Policy
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With the popularity of electric bicycles and scooters on the rise, here’s what state and local laws say about their use in Fort Worth, Colleyville, Texas Christian University and elsewhere. -
As tech titans invest billions into data centers and high-tech computer chips to fuel their AI ambitions, concerns are building over energy costs, especially in communities where data centers pop up.
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New Mexico schools are part of a nationwide push to curb phone use in classrooms, driven by teacher concerns about disruption and growing worries about record daily screen time.
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After Russian hackers got their hands on 76,000 state voter records in 2016, Macon County Clerk Josh Tanner says steps have been taken to better protect local election infrastructure from future cyberattacks.
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Cybersecurity experts have long held that voting machines with a connection to the Internet are vulnerable to hacking and outside interference. A recent report highlighted the state’s risk in transmitting results online.
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In our series examining the impacts of body cameras, we conclude by looking at how different policies can influence outcomes, and why some problems are just too deep to be solved by technology alone.
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State commissioners, who sit on the governor's cabinet and lead executive-level agencies, have approved CIO Fred Brittain's proposal to reorganize IT operations under the Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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Officials are discussing a special pricing agreement to make electricity more affordable for the data center. Under the terms, the facility would pay roughly the same rate as the city — less than 5 cents per kilowatt.
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A vote to adopt an ordinance to comply with federal 5G rules was met with frustration from supervisors, industry and the public. Among other things, the county will require the submission of annual radio frequency reports.
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During an all-day digital inclusion summit hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, speakers highlighted the sharp divide between those in the region with high-speed Internet access and those going without.
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The working group will investigate the rapidly developing area of distributed ledger technology thought to have considerable potential for both the public and private sectors.
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New Jersey state lawmakers’ concerns about privacy delayed compliance with the 2005 law, but they have plans to introduce the IDs in the next two months through a gradual agency-by-agency rollout.
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Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced the Arkansas Rural Connect program to help communities with at least 500 residents receive funding for broadband infrastructure to provide residents with high-speed Internet access.
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Accurate broadband maps would help under areas get internet access, and they could also be used to hold telecom companies T-Mobile and Sprint accountable for their pledge to build out 5G nationally.
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Measures to expand broadband access in rural America generally are popular — but where to start can confuse lawmakers, due to what some say are antiquated data reporting practices for Internet service providers.
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The SAFE Act, which gave legal legs to tracking ammunition sales in real time, has been grappling with the implementation of a database for several years. State IT staff are looking to other states for direction.
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Gun safety advocates have long imagined a world where only authorized users could fire a pistol or rifle, but firearm companies have not pursued the technology — fearing blanket bans on dumb guns.
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Transparency advocates in Portsmouth, Va., are alarmed by a proposal to change public records law to help defend against phishing attacks. Officials say access to information is helping scammers identify targets.
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State and federal privacy laws have the potential to put those accused of crimes at an even greater disadvantage in an already unbalanced legal system by limiting defendants’ access to key evidence.
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Consolidating and modernizing the state’s IT infrastructure will cost money, says Chief Information Technology Officer Lee Allen, but it is a necessary investment after years of deferrals and course corrections.
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The existence of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles’ long-running facial recognition database was no secret, but recent scrutiny around how it was being accessed by federal law enforcement agencies has raised new questions.
