Pennsylvania

State officials have made several changes to the IT procurement process in an effort to expand public-private partnership opportunities, increase efficiency for businesses, and save taxpayers money.

The editorial board of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette argues that Pennsylvania's cyber charter schools are failing students while siphoning money from public schools, and they need accountability.

State decision-makers continue to grapple with a series of questions raised in many of the 20-plus other AI-related memos and bills submitted in the Pennsylvania Legislature in the last two-year session.

Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Pielli, along with the Housing Authority of Chester County, recently held a free program educating people on how to spot and avoid frauds and scams that use technology.

PennDOT plans to pilot Freight Signal Priority tech at two high truck traffic locations, which it hopes will help relieve congestion and reduce air pollution while ensuring goods can more quickly get to market.

As users of PowerSchool, a software company hit by a cyber attack last month, some Pennsylvania school districts are notifying families that student and parent names and addresses might be among the impacted data.

Completed in less than a year, the new state website combines 64 separate state sites into a unified digital destination with a smoothed search function. The Pennsylvania Office of Digital Experience led the effort.

A new graduate program launching in 2025 aims to help data scientists, educators and administrators make the most of AI in education settings, covering technical knowledge as well as ethical impacts and social contexts.

Shippensburg, Kutztown and Pennsylvania Western universities are now using Niche, an online service where prospective students can upload their high school information and test scores in exchange for admissions offers.

Major new projects approved last week by the Pennsylvania State University Board of Trustees include an 80,000-square-foot, four-story applied research lab with space for interdisciplinary research and computing.

Montgomery County’s Information and Technology Solutions Department thwarted attempts of cyber attacks from other countries during the 2024 general election, a Montgomery County election board official reports.

A state grant will support the Center for Manufacturing Competitiveness, a research facility that will accommodate the nation’s first heavy-haul battery testing for the rail, marine and mining industries.

Information about grants was previously scattered across numerous agency websites, making it difficult for applicants to know what programs are available, whether they qualify, and how to apply.

Pennsylvania State University is the new home of the U.S. Supreme Court Database, a public, searchable repository of the 30,000 cases that have been decided by the court since 1791.

Studies have found students at Pennsylvania's cyber charter schools, which are run by unelected boards of nonprofit trustees, don't perform as well as traditional school district students, yet they rarely get shut down.

Cyber charter schools are drawing students, and therefore state dollars, away from the local districts that fund them, raising concerns among rural district leaders about whether the financial burden is sustainable.

Public safety officials in Pittsburgh and across Pennsylvania, a key battleground state, are preparing for the threat of political violence in the leadup to next week's presidential election battle.

At a time when the incidence rates of autism and behavioral issues are on the rise, online charter schools are becoming an increasingly popular option, but local districts warn there are downsides for students.