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What’s in store for public safety tech in 2025
In the coming year, artificial intelligence and other tech solutions will be key for understaffed law enforcement agencies looking to keep their communities safe.
Key factors needed for successful workforce development
COMMENTARY | Data plays a big part in any workforce strategy. Using a visualization platform can help address development boards' information needs.
Cyber ranges get a boost in Maryland to strengthen the cyber talent pipeline
Public- and private- sector employers in Maryland want more cyber professionals with hands-on experience out of college. State officials are answering their call by investing in cyber ranges.
Artificial intelligence study committee considers potential recommendations to lawmakers
The committee is the latest effort as Wisconsin government and business leaders attempt to confront use of and ongoing advancements of AI technology.
Virtual teachers step in as school district grapples with educator shortage
The Memphis-Shelby County board approved a $4.6 million contract for Texas-based Proximity Learning to provide 100 live online teachers for middle and high school students.
Less than half of local IT leaders not ready for AI, survey says
A recent survey of state and local executives found that 38% feel their agencies are not ready to use AI, although more than half are developing policies to govern its use.
Cyber training is key to help underserved communities, report finds
States must work to develop cybersecurity professionals in areas that have been left behind, and can use relationships with schools and nonprofits to do so, according to a new NASCIO report.
What Denver’s new chief data officer has in store for the community
Sean Greer is taking lessons learned from his previous IT work into his new role where data is imperative for improving city services and operations.
Trust and security are top concerns in the public sector’s use of generative AI, survey says
A survey released by Amazon Web Services found that 83% of public sector respondents reported that their organizations are concerned about public trust in the new technology.
‘AI is more than just ChatGPT’: Preparing students to use AI responsibly in the workforce
A new program at Rhode Island College teaches students the art of teaching machines.
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Want to see skills-first hiring in action? Look to the states
COMMENTARY | Some states are leading the way.
No, America’s battery plant boom isn’t going bust – construction is on track for the biggest factories, with over 23,000 jobs planned
The future of these job-generating gigafactories, many of them in Republican states, could be at risk if the next president tries to wipe out the programs that made them possible.
Striking Boeing workers put spotlight on pensions
Growing pressure to bring back pensions isn’t isolated to the private sector. Amid inflation and a tight labor market, state and local governments have felt it too.
How Nebraska's new tech chief is moving the state out of the era of mainframes and landlines
Nebraska’s technology infrastructure is outdated and its data is largely neglected. Matthew McCarville, the state’s new CIO, has big plans to change that, and it starts with the state’s employees.
State legislators question effectiveness of federal student loans and policies
A bipartisan task force said spending more on loans for higher education doesn’t help much with affordability. The task force called on the feds to rethink how they work with states.
What other states can learn from Indiana’s investment in quantum technology
COMMENTARY | The emerging technology holds the promise of transforming public services at the state and local levels. Indiana’s collaborative model is a blueprint for states seeking to cash in on quantum.
Going into 2025, cities plan for leaner budgets
A survey of city finance officials found that at least half are wary of the coming year and are forecasting more conservative revenue estimates.
Biden administration forgives $4.5B in student debt for public service workers
The president said that more than 1 million public servants to date have had their federal student debt canceled.
Preschools teach ‘hardly any math,’ even as students struggle in later grades
Math advocates say more early math, taught through play or games, can help students later.
This state is shrinking the public-private pay gap for state workers
Nationally, public employees earn nearly 15% less than their private sector peers—including benefits.
