How mass layoffs and economic anxiety have upended the talent war, turning “job hugging” into the public sector’s greatest opportunity to fill open tech positions.
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The city’s technology strategy is delivering measurable savings in less than a year’s time, expanding AI and modernizing services — all while emphasizing a more deliberate use of data. -
Morgan State University in Maryland is helping to develop new technology to provide a range of alerts for workers on highway construction crews, alerting them to dangerous drivers.
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The city is exploring how AI technology can support disaster response and recovery. A pilot has demonstrated a way to reduce data collection and processing times, improve safety, and free up employee time.
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The supplier of license plate readers and other public safety tech has come under fire for privacy, immigration, data sharing and other concerns. The new tool aims to ease some of the worries about Flock’s products.
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From Pilot to Launch: What will it take to scale AI in government?
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As fears of an AI “bubble” persist, officials and gov tech suppliers are looking to move past pilots and deploy larger, more permanent projects that bring tangible benefits. But getting there is easier said than done. -
Artificial intelligence has been dominant for several years. But where has government taken it? More than a decade after the GT100's debut, companies doing business in the public sector are ready to prove their worth.
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The boom of early Internet in the mid-1990s upended government IT. The rise of artificial intelligence isn't exactly the same, but it isn't completely different. What can we learn from 30 years ago?
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In partnership with the Japanese IT company Fujitsu, Carnegie Mellon University researchers will develop AI-powered machines and robots to tackle labor shortages and other practical issues.
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After years of rapid ed-tech expansion accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and remote learning, many teachers and parents think early education is entering a moment of reckoning.
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Wake County Public Schools faces controversy after three different AI-detection tools indicated a student's assignment was partially generated by AI, while the student, an avid reader and writer, resents the accusation.
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Nearly six months after announcing it was expanding to New Orleans, autonomous ride-hailing company Waymo has yet to debut its signature driverless vehicles on the city’s streets.
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The Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University identified six archetypes of chief data officer roles, highlighting how structure and resources influence outcomes.
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One of the best ways great IT leaders can serve the future, not only of their institutions but their field and societies facing technological change, is by lending helping hands as mentors to new professionals.
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The state’s digital transformation projects director has announced his departure. Officials have not yet named a replacement for Pettit, who has also served as CIO of Oregon and Oklahoma.
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State Senate Bill 1516 empowers Oregonians to sue private firms that sell or improperly use data captured by license plate-reading cameras. Signed March 31 by Gov. Tina Kotek, it took effect immediately.
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The Inland Empire city in Southern California is using mapping tools and other technology to help in wildfire reduction. The city fire department’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan is a template.
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AllHere, formerly a Boston-based company that went bankrupt in 2024 after developing a chatbot for LAUSD for $3 million, had also contracted with the district where LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho used to work.
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