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  1. Texas DIR Taps Kyndryl for Deliverables-Based IT Services Contract
    The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) awarded Kyndryl a contract that will allow eligible public sector organizations across the state to buy the company’s deliverables-based IT services.
  2. Funding Pressures Reshape Zero Trust Strategies for State and Local Governments
    State and local government leaders said on Tuesday that shrinking federal grant support and tighter local budgets are forcing them to rethink how they fund and scale zero trust efforts, even as cyber threats continue to grow.
  3. Gen Z Increasingly Wary of AI Education Impact
    Members of Generation Z – those born between 1997 and 2012 – are growing more cautious about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in education, where rising use of the technology in schools is being met with skepticism about its effect on learning and academic integrity, according to a new survey from the Walton Family Foundation and Gallup.
  1. University of Dayton Rolls Out AI Curriculum for First-Year Students
    The University of Dayton is rolling out a new artificial intelligence-focused curriculum this fall, with all first-year students set to study both the technical foundations of AI and its ethical and societal implications.
  2. Cal Poly Formalizes Global STEAM Partnership
    California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) formalized a partnership with a British institution, Birmingham City University, which will foster collaboration in research, enterprise and  science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) education.
  3. Final Education Dept. Rule Prioritizes AI in Federal Grants
    The Department of Education finalized a policy on Monday that prioritizes artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives in discretionary grant competitions, following feedback from more than 300 public comments on the proposal first issued last year.
  4. Delaware Governor Nominates Robert Osmond for State CIO
    Robert Osmond is in line to become Delaware’s next tech chief after Gov. Matt Meyer nominated him to the positions of state chief information officer (CIO) and head of the Department of Technology and Information (DTI).
  1. New York Expands AI Training for State Workforce
    The State of New York is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) training program to reach more than 100,000 state government employees, building on a successful pilot begun last year.
  2. Jersey City Revamping 911 System Tech
    Jersey City, N.J., is planning a May 14 launch for the city’s upgraded 911 system.
  3. Florida AG Launches Probe Into OpenAI Over Security Concerns
    Florida Attorney General (AG) James Uthmeier said Thursday that his office is launching an investigation into OpenAI and its ChatGPT tool, citing national security concerns and alleged use of the chatbot in a recent mass shooting.  
  4. University of Florida Leads Statewide K-12 AI Task Force
    The University of Florida is leading a new statewide K-12 AI Education Task Force, which aims to provide educators with coordinated guidance for teaching and learning with artificial intelligence (AI).
  5. UChicago Gets $50M Gift to Advance Research, Support Faculty in AI
    The University of Chicago (UChicago) received a $50 million gift from trustees Rika Mansueto and Joe Mansueto to advance the university’s efforts on artificial intelligence (AI). The gift will support the formation of a cohort of faculty who are experts in the use of AI in research in academic disciplines across the university.
  6. Black Girls Code Expands Summer Camps for 2026
    Black Girls Code, a nonprofit that prepares young girls and women for careers in technology, announced that it has partnered with Endless Access, a youth-focused game making studio and learning hub, to expand access to its summer program.
  7. Budget Proposal Slashes Education Statistics Office Funding
    The Trump administration’s fiscal year (FY) 2027 budget request for the Education Department’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) takes broad aim at the office’s effectiveness and proposes to cut its annual funding by more than a half billion dollars from the FY 2025 level.
  8. California Activates Middle-Mile Broadband Network
    California has activated its Middle-Mile Broadband Network, turning on what state officials describe as the nation’s largest open-access public broadband system, and beginning to connect underserved communities to high-speed internet service.
  9. Texas County Overhauls Tax Payment Platform
    Harris County, Texas, has launched a new digital platform to modernize how residents pay property taxes.
  10. CDT Research Finds 74% of Americans Concerned About Government Data Privacy
    The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) released new polling data today that revealed the majority of Americans, 74%, are concerned about the privacy and security of personal data held by government agencies.