Artificial Intelligence
This data center is getting a $77 million tax break to create one job
No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.
Infrastructure
Election officials left in limbo as state leaders contemplate next steps for ballot QR codes
State officials are unsure how to legally conduct elections in Georgia without QR codes. Elections workers are being left in limbo.
Digital Government
Two fixes, one lifeline: What Congress must do to strengthen 911 in every community
COMMENTARY | Legislation is on the table to improve the technology that call centers rely on, and better classify the workforce. The need for action is urgent.
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Artificial Intelligence
Nonprofit puts up $10M to help agencies test AI tools for benefits modernization
The Center for Civic Futures will offer funds to agencies looking to design and test their tech solutions to operational problems with their benefit systems.
Cybersecurity
Pro-Iran hackers appear to ramp up critical infrastructure cyberattacks
A group sympathetic to the regime claimed responsibility for a hack on the Los Angeles Metro, while the federal government is warning of ongoing vulnerabilities in some systems.
Artificial Intelligence
Amid artificial intelligence explosion, Illinois lawmakers debate best path to regulate
The state already has some laws in place, but legislators raised concerns about the harm AI may still be causing consumers.
Artificial Intelligence
Virginia governor amends bills that shift costs onto data centers. Critics say her tweaks weaken them.
As negotiations continue around whether the tax exemptions for data centers will remain, Spanberger removes adding new costs onto that customer class.
Digital Government
REPORT: Text campaigns can help states increase public benefit participation
The results of a Maryland pilot program suggest that state agencies can increase benefit program participation through cross-enrollment by sending text alerts to residents.
Management
Surveilled and sold: Privacy and sanctuary in Portland
How effective are Portland, Oregon’s sanctuary city policies when ICE can track and surveil immigrant communities with ease?
Emerging Tech
3D-printed homes, an abandoned $590,000 deposit, the FBI: What really happened in this small town?
Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix Cairo, Illinois’ housing crisis. More than a year later, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished.
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People
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.
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Digital Government
REPORT: Agencies are getting better at communicating with the public, but progress remains
Agencies are increasingly leveraging audience engagement data to better communicate with residents, but how they use it is crucial to yielding the results they want, one expert says.
Artificial Intelligence
Data centers hit the ballot this year
Residents in a Wisconsin city already passed a measure to restrict their development, while others may follow, including a statewide effort in Ohio.
Artificial Intelligence
Maine is set to ban data centers, becoming the first state in the nation to do so
The legislation still requires the Governor’s signature to become the law, but it represents a growing bipartisan concern among voters over potential energy rate hikes and water usage.
Artificial Intelligence
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.
Artificial Intelligence
Public-facing AI tools could yield more efficiency gains for states, report says
States should not underestimate the time and cost savings that external artificial intelligence-based tools can generate for government agencies, one expert said.
Artificial Intelligence
How public records requests could help ‘fight AI with AI’
Agencies are burdened with growing numbers of requests and more records to manage and parse through. Emerging technology offers a way forward for beleaguered staff.
Artificial Intelligence
World needs to ‘get ready’ for more powerful AI, Anthropic co-founder says
The company’s powerful Mythos, unveiled earlier this month, won’t be the only supercharged AI system to hit the market, Jack Clark said.
Artificial Intelligence
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.
