Artificial Intelligence

National AI training hub for educators to open, funded by OpenAI and Microsoft

The $23 million partnership aims to close gaps in technology use. Tech companies also will gain a “wealth of information” about how to adapt their products to the classroom.

Cybersecurity

Cyber resilience for state and local governments: Where to start

COMMENTARY | Governments already have the tools, while zero trust and hardware security strategies turn existing resources into stronger defenses.

Sponsor Content

Uncovering the true state of digital government

Government agencies are accelerating digital transformation to improve services, engagement, and operations—but challenges in capacity and access remain.

Cybersecurity

New York cyber law strengths local reporting requirements

Local governments that are hacked now have 72 hours to tell the state, and 24 hours to disclose if they paid a ransom. The new law also mandates cyber training and sets data protection standards.

Digital Government

How slashing university research grants impacts Colorado’s economy and national innovation

Federal funding cuts in the billions have impacted dozens of universities in the US. An administrator at the University of Colorado at Boulder explains the local effects.

Digital Government

After last Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan fell short, new proposal aims to be flexible, data-driven

Draft released last week still a work in progress; advocates worry it leaves too much open-ended, as cuts to federal programs loom.

Artificial Intelligence

911 looks to AI to filter out non-emergency calls

The technology is helping answer non-emergency calls and otherwise free up dispatchers to focus on true emergencies that they otherwise would have needed to forward along.

Artificial Intelligence

AI moratorium could return despite removal from ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

Senators passed an amendment removing the provision that would have prevented states regulating the tech for 10 years. But some experts warn that a repeat effort is likely and could be successful.

Digital Government

Lawmakers call for probe of Oklahoma incubator program amid data collection concerns

Two Republican lawmakers want to probe the long-term effectiveness of a state program designed to nurture new small businesses.

Digital Government

Trump’s 'big, beautiful bill' directs Treasury to find a replacement for Direct File

The IRS debuted Direct File — which enabled taxpayers to file online with the agency for free — as a pilot in 2024 and it received largely positive reviews from those that used it.

Artificial Intelligence

AI as the power beast — can we tame it?

COMMENTARY | Companies are pledging to spend billions of dollars on data centers to deal with the increased compute power. But it will strain resources, and other questions remain.

Sponsor Content

Generative AI in the Public Sector: 5 Ways Agencies Can Do More with Less

Generative AI is streamlining public sector legal work, boosting accuracy, speed, and efficiency across key workflows.

Digital Government

How Washington State maps current — and future — EV charging

The Evergreen State has turned to GIS to map charging infrastructure, as well as using other data to help guide planners on where they should invest next.

Management

Feds look at new way to get food stamp data from Washington and other states

The Trump administration is taking a new approach in its attempt to snatch personal data of food stamp recipients from states.

Digital Government

Michigan attorney general joins states to sue Trump administration for sharing health data with ICE

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined 19 other attorneys general in filing a lawsuit this week against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for sharing personal health data about Medicaid recipients with the Department of Homeland Security.

Artificial Intelligence

How one school system is turning to AI to boost safety

Loudoun County, Virginia Public Schools will start using the tech to monitor footage from security cameras for anything that appears to be out of the norm.

Finance

How prenegotiated, cooperative procurement helps drive innovation for governments

The Texas Department of Information Resources is leveraging state-level procurement negotiations to help deliver innovative solutions to local public safety organizations.

Management

Louisiana bans most cell phone use while driving

It will become illegal next month to use a phone while driving in Louisiana unless it's for hands-free calls or navigation.

Digital Government

Kids are making deepfakes of each other, and laws aren’t keeping up

Schools and lawmakers are grappling with how to address a new form of peer-on-peer image-based sexual abuse that disproportionately targets girls.

Artificial Intelligence

Senate overwhelmingly passes amendment removing state AI moratorium

After attempting to negotiate a shorter moratorium timeframe, a bipartisan team of senators succeeded in striking the provision that would have prevented states from enforcing AI regulations from the Big Beautiful Bill.