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To lure more young people into government technology work, Piccione changed experience requirements on all vacant IT positions, pointing them toward early career applicants.
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A new state law, passed with near unanimous support last week from state legislators, has exemptions for special circumstances and doesn’t cover non-instructional times of the school day.
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North Carolina’s PATH NC platform will have features including AI-assisted tools. It will also digitally connect the state’s 100 counties for the first time in such a way, offering exponential change in case handling.
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Rockingham County Schools has announced the implementation of cutting-edge weapons detection systems across middle and high schools in the district, known as Opengate.
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A leading manufacturer of sodium-ion batteries is poised to receive state incentives there as it promises to invest around $1.4 billion to build a factory on a long-dormant megasite in Edgecombe County, N.C.
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North Carolina high school students will be able to qualify for job interviews with the drone delivery company Zipline as part of a new partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
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Schools throughout North Carolina are preparing to launch 11 digital learning initiatives with $1.8 million in funds from a statewide competitive grant program, involving novel technologies from VR to podcasting and AI.
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The worldwide Microsoft computer outage meant 1,894 customers at the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles on Friday could not be served. About 1,300 people with appointments were able to come back later.
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Panelists in a recent webinar discussed how bad actors might want to tamper with voter registration databases — and how election offices around the country have been working to stay resilient against threats.
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Buoyed by unprecedented federal funding as well as a widely accepted understanding that Internet is a fundamental part of modern life, states and cities confront the remaining obstacles to getting everyone online.
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Plus, initial proposals for BEAD program funding have been approved in two more states, findings from a new report emphasize the role libraries play in bridging the digital divide, and more.
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North Carolina's new "Propel NC" initiative will allocate funding to community college programs based on how much they drive economic growth, prioritizing fields such as information technology and advanced manufacturing.
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The issue required residents to wait as long as eight weeks for their licenses to arrive in the mail. That lag has been halved and is expected to disappear entirely by month’s end. The precise cause remains unclear.
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Google Fiber has picked the North Carolina area for trials of its inaugural 20-gigabit Internet service. Commenced April 12, installations cost $250 a month and come from the company’s GFiber Labs division.
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Computer science majors aren't the only ones worried about how artificial intelligence could impact the value of their degrees, as automation could reduce blue-collar jobs and new AIs could affect knowledge-seeking ones.
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A new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation advises states and regions to consider a range of connectivity issues, before deciding how to best spend federal infrastructure funding on high-speed Internet.
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The Raleigh Police Department hopes that modernizing the department’s “real-time crime center,” through $629,000 in new federal funding, will help law enforcement in the city be more proactive.
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Legislation filed last week, if passed, would go toward recruiting school personnel, continuing high school "learning hubs," expanding career and technology education programs, and putting security scanners in schools.
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The university is leading research efforts with 19 of its counterparts on the use of artificial intelligence in education. ECU researchers are also working to develop new AI tools for students and researchers.
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Raleigh has hired Marina Kelly to lead its cybersecurity efforts as CISO. Her executive-level experience includes time at North Carolina State University, where she was an IT manager in its Office of IT.
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The state began transitioning in November 2018 when Durham County 911 joined via AT&T ESInet, hosting a hosted call solution and text messaging, and Anson County 911 completed the state’s transition in February.
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