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Future Proofing Public Sector IT with Automation and AI
State and local governments are under immense pressure as citizens demand faster, more convenient services and departments are expected to do more with less. Meanwhile, outdated IT systems are struggling to keep up, often bogged down by manual processes and inefficiencies that were never designed for today’s digital-first world. For many public sector CIOs looking […]
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    The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) announced that it has launched the Comprehensive Online Regulatory Environment (CORE), a new online licensing system, for the first set of IDFPR-licensed professionals.
  2. Chicago Begins Automated Bus Lane Ticketing
    Cars parked in bike and bus lanes in downtown Chicago will now begin receiving automated tickets taken from cameras mounted on city vehicles.
  3. NYC Uses Drones to Combat Subway Surfing
    The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has turned to drones to combat a growing trend of “subway surfing,” or riding on top of above-ground subway cars.
  1. Maryland Maryland Modernizes Grant Management With new Digital Platform
    The Maryland Department of General Services has modernized its capital grants management system, replacing an old cumbersome, manual-reliant process with a new digital platform.
  2. NSF Awards UCSC $1M Grant to Improve Diversity in STEM
    The National Science Foundation has awarded University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) nearly $1 million to help improve diversity and inclusion in STEM graduate programs.
  3. New Visualization Resources Help Blind and Low-Vision Students in Online Courses
    A partnership between Alchemie, a digital learning tools developer, and Wiley, a publishing company, is helping college students with vision-based disabilities to use visualization tools in online courses without outside help.
  4. California Schools Ink Data Sharing Agreement
    A group of school districts, colleges, and universities in California have signed a new data-sharing agreement designed to improve education-to-career pathways across the region.
  1. Missouri Rolling Out Modernized Drivers License System
    The Missouri Department of Revenue’s Motor Vehicle and Driver License (MVDL) division is getting ready to deploy its modernized driver license and processing system at all license offices.
  2. Indiana Offering Free Web Hosting for Local Governments
    The Indiana Office of Technology (IOT) has announced that it will offer no-cost website hosting for local governments, marking an expansion of a previous program that offered low-cost web hosting to local governments.
  3. Hawaiʻi Looks to Map Internet Speeds Across State
    Hawaiʻi has launched Digital Detectives, a new initiative that looks to map internet speeds across the state.
  4. Scranton, Pa., Looks to Deliver Universal Internet Access
    The City of Scranton, Penn., is partnering with Verizon to deliver universal internet access across the city. Through the partnership, Verizon will invest tens of millions of dollars over the next three years to develop a ubiquitous network of fiber-based internet access to homes, providing the opportunity for all Scranton residents to subscribe to high-speed internet service.
  5. FCC Launches Tribal Library E-Rate Advocacy Program
    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Oct. 28 announced the launch of its Tribal Library E-Rate Advocacy Program (T-LEAP), which builds on the agency’s Tribal Libraries Pilot Program and will give Tribal libraries the chance to sign up for one-on-one assistance to start learning about and working on the E-Rate application process. 
  6. CISA Unveils #PROTECT2024 Election Threat Updates Website
    With Election Day quickly approaching, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) launched a new one-stop shop website on Monday for election threat updates from CISA and the agency’s Federal partners.
  7. NVIDIA Training AI Workforce of the Future Through Ed, SLG Partnerships
    While the United States is home to more than half of the top universities in the world, there is more work to be done when it comes to artificial intelligence education – and that’s something NVIDIA is trying to improve. According to U.S. News & World Report, only 10% of the top global AI universities are in the United States.
  8. University of Arkansas System Rolling Out new Student Experience Platform
    The University of Arkansas System is partnering with Workday to deploy the Workday Student solution at seven of the system’s campuses. The current deployment marks the first phase of implementation of Workday Student, with other institutions set to be added to the platform by Spring 2025.
  9. Emporia State Partners With Senior Center on Cyber Education
    Emporia State University (ESU) is partnering with the Emporia Senior Center to improve cyber awareness among senior citizens in the Emporia, Kan., community.
  10. Pennsylvania Western University Launches Center for AI and Emerging Tech
    Pennsylvania Western University (PennWest) has launched a new center for artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.