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Report: Digital classroom tools could improve teacher retention, student outcomes
Burnout and career departures among the nation’s teacher workforce can have significant effects on the outcomes of their students.
The new leadership playbook: What public sector CISOs need now
COMMENTARY | AI and quantum have changed the game and made threats faster and bigger. Leaders must invest in their teams, learn fast and not wait to migrate their tools and platforms.
Connecting learners and employers requires more than just good technology. It needs real leadership.
COMMENTARY | Talent marketplaces help support skills-based hiring, but states need to do more than turn to tech platforms and merge data if they are to be successful.
The good, the bad and the unknown: The future of AI in North Carolina
Leading experts in research, government and industry innovators gathered at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus this week to discuss how artificial intelligence can be responsibly designed and used for the public good.
North Carolina Treasurer’s office expands use of AI throughout the agency
The State Employees Association of North Carolina cautioned that AI’s effect on workers is “a great unknown.” Its adoption in other sectors has sometimes been accompanied by job losses.
Gen Z increasingly skeptical of — and angry about — artificial intelligence
A new Gallup survey of 14- to 29-year-olds shows growing misgivings from a generation poised to enter higher education and a workforce changed by AI.
Report warns of AI’s impact on non-college grads’ careers
Research from the Brookings Institution warned that millions are in jobs that have traditionally allowed them to build skills and advance, but AI is eroding that upward mobility.
Most government leaders say they outpace private sector on AI adoption, survey says
Research by IDC found that 82% of public sector organizations have adopted agentic AI, and 60% of agency heads believe they are ahead of the business community on the technology.
It’s time for cities and higher education to join forces on effective AI, experts say
Local governments and academic institutions haven’t always aligned their goals and priorities. But for either sector to unlock artificial intelligence’s potential, they must work more closely together, according to a brief from New America.
Cities get a helping hand to attract more workers to the public sector
Work for America is accepting applications through March 20 for a program aimed at helping cities reinvigorate their hiring processes.
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South Dakota lawmakers reject mandatory E-Verify checks of worker citizenship, immigration status
The bill would have required some South Dakota employers to use a federal website to verify employees’ work eligibility.
Businesses can’t require microchip implants for workers under new Washington law
Workers in the state don’t need to worry about their employers forcing them to get a microchip implant under a bill signed Wednesday.
States tackle transparency in early responses to workplace surveillance tech
As employee-monitoring tech gains traction in workplaces across the U.S., experts say policymakers must ensure such services are deployed transparently and responsibly.
Nonprofit program offers public agencies a way to build and test AI solutions
Now in its second year, the AI Learning and Innovation Hub aims to build public agencies’ confidence in deploying the technology in critical government services.
AI risks creating a ‘demand machine’ for governments, report warns
Instead of making public-sector employees’ lives easier, the tech could create even more work, unless leaders rethink agency processes and workflows, researchers at New America said.
States get a helping hand to implement skills-based hiring amid workforce shortages
A nonprofit is expanding a program that offers state leaders technical assistance and other resources to adopt a skills-based hiring model as agencies try to keep pace with evolving job roles and persistent workforce gaps.
Job-matching platform continues to keep public servants in public service
A platform launched last year by Work for America is helping state and local governments recruit former federal employees to their agencies.
Rhode Island releases its roadmap for AI. Some boundaries have yet to be drawn.
The Governor’s AI Task Force on Wednesday released its first report offering a blueprint for how Rhode Island can stay competitive and use artificial intelligence responsibly and wisely.
How is AI being used by state employees in Iowa? Senate bill seeks to define uses
An Iowa Senate bill that advanced from a subcommittee Tuesday would limit the uses of artificial intelligence in state agencies.
Most workers at risk from AI can transition, report finds
Recent research from the Brookings Institution warned that while most workers exposed to AI can pivot, millions in administrative and clerical roles may struggle.
