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Kathryn Darnall Helms served as chief data officer for six years, during which time she helped establish Oregon's first data strategy. The state is beginning a search for her replacement.
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As the Americans with Disabilities Act turns 35 this month, states are conducting surveys to better understand the experiences of people with disabilities as well as the size and makeup of their disability populations.
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The state’s work with the technology company aims to bring artificial intelligence education and real-world innovation to classrooms, communities and industry. It's intended to bring in jobs as well.
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A new analysis by Code for America illustrates artificial intelligence readiness in the public sector across three key areas: leadership and governance, capacity building, and technical infrastructure and capabilities.
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Its new Chief Information Security Officer Chris Gergen is a native of the Peace Garden State. He has nearly two decades of cybersecurity expertise and helped stand up the Cyber Operations Center.
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Resilient regions and organizations require well thought out disaster plans addressing recovery and mitigation. In creating them, state officials said, collaboration with other governments and communities is essential.
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The state Attorney General’s office said apartment rents have been kept artificially high in the suit, which alleges antitrust act violations. Several major cities have banned use of software to elevate rents.
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A compromise, the Texas Department of Transportation said recently, “has led to improper downloads of a large number of crash records.” The issue was discovered May 12 in the department's Crash Records Information System.
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Lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom reached a spending plan that, by emergency proclamation, enables access to the budget stabilization account. The state’s approved technology spend is reduced from the previous fiscal year.
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Toll road systems are modernizing with seamless payment portals and other forms of tech, enabling new options to make controlling congestion easy — and generate revenue other ways, as gas taxes decline.
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The data tool and interface, which was built in-house to flag crime and misuse, has saved the state millions and ensures benefits go to those in need. Created with federal funding, it recently earned a governor’s award.
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Adam Miller, deputy director of the Office of Information Security and Cyber Defense, breaks down how it will centralize threat response and modernize safeguards, while helping to grow the state’s workforce.
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AI has the ability to impact numerous areas of the public sector, from government to education, tech officials said during the yearly Link Oregon meeting. They are preparing for its possibilities and challenges alike.
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The One Big, Beautiful Bill budget legislation that cleared the U.S. Senate Tuesday no longer includes the moratorium on state-level AI regulatory efforts, after a bipartisan vote to amend the bill by removing the provision.
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A new law covers online ransom attempts, cybersecurity training and other areas. The move comes as the Empire State works to increase its power in artificial intelligence and other digital areas.
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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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In naming a new director and deputy director for the New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham chose two people with federal- and state-level experience in connectivity.
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Michael Toland, Oklahoma’s chief information security officer, will exit the position and officials have embarked upon a search for his replacement. State CIO Dan Cronin will oversee cybersecurity in the interim.
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The California Report on Frontier AI Policy lays out regulatory principles prioritizing transparency and risk mitigation. It arrives as federal lawmakers consider a 10-year moratorium on state artificial intelligence regulation.
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Their proportions and weight mean heavy-duty trucks cause an outsized amount of damage to the nation's roads, experts said. Road usage charges could help introduce fairness and equity into how vehicles are charged.
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The state’s digital ID program, free and voluntary, continues to grow as more airports and bars accept those forms of identification. Other states are expanding their own mobile ID programs.
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