Policy

A panel at the Future of Education Technology Conference in Orlando last week offered tips on planning for the future of broadband, while cautioning attendees that aspects of the E-rate program are in political jeopardy.

The City Council is considering a proposed policy on electric bicycles that would classify them as a “non-motorized use” permissible on trails open to other bikes. Civic leaders, however, say residents should get to vote.

Plus, a new executive order from President Donald Trump calls for a pause on Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding, NDIA has announced Digital Inclusion Trailblazers, Maine supports digital education and more.

The bill would require some data centers to be constructed in industrial districts, a contrast to current zoning that allows for the centers to be built in mixed-use commercial industrial areas.

One piece of proposed legislation that would have increased state review died in committee last week. Another, which would if passed enable noise and land site reviews, is, for now, advancing.

Proposed legislation would ban phones, tablets, smartwatches and any other Internet-connected devices from school grounds during the day, from bell to bell, including both instructional and non-instructional time.

A look at key changes, their implications and emergent best practices as the start of President Donald Trump's second term brings shifts likely to have influence across state and local organizations.

Cities would be prohibited from contracting with vendors to collect speeding fines from automated traffic cameras under a proposal that took its first legislative step Tuesday at the Iowa Capitol.

Massachusetts’ Executive Office of Technology Services and Security’s first deputy secretary, Erica Bradshaw, plays an instrumental role in guiding planning for the agency and the state.

Part of Gov. Kathy Hochul's budget proposal would cover tuition at any public community college in New York for adults studying fields such as advanced manufacturing, technology, engineering, AI or cybersecurity.

The Federal Trade Commission will bar the automaker from sharing customer geolocation and driver behavior with consumer reporting agencies for five years. The first such order, it will last 20 years, GM said.

Plus, $117 million in NTIA grants go out, Indiana funds county broadband expansion, the E-BRIDGE Act is now the law of the land, new legislation aims to support rural broadband development, and more.

The order is designed to make it more difficult and expensive for bad actors to target American institutions and organizations online. It is intended to make sanctions against them more effective.

The U.S. Access Board highlighted its initial findings on the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence for people with disabilities, offering recommendations to promote responsible use.

The executive order calls on the federal departments of Defense and Energy to each identify at least three locations for private-sector data centers. It seeks to balance construction, consumer cost and environmental impact.

As COVID-19 pandemic relief funds expire, a new State Educational Technology Directors Association report outlines a path toward permanent funding for K-12 universal connectivity and related digital access measures.

The state’s new AI Enablement Strategy and AI Study Roadmap is intended to advance artificial intelligence through a five-part strategy that includes directing further studies on the technology, in critical domains.

A bill with bipartisan support in the statehouse seeks to end the state’s Real ID program by repealing its underlying statute. The state representative behind it said it is expensive and puts Mainers’ privacy at risk.