure and other organizations should create road maps for how they’ll migrate to quantum-resistant algorithms, which are expected to become available in 2024, to help ease and accelerate that transition.
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Government agencies are working to conform to a changing social media landscape these days, with Twitter’s rebranding to X — among other things — presenting challenges.
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The acquisition, the first by FieldWare, promises to improve communication in the court system and even keep people from spending too much time in jail before trial, executives said. More such deals could follow.
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An annual survey by the ed-tech software company Instructure concluded that assessments to evaluate learning are here to stay, but educators want real-time data and tools that can integrate assessments into content.
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The state’s action plan, which was recently adopted by the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority, details efforts needed to make high-speed Internet available universally in five years' time.
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The state's Bamberg and Orangeburg counties will receive a combined total of $24 million to expand broadband internet service, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Monday.
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While recent security updates prevent random adults from accessing student information, the schedule-sharing app Saturn has some parents and educators worried about how it tracks students and collects data.
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Baltimore County Public Schools has been sending students to its virtual learning program as a disciplinary measure, but some experts and parents say those students need more in-person support, not less.
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The University of Michigan is embracing generative artificial intelligence by providing a custom AI platform to students and staff, including a ChatGPT-like chatbot and a tool to query in-house data sets.
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AV companies work to serve their bottom line, and so it will take regulation and government oversight to ensure the autonomous vehicle revolution really does improve life in cities rather than create new problems.
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A portion of the city is too rural for some Internet companies to offer the service, but ironically, not rural enough to be eligible for federal funds to help them gain the service they want.
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Lincoln Police will get new Tasers and more body cameras through a new company that could enhance the department's ability to record incidents and be more accountable, the police chief said.
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As global heat waves continue, focus increases on ways to ease the pain of all those extremely high temperatures. But will cities and states actually spend more money on climate — and how can tech sellers respond?
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Language model AIs seem smart because of how they string words together, but in reality they can’t do anything without many people guiding them every step of the way.
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Congress is considering two proposed laws governing Internet use — one prohibiting companies from collecting data on youth without their consent, and another requiring social media to have parental controls.
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The new registration fee is meant to make up for the state’s lost revenue from gasoline taxes that are used to pay for road construction and maintenance.
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What began as a project to monitor the health of tunnel ventilation systems within the rail network of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, has evolved into a citywide upgrade of building infrastructure.
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A teacher in Connecticut challenged students to design and code video games and present them at a tech fair-style expo, which not only generated interest in computer science but prompted thinking about inclusive design.
