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The new release from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers provides guidance for state CIOs, and an overview of how agencies are navigating the landscape of agentic artificial intelligence tools. -
Data center builds are on the rise across the country to power cloud computing and AI. Here’s how some local governments are taking action to ensure projects benefit the communities in which they are built.
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Artificial intelligence is causing college instructors to move more meaningful examinations back to the classroom, and connect the dots with students on why learning matters.
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The Community College of Allegheny County and BNY Mellon are opening their Early College High School program to all the county's public high schools, including an IT program and virtual sessions for underclassmen.
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After privacy concerns, three Republican senators introduced legislation to repeal a provision that would mandate the development of advanced drunken driving prevention tech required in all new passenger cars.
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McLean County is one of 11 counties in the state to receive funds for new paper ballot-based, auditable voting machines ahead of the November elections. The county has been allocated $20K for the new voting equipment.
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A technical glitch has left upward of 1.8 million Pennsylvanians locked out of nutrition benefit programs — and officials are still at a loss to explain why, as similar outages grip other states.
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The rise of cloud services in the past decade has been seen across all industries. In the state and local gov tech industry, about one-sixth of funding opportunities are for cloud computing services.
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Waymo announced earlier this week its fleet of self-driving semi-tractor-trailers would increase to 60. In addition, the company will begin operating on public roads in Texas and Arizona.
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Reports of drone sightings — and even a “guy in a jetpack” — have prompted the Transportation Security Administration to use new technology to spot, track and identify drones in LAX restricted airspace.
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Irvine International Academy, which aims to cultivate Mandarin bilingualism and also focuses on science, technology, engineering, arts and math skills, has put $77K toward new virtual reality tools from zSpace.
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Officials with the Department of Labor are defending the state’s newly launched $60 million benefits system saying that fraudulent unemployment insurance claims are the result of “100% identity theft.”
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The majority of states are abandoning third-party cyber insurance for self-insurance, says Colorado CISO Ray Yepes. Plus, Virginia and Alaska cyber leads talk federal cyber grants and the importance of understanding local needs.
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Pilot projects using bidirectional charging equipment are turning electric vehicles into battery storage units, feeding energy back onto the grid when needed. Fleet vehicles are seen as prime opportunity for the tech.
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In designing digital products for constituents — like websites and mobile apps — government agencies should consider implementing plain language to increase accessibility and improve the overall user experience.
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A Texas school district has closed campus to visitors but is holding classes as scheduled, with teachers making adjustments to lead class without Internet, after a hack took down its website, phones and email.
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A Pennsylvania school district has recovered most of $13 million stolen by international thieves who hacked an email account, used a fake dating profile to lure an accomplice and laundered deposits via cryptocurrency.
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The University of Connecticut's Hartford and Stamford campuses will offer an in-person master's degree and a new graduate certificate in financial technology this fall, noting growing corporate demand.
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Homes and businesses across Bakersfield would get the option of contracting high-speed Internet service as part of a $400 million fiber-optics system a Delaware-based company is negotiating.
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California has made its historic decision to ban the sale of new cars that run on gas after 2035. But putting millions of green-energy vehicles on the road poses challenges some experts say could complicate the decision.
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Police will soon be equipped with body-worn cameras and other tech designed to bolster public safety and transparency after lawmakers approved a 10-year contract worth more than $4.8 million to purchase the equipment.
