The New York State Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) announced an enterprise cloud services agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that will make AWS artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services available to state employees over the next three years at a lower cost.
While phishing volumes fell globally for a second consecutive year, government organizations saw attacks jump from 92 million to 138 million as threat actors shifted toward high-value targets.
The Stanford Digital Economy Lab launched the AI Economic Indicators on June 10, a free platform designed to track how artificial intelligence is affecting work, productivity, and value creation across the economy, according to a press release.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced on June 16 the first recipients of the state’s Cybersecurity Remediation Grant Program, a $1 million statewide initiative to help municipalities and school districts strengthen cybersecurity protections and reduce cyber risk.
Warner wants CISA to detail staffing losses, regional vacancies, and cybersecurity service impacts amid workforce reductions and proposed budget cuts.
The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) announced on June 16 that it will assume leadership of the Cybersecurity Rubric and Certified Cybersecurity Rubric Evaluator (CCRE) program through a strategic partnership with ClassLink and the Cybersecurity Coalition for Education (CC4E).
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced on June 9 that the state will migrate executive branch data from outdated physical servers and multiple data centers to a cloud environment through Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Cognizant Government Solutions will take over day-to-day IT operations.
Washington, D.C.’s government on June 11 launched a beta version of a redesigned DC.gov, marking the District’s first comprehensive refresh of the government portal in more than a decade.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to vote June 25 on whether to open a broad review of the E-Rate program. A review could reshape how schools and libraries use the federal connectivity program and how they document online safety, educational use, and program compliance.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill launched a two-year statewide study on June 4 to examine how North Carolina communities are experiencing generative artificial intelligence (AI) and how local libraries can support AI literacy.
