Workforce
How Boston modernized its hiring infrastructure to attract talent
By reviewing user feedback and existing hiring requirements, the city was able to design a more streamlined and cost-effective hiring and onboarding system, local officials say.
Artificial Intelligence
Texas county pauses data center construction in rural areas for a year
Hill County commissioners’ split vote to issue a moratorium appears to be a first in Texas.
Infrastructure
Driverless cars get green light from NJ Senate panel
The bill would create a three-year pilot program for New Jersey to test driverless cars to ensure road safety before widespread public use.
Sponsor Content
Beyond black box AI: A better approach to legal data intelligence
See how agencies can modernize legal and regulatory data management to improve speed, consistency and confidence across fragmented systems.
Digital Government
Website accessibility remains ‘slow-moving crisis’ despite rule delay, experts warn
Disability advocates are dismayed about the DOJ's one-year delay on its rule, while government leaders are calling for accessibility work to accelerate ahead of the new deadline.
Digital Government
New Mexico DOJ touts statewide progress with new ‘crime gun’ data tracking initiative
Months into its new "crime gun" database program, the New Mexico Department of Justice announced significant progress across the state.
Artificial Intelligence
Alleged FSU shooter was ‘co-conspiring’ with ChatGPT, new lawsuit alleges
The lawsuit attempts to lay groundwork to prove OpenAI rushed its products to market without effectively gauging the risk to the public.
People
America’s most important innovation happens in City Hall
COMMENTARY | A quiet transformation is underway, as thousands of dedicated public servants are proving that people-centered government is possible.
Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic and nonprofit partner to streamline benefits administration with AI
Code for America is working with the AI company to build and pilot solutions that leverage Anthropic’s Claude chatbot to help benefit caseworkers improve service delivery.
Artificial Intelligence
More states look to preempt local AI laws, report finds
The Local Solutions Support Center found that a dozen bills in nine states look to limit local regulations and promote a so-called “right to compute,” backed by a powerful conservative group.
Artificial Intelligence
How AI can lead to false arrests and wrongful convictions
COMMENTARY | Danger arises when law enforcement believes that AI models are retrieving certainties rather than generating likelihoods.
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Infrastructure
Data center dilemma: Who should decide where they go in North Dakota?
There is no formal environmental review or centralized body in charge of overseeing data center developers.
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Future-Proofing Your Finance Cycle Management
Discover the four modernization strategies helping local governments tackle budget pressure, transparency demands and workforce challenges with measurable results.
Artificial Intelligence
Canvas breach spotlights cybercriminal appetite for student data
Cyberattacks on widely used third-party services like Canvas can expose sensitive data that hackers can later weaponize. Higher education institutions are often a prime target.
Digital Government
How Mississippi’s revenue department optimized tech without cloud
The effort has not been without its challenges, but the agency responsible for taxes, software and alcohol now has “modularity and fungibility” to adapt.
Artificial Intelligence
Florida has a new law regulating AI data centers
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a requirement that data centers must pay their own utility costs and not shift them onto consumers.
Artificial Intelligence
US tech official calls for ‘transformational’ use of AI in scientific discovery
Chief Technology Officer Ethan Klein said deploying AI agents across workflows will enhance scientific efficiency, which is particularly critical “because that underpins every one of these technologies that we're looking to develop.”
Artificial Intelligence
Why government information gets reassigned by AI — and what that means for public trust
COMMENTARY | Residents rely on governments for information, and knowing which agency issued a statement helps hold them accountable. When that authority is murky, that accountability weakens.
Digital Government
Feds create controversial bidding portal for E-Rate
The FCC said the new rules would bring integrity and transparency to the program, but schools and libraries said it is a “solution in search of a problem.”
Artificial Intelligence
How a data center derailed $240,000 for affordable housing in rural Maine
In rural Midcoast Maine, nearly a quarter of a million dollars in federal money earmarked for housing was rescinded from a small town after local officials sought to use the funds for a data center.
Cybersecurity
Senator warns CISA election security pullback could leave midterms vulnerable
Mark Warner, the Senate Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat, pressed DHS over reports that states are no longer receiving the same cybersecurity and protection support ahead of the 2026 elections.
