Missouri will hand over personal data of food aid recipients to feds
Missouri has agreed to abide by a request from the federal government to turn over personal data about anyone receiving food assistance, the state social services agency confirmed to The Independent Tuesday.
‘It will destroy this place’: Tucker County residents fight for future against proposed data center
As a little known company has proposed a data center and natural gas plant in the West Virginia tourism destination — known for its natural wonder and outdoor recreation — residents are left with questions, mounting concerns and few answers.
California Forever’s planned Bay Area city faces many regulatory hurdles. Can it succeed?
The CEO of the billionaire-backed company believes the plan for a new 400,000-person city near San Francisco can triumph, despite California’s restrictive environmental regulations and local pushback.
House-passed budget bill includes state AI moratorium
Lawmakers passed the package under reconciliation just before Memorial Day, with the 10-year ban on state AI regulation intact. Its future remains uncertain in the Senate.
North Dakota to require age verification for pornography sites
The new legislation also prohibits deepfakes and recommends study of impacts of explicit content.
Feds cancel unemployment modernization grants for states
The grant dollars — which the Department of Labor has been doling out since Congress allocated funding for fraud and access work in 2021 — don’t align with department priorities anymore, the agency says.
How higher ed institutions help advance skills-based hiring
As state and local agencies continue to grapple with workforce shortages, an initiative from Amazon Web Services looks to turn university students into an AI-ready workforce.
Ohio lawmakers introduce separate bills to regulate online gambling
Ohio Republican lawmakers in the state House and the Senate have introduced separate bills that would legalize online gambling.
Proposed moratorium on state-level AI regs aims to level the playing field, lawmaker says
Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick, a GOP member of last Congress’ House AI Task Force, spoke on Wednesday night about the need to avoid a jumble of different rules of the road for AI developers.
Amid fiscal uncertainty, evidence-based budgeting comes to the fore
A good-government nonprofit will host a virtual event designed to help counties determine whether budgetary decisions will, or did, produce the intended outcomes.
Alaska city turns to cloud to enhance emergency dispatch services
After losing power from a windstorm and a hurricane in recent years, the Fairbanks Emergency Communications Center is tapping into cloud technology to ensure dispatch services won’t be disrupted during future events.
Utah Department of Transportation’s ‘scrappy’ social media team wins national award
The agency tries to inform Utahns of things like road closures, construction, maintenance and other transportation projects in fun, relatable ways, one official says.
AI could make grading faster for teachers
COMMENTARY | Grading can be a time-consuming task for many teachers. Artificial intelligence tools may help ease the strain, researchers say.
More people, better tools: The two-part strategy for stronger state tech
COMMENTARY | States are recruiting experienced federal workers, but without the right tools to scale up, even strong teams risk falling short on the digital services residents expect.
Survey: Time, cost and complexity prevent some from filing taxes altogether
The findings come as U.S. lawmakers are poised to end the Direct File program, which offers Americans a free, online tax filing service directly with the government.
Parking tech can help cities generate revenue amid economic uncertainty
Efficient parking management can also help attract more people to downtown areas that are still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts, experts say.
US should rethink current views of Russia’s cyber might, new report says
A think tank paper argues that Moscow’s network of hackers is more fragmented than U.S. officials once believed — a dynamic that may have led to exaggerated expectations of Russia’s cyber capabilities during its 2022 Ukraine invasion.
Report highlights community pushback stalling $64 billion in data center development nationwide
In Virginia, the globe’s largest concentration of data centers, and nationally, local opposition has coalesced into a powerful, bipartisan force.
How Idaho uses data to fill in-demand jobs
The Idaho LAUNCH scholarship program grants students up to $8,000 to cover tuition and fees at eligible institutions, if they are looking to be trained in an area that needs more workers.
Regional approach could solve water sector’s cyber challenges
The federal government has repeatedly warned of threats to critical infrastructure, which faces budget and staffing challenges. Better collaboration could help ease some of those challenges.
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