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Where a small government should start on its AI journey
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (839+ words) Andriy Onufriyenko via Getty Images Small governments don't fail at deploying and using artificial intelligence because they lack ambition. They fail because they start in the wrong place." They start with a tool demo, a vendor pitch, or a well-intentioned…...
Digital tools connect rural Texans to mental health care
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (472+ words) Justin Paget via Getty Images By Madeline de Figueiredo, The Daily Yonder This article was originally published by Daily Yonder. The Bastrop County Public Health Department, the first new local health department established in Texas in more than 30 years, is…...
What California has learned from an AI-enabled early wildfire detection system
1+ day, 24+ min ago (543+ words) MLGXYZ via Getty Images State and local governments are keen to harness efficiency gains from artificial intelligence, and climate resilience and emergency response are emerging as key use cases. For a public safety program in California, the tech is showing…...
Nevada official "cautiously optimistic" about AI solution to reducing SNAP error rates
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (686+ words) jetcityimage via Getty Images Like dozens of states across the U. S. , Nevada is facing a steep bill if the state cannot bring down payment error rates for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program before October 2027. But the state's Division of Social Services…...
FCC votes to review E-Rate program amid screen time concerns
2+ day ago (236+ words) People Images via Getty Images The Federal Communications Commission voted last week to examine whether its E-Rate program should be amended, or even ended. Feds create controversial bidding portal for E-Rate Feds intensify screen time scrutiny in schools Feds float…...
States must consider future of broadband offices
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (187+ words) Artur Debat via Getty Images By Kathryn de Wit and Jake Varn This article was originally published by The Pew Charitable Trusts. In some states, policymakers will need to consider eliminating SBO "sunset" dates so that the offices do not…...
Government groups call for $300 M to fund cyber grant program
3+ day ago (347+ words) Yuichiro Chino via Getty Images Several state and local government groups called on the U. S. Senate to spend $300 million to fund a cybersecurity grant program in the coming fiscal year. A joint letter from the National Association of State Chief Information…...
In bipartisan fashion, PA lawmakers vote to repeal tax incentives for data centers
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (668+ words) In an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote that put Pennsylvania's shifting data center politics on full display, lawmakers in the state House of Representatives approved legislation on Thursday that would repeal state tax incentives for data centers, reversing course on a policy…...
Police use of artificial intelligence grows as rules lag behind
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (1616+ words) adamkaz via Getty Images This story was originally published by Stateline. Hundreds of people fill a downtown street for a protest, waving signs and chanting as they march past businesses and government buildings. Overhead, a police drone records video of…...
The public-sector talent marketplaces that will fail
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (860+ words) Twenty47studio via Getty Images State and local governments are investing millions into artificial intelligence-powered workforce platforms, talent marketplaces and career navigation tools. Many of them will quietly fail within three years, not because the technology is broken, but because the systems…...