Infrastructure
Big Tech wants to build a data center in your city. Is it worth it?
A closer look at costs and benefits.
Public Safety
Flock cameras divide Tennessee governments, residents over privacy as some end their contracts
In East Tennessee, several counties swear by the license plating-reading technology, while others vote to end contracts.
Artificial Intelligence
AI and the new rules of digital trust: Watermarks
COMMENTARY | AI watermarking will become more than a tech issue for governments. In time, it could help them authenticate official communications and identify fraudulent ones.
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Emerging Tech
How tech can help localities solve weather gaps
National Weather Service radars may miss storms or other incidents, but now local governments are investing in their own equipment to supplement those federal tools.
Artificial Intelligence
NYC’s new school AI ban explained: What’s changing? What’s still murky?
NYC public schools will ban student-facing generative AI through eighth grade and cap screen time, Mayor Mamdani announced. But key details — including the specific tools affected — remain unclear days before school starts.
Artificial Intelligence
Nevada lawmakers propose oversight for state, local agencies using AI
Elected officials want basic standards governing how the technology is used by state and local government entities.
Digital Government
The floor, not the ceiling: Moving beyond California’s SB 707 to build real public trust
COMMENTARY | Key provisions of the state’s Brown Act came into effect this summer, but it should be seen as just the first step on the path to building more trust.
Artificial Intelligence
New AI center announced for St. Louis
The Spirit of St. Louis AI Innovation Center looks to position the city and the surrounding region as a hub for the technology with computing power and other resources.
Digital Government
Mamdani ends Adams’s Chromebook spending spree
New York Focus had spotlighted the T-Mobile contract, which cost the city $3.5 million a month to equip Chromebooks with cell service.
Artificial Intelligence
States urge schools to use AI, but leave teachers on their own to stop cheating
Most states have published AI guidance for public schools, but they mostly avoid addressing academic integrity. That’s left many teachers adrift and frustrated when it comes to stopping AI-fueled cheating.
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Artificial Intelligence
Why ‘mundane’ uses are most effective for AI
COMMENTARY | The unglamorous tools that give employees time back in their day may not generate headlines, but they help get government moving more efficiently.
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Arctiq and Google Public Sector help agencies build unified security programs
Discover how SLED organizations can bridge the gap between technology acquisition and successful modernization.
Artificial Intelligence
Data centers are Americans’ least favored development, poll finds
The survey from Public First and ITIF found that 46% oppose data centers in their communities, compared to 26% who support, far behind other projects.
Cybersecurity
White House launches water cybersecurity pilot in Texas
Project Watershed 250 will stress-test utilities over six months and could serve as a model for protecting water providers nationwide.
Artificial Intelligence
State audit finds room for improvement in NYC’s AI governance
A new report from state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli found New York City has only partially implemented 2023 recommendations on how government should use AI.
Artificial Intelligence
The irony of scarcity: When risk and opportunity reside between agencies
COMMENTARY | New technologies are interacting with governance systems built around older assumptions in areas like water and electricity. AI will shift that paradigm.
Digital Government
States are mostly compliant with website accessibility rule, report finds
But many remain concerned about their ability to investigate and remediate any issues ahead of next year’s extended deadline, the report from NASCIO notes.
Digital Government
Arkansas expects millions from Meta settlement. Here’s where other social media cases stand.
The state will receive millions from last week's settlement, but still has a number of cases against other social media giants pending.
Public Safety
Flock blockers: 5 proposals seeking to regulate Flock cameras and ALPRs in Pennsylvania
Lawmakers in the General Assembly plan to introduce a number of bills looking to regulate automated license plate reader technology in Pennsylvania.
Emerging Tech
The mobile driver's license is hitting its tipping point — states just need to give it a shove
COMMENTARY | mDLs are available in 21 states and Puerto Rico, showing that the technology has real promise. The rest of the states must follow suit to make them truly useful.
