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Illinois unveils 'Journey to Success' prison tablet education program
22+ hour, 33+ min ago (303+ words) The Illinois Department of Corrections on Tuesday launched Journey to Success, a new, customized educational content application portal available on tablets used by inmates across the state. Though the app from Edovo, a nonprofit learning platform designed for incarcerated people,…...
State CIO group reaffirms members as drivers of innovation
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (304+ words) State Scoop The National Association of State Chief Information Officers, the group representing state governments" top technology officials, this week updated its strategic plan, reaffirming a commitment to supporting the state CIO position as "the technology leader who drives business…...
San Jose, California, city leaders vote to make AI coalition an independent nonprofit
21+ hour, 59+ min ago (401+ words) City officials in San Jose, California, this week approved an updated policy framework to guide how artificial intelligence and data are managed across departments, with additional plans to spin out its flagship Gov AI Coalition into an independent nonprofit. According…...
More states are taking privacy seriously, but their work isn't done
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (394+ words) statescoop. com More states than ever are starting to take privacy seriously " but, there's still ample work to do in creating fully operational, enterprise-wide privacy programs, especially as artificial intelligence raises the stakes. While the CPO role is becoming more…...
Should states treat AI incidents like aviation accidents, and investigate?
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (365+ words) A new policy framework from the Aspen Policy Academy, a nonpartisan policy training program, is urging state officials to build formal systems to investigate incidents when artificial intelligence tools make mistakes or cause harm. The guide argues that the agency…...
Minnesota governor orders emergency support for cyberattack disrupting county's 'critical systems"
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (313+ words) Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday issued an emergency executive order lending the assistance of the state's National Guard to Winona County, which is facing a cyberattack disrupting its "critical systems and digital services." Walz's order notes that the county,…...
Boston's CIO wants the public " and other city governments " to use his open-source agentic AI tools
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (498+ words) Boston's chief information officer, Santiago Garces, is betting on agentic artificial intelligence to transform the city's open data into usable insights, and not just for data analysts, but for residents who are trying to better understand their communities. Developed with…...
Delaware governor names Virginia's Bob Osmond as state CIO
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (207+ words) Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer on Monday announced he's nominated Bob Osmond, the chief information officer of Virginia, to be his state's new CIO and head of the Delaware Department of Technology and Information, the state's technology office. Prior to his…...
New Hampshire names education cyber director as new state CISO
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (204+ words) New Hampshire has named Pamela Mc Leod, a cyber director with ACT, the standardized testing company, as the state's new chief information security officer, state Chief Information Officer Denis Goulet confirmed on Tuesday. Weeks was appointed in 2022 and came to…...
Massachusetts public health agency settles contact-tracing app lawsuit, agrees to delete data
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (656+ words) State Scoop The Pennsylvania Department of Public Health last month settled a class-action lawsuit by a handful of Android users who claimed that the state had worked with Google to automatically install a COVID-19 contact-tracing app on their phones, and…...