Most state and local agencies have at least one or two rooms kitted out with the latest and greatest conference room gear, and that is great for big, official meetings. But the schedule to use those ...

Working across state agencies, chief data officers can help improve the lives of citizens by identifying trends. North Dakota Chief Data Officer Kimberly Weis, who worked previously as an ...

State technology leaders are accelerating efforts to modernize how residents prove who they are online, but fragmented systems, funding constraints and governance challenges continue to slow progress, ...

Andy Ritter brings more than three decades of IT experience to his role as CISO for the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A career technologist who began working with personal computers in the early 1990s ...

As state and local governments modernize legacy systems and expand into hybrid and multicloud environments, IT teams are under increasing pressure to maintain performance, security and uptime across ...

In 2025, a growing number of states have sought to identify and block access to software or websites they deem security or data privacy threats to state devices and networks; namely, foreign-owned AI ...

The San Jose City Council recently approved the California city’s first budget allocation dedicated to advancing the use of artificial intelligence to improve city services. “This budget allocation ...

State and local governments are under real pressure to move from experimentation to execution for artificial intelligence. Constituents expect faster services, more transparency and digital ...

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) recently published its 2026 Federal Advocacy Priorities, setting the agenda for how state technology leaders want to partner with ...

As state and local governments accelerate cloud adoption and deploy artificial intelligence tools, data sovereignty is emerging as a foundational issue for IT and policy leaders. At its core, data ...

In September, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers and Accenture released a report on states’ use of generative artificial intelligence to support citizen services. In the ...

Congress has given the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program a double reprieve this month, but state and local officials say they’re still waiting for real certainty — and real money. As part of ...