Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced on April 28 that the state of Maryland and the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are partnering to establish the Capital Quantum Benchmarking Hub at the University of Maryland (UMD).
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on April 30 that the government is launching three major new deployments of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tech in state operations aimed at easing highway congestion, improving road safety, and streamlining customer service for taxpayers.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has named Jay Harton director of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services (TSS) Division of Information Systems (DIS).
In a decision late Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to release records and answer questions about the scope of their authority and their plans to reduce Federal spending.
As part of its ongoing response to Hurricane Helene, North Carolina has launched a new public dashboard at WNCRecovery.nc.gov to share progress on recovery efforts.
The New Mexico state Senate has unanimously confirmed Manny Barreras as cabinet secretary for the Department of Information Technology (DoIT).
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is reporting that more than 200,000 thousand New Yorkers have enrolled in the state’s Mobile ID (MiD) program.
A coalition of over a dozen state attorneys general filed a lawsuit in Federal court on Feb. 13 against President Trump, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its leader Elon Musk, accusing them of “unlawful exercise of power” in taking recent actions to invade Federal agencies, access their tech systems, and curtail their operations.
Louisiana Economic Development (LED) launched its new Louisiana Innovation (LA.IO) division on Feb. 6, and said the new organization aims to position the state as a leader in the development of more high-growth, technology-enabled startup companies.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has appointed Evelina Broussard as the new chief information officer (CIO) for the Office of Technology Services (OTS).
