State Government

The Polis administration has made it a goal to get 99 percent of the state connected to reliable broadband by 2027, but nearly 194,000 households and businesses remain unconnected to the Internet.

The pullback of Twitter’s blue check marks led to the quick rise of fake accounts spreading lies about public services and officials. What comes next, and how can state and local governments deal with this new reality?

Through a combination of tech and data, the California Department of Water Resources is measuring the historic rainfall and snowfall the state saw this year — and in a way that helps prepare for the next drought.

Assemblyman Phil Ting authored a bill that would set standards for law enforcement’s use of technology that captures images of people’s faces and compares them to an existing database. The ACLU disagrees with this approach.

With a historic amount of funding coming from the federal government, state governments are increasingly starting to hire full-time staff to focus on digital equity work.

The winners of Government Technology's Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers awards for 2023 are a group of IT and other professionals pushing the limits of what it means to do the people's business.

The proposed Mid-Continent Clean Hydrogen Hub (MCH2) – a partnership between Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri – would be competing with other regional proposals for $7 billion available to establish six to 10 green hydrogen hubs.

The distributed ledger technology, used in cryptocurrency, could potentially power food permits, social media access and other tasks. But blockchain still has serious political and logistical obstacles to overcome.

Under a new state law, the CISO will report to a Cybersecurity Advisory Committee instead of the CIO. The committee will draw from different branches and levels of government.

The state is now the second in the nation with legislation requiring parental consent for child social media usage. It follows closely behind a March law signed by Utah Gov. Spencer Cox.

Several states are pushing legislation that would limit online access and social media use by kids, setting up yet another potential confrontation between states and Congress on technology policy.

Nevada State Parks is modernizing reservation processes with a cloud-based reservation software to simplify the visitor and staff experience. Officials say the state is the last to modernize its reservation system.

A new, interactive resource released today from Code for America aims to improve the online safety net benefits application processes across all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.

Millions of dollars in government aerial drones will be shelved under a rule that prevents agencies in the state from using drones manufactured by China-based Da Jiang Innovations.

The proposal aimed to hold companies with large data centers and cryptocurrency mining operations accountable to meeting clean energy deadlines. Critics – including Amazon – said the bill did not provide a clear path forward.

State officials marked International Transgender Day of Visibility last week with the launch of the first version of its new centralized information hub to support transgender and non-binary constituents.

The Biden administration has approved a waiver that would allow the state to set its own emissions standards for semitrucks. The effort has drawn the criticism of business interests who claim the 2045 deadline is too aggressive.

As the opioid epidemic continues to impact communities nationwide, New Jersey and Ohio are using data to understand how overdoses impact constituents as well as to inform their ongoing responses.