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Over 2,000 employees who work at the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center were either overpaid or underpaid thanks to a December ransomware attack that targeted payroll company Kronos.

The New Hampshire Senate voted down a bill that would have dedicated $20 million in matching grants to help local and county police acquire body cameras. The leading state police chiefs organization supported the bill.

Jersey City, N.J., is working to bring more citizens' voices into city funding decisions with the launch of a participatory budget pilot program that allows citizens to submit and vote on their ideas online.

As residents struggle to catch up on water and other bills, this young company — in which Jay-Z has invested — is touting its payment software. With inflation rising, Promise wants to help reduce utility shut-offs.

Charges have been brought against more than a dozen individuals in Oregon who attempted to apply for more than $180 million in fraudulent federal relief money. Investigators expect to find more fraud in the coming years.

According to a U.S. Department of Energy calculator, electric and hybrid vehicles are easily cheaper to run than gas-only vehicles, but consumers should also think about the total cost of their vehicles, experts say.

Just two digital mining operations would each require as much as $20 million to fortify power lines and avert blackouts, according to one utility. Each would consume enough electricity to power as many as 60,000 homes.

Cleveland County commissioners recently approved a $36,000 annual contract that will provide updated devices that monitor county jail detainees' heart rate variabilities and motions.

The Annapolis City Council has unanimously agreed to spend $1.5 million on an electric ferry and the infrastructure needed to support it. The city also plans to purchase other electric vehicles.

Residents in Yakima County, Wash., can apply for rental assistance through a new online portal that launched this week. The portal is helping streamline the application process and improving accessibility.

At a news conference this week, Mayor Jerry Dyer announced that the city had lost more than $600,000 to online scammers who were targeting municipalities nationwide. An American suspect has been identified by the FBI.

With an end of the federal student loan repayment moratorium fast approaching, some in the financial space see technology playing a larger role when it comes to navigating the next steps in a convoluted process.

A new report from the NewDEAL Forum shows different ways that states and local areas can address the digital divide. The report examines approaches from Texas, California, Colorado and several other states.

The U.S. Department of Transportation said $2.2B in federal funds would be available for 35 transit agencies across the country. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City will receive $769 million.

The school board of Pittsburgh Public Schools will decide this month whether an artificial intelligence system will be deployed to fine and discourage people for illegally passing stopped school buses.

During the recent Beyond the Beltway event, state and county CISOs and CIOs talked through the process of evaluating vendor cybersecurity, safeguarding elections, managing federal grants and adopting new defense strategies.

Thanks to an expected uptick in tax collections, the latest Washington legislative session will prove to be a busy one with various proposals, including a 16-year transportation plan.

Federal grants are giving states and localities a big opportunity to invest in their IT systems. But the money is temporary, and they need to choose their acquisitions, and vendor partners, carefully.