Infrastructure
Gianforte administration says $308 million broadband internet plan will bring ‘service to every citizen’
The plan envisions providing connectivity via fiber optic cables and Starlink-style satellites.
Artificial Intelligence
Agencies and industry announce efforts to further Presidential AI Challenge
The Trump administration is angling to leverage private sector partnerships and an all-hands agency approach to establish a robust U.S. AI workforce and education platform.
Artificial Intelligence
AI auditing AI: Towards digital accountability
COMMENTARY | Humans cannot realistically keep up with the scale and complexity of the tech, so need allies. In many cases, the best ally might be another AI, with human judgement the final arbiter.
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.
Customer Experience
How digital literacy can help combat food insecurity
A new study explores how digital literacy support could lead to residents making healthier food purchases online.
Cybersecurity
New bill would reauthorize state and local cyber grant program
The bipartisan legislation, which expires at month’s end, would extend the popular program and ensure that critical infrastructure and AI systems are covered under it.
Infrastructure
Controversial data center moves forward in eastern North Dakota
Local leaders in North Dakota pushed forward with a planned data center development this week after contentious public hearings.
Artificial Intelligence
With bad AI in courtrooms increasing, SC chief justice joins states giving guidance
South Carolina is among at least 10 states where state judges have issued an order or guidance around the use of artificial intelligence.
Cybersecurity
Push continues to fund cyber info-sharing center
Emergency funding for the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center runs out at the end of September, and experts are worried about the consequences if it lapses fully.
Workforce
AI data center growth raises Pittsburgh-area hopes, but job gains and community benefits aren’t guaranteed
Industry is floating big data center job numbers. Planning to address AI-driven job losses, and to protect communities from negative impacts, is in early stages.
Emerging Tech
How drones and AI are changing the way we fight wildfires
As the threat of wildfires intensifies, modern technology is playing an increasingly large role in both research and management. But not all communities have access to it.
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People
Inside New York City’s new academy to grow IT talent
The city launched its first Information Technology Management Academy last month. Officials say they hope to support employees’ long-term career growth in technology.
Sponsor Content
The overlooked pillar of modernization: Rethinking how government manages spending
Outdated spend management drains resources. Modern platforms boost efficiency, oversight, and transparency for state and local governments.
Digital Government
Alaska signs first-of-its-kind permit streamlining deal with feds
The state agreed to receive assistance from the federal Permitting Council to work together on certain projects in a bid to move them through the process more quickly.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is being used in schools, but statewide guidance is a work in progress
Artificial intelligence is here to stay, say Maryland school officials. But that's proving easier said than done for the rapidly developing, and shifting, technology.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence offering political practices advice about robocalls in Montana GOP internal spat
The state Commissioner of Political Practices Office used ChatGPT to author an opinion about robocalls targeting a longtime Republican state legislator.
Artificial Intelligence
3 ways AI kiosks are rewriting the civic engagement playbook
COMMENTARY | From public service to public access, intelligent self-service kiosk are emerging as a way to expand access without adding extra burdens on residents and staff.
Emerging Tech
Local quantum efforts need robust funding help, experts say
Speakers during GovExec’s Quantum Summit said there are plenty of local initiatives underway, but they will need continued financial support to ensure those places stay ahead.
Artificial Intelligence
Google expands data center investment in Virginia, doesn’t share site specifics
Considered the data center capital of the world, Virginia will see more of big tech’s energy- and water-intensive facilities.
Digital Government
Idaho’s parental consent law impedes 988 suicide crisis hotline access for some youth
Mental health advocates say state law requiring parental consent for medical treatment provided to children limits care they can legally provide.
Digital Government
How a national lab is using data and AI to try to speed up permitting
The work to get better environmental permitting data began under Biden and is continuing under Trump.
