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The career technologist, who has held leadership roles in IT from Arizona to Oregon and San Jose to Seattle, will depart the public sector this month to join the division of e.Republic. -
The Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles has released a series of instructional videos to aid online users. Meanwhile, Alaska has debuted the Alaska Mobile ID, a mobile driver’s license and identity credential.
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Among more than 68,000 surveyed educators, most say school cellphone policies directly contributed to students having better learning experiences, healthier relationships and improved emotional well-being.
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Plus, the Colorado Broadband Deployment Board distributes a historic amount of funding; the New York Digital Inclusion Fund announces five innovation grants; a new program offers broadband support training for communities; and more.
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Service providers in Vance, Granville and Warren counties are getting millions in so-called Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology grants from the state to offer more affordable service to some residents.
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The tech giant's CEO Sundar Pichai announced in a blog post that Google will provide funds for various nonprofits to expand computer science education for underserved kids in major urban areas and rural communities.
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Heidi Norman explains Pittsburgh’s agency-level data coordinator system and how they’re modernizing the city’s legacy IT infrastructure and learning from academic and nonprofit partners.
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Kelly, who just finished his third year as the state’s chief data officer, announced his plans to retire from the Department of Information Resources. His last day with the agency is Sept. 16.
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The California Air Resources Board is set to consider new regulations that would phase in the electrification of delivery vans, and other medium- and heavy-duty fleet vehicles, starting in 2024.
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JusticeText, launched in 2021, has attracted some big names for its $2.2 million seed round. The company produces automated transcripts of video to help public defenders handle an ever-increasing load of video evidence.
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The Department of Citywide Administrative Services is launching a study to re-think school bus safety and design features, including technology to reduce speeding and automatically apply brakes during reckless movement.
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The new 125,000-square-foot school includes science labs, machine shops, a fabrication and engineering lab, and a “cyber range” where students can learn to detect and mitigate cyber attacks in a controlled environment.
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Teachers at Los Angeles Unified School District had mixed feelings about teaching without much technology this week, while the LA Times revisited a cybersecurity audit that identified vulnerabilities in 2020.
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Colorado officials have determined a cyber attack discovered by Fremont County officials in mid-August and which has limited county services for three weeks was carried out by a ransomware variant.
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If CEO Katharine Eagan Kelleman could change Pittsburgh Regional Transit's 715 diesel buses to run on electricity or hydrogen with the flip of a switch or by writing a check, she would do it immediately.
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A Fulton County special grand jury is looking at an election data breach some 200 miles south of metro Atlanta, which legal experts say suggests that prosecutors are seriously weighing racketeering charges.
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When asked what they’d invest in if funding were no object, many state chief information officers gave the same answer: hiring more people and developing current staff.
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After struggling through the pandemic with an outdated unemployment system from the 1990s, the Oregon Employment Department has started the first phase of a replacement project. The new system won’t go live until 2024.
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The online learning platform Inspirit and tech giant Meta will provide qualifying Title I schools with VR education starter kits, which include headset technology and professional development resources for instructors.
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With an ever-expanding list of technology tools being implemented in classrooms, school IT departments may face growing demands for tech support, but certain best practices and resources can ease the burden.
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Officials say the existing Oroville Police Department radios are outdated and have been failing on a regular basis. The devices must be replaced to meet U.S. Department of Justice requirements.
