Binghamton University – located in Binghamton, N.Y., and part of the State University of New York system – has launched its new SafeBing mobile app that enables students, staff, faculty, parents, and family members to receive real-time emergency alerts and access a suite of campus safety resources directly from their smartphones.
A Federal judge has extended a temporary restraining order (TRO) for two additional weeks in a lawsuit brought by a coalition of major research universities against the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
Nevada officially launched the state’s Office of Information Security & Cyber Defense (OISCD) on July 1 and appointed Adam Miller as its inaugural deputy director.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr on July 2 unveiled his Build America Agenda that aims to have the agency pursue action on a number of fronts to pave the way for service providers to build out more fiber-based networks that provide high-speed broadband services.
The U.S. Senate voted early Tuesday morning to drop from its reconciliation legislation a controversial 10-year moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence tech after the proposed ban met significant bipartisan pushback.
With a March presidential executive order putting some breathing room between the Federal government and states on cybersecurity protections – and state and local governments hoping for a second go-round of funding from Congress under the 2021 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) – we checked in with Gary Barlet, Illumio’s public sector chief technology officer, for his read on the new landscape.
A Federal judge last week temporarily blocked the Department of Defense (DoD) from implementing a controversial policy slashing research funding for U.S. universities by granting a temporary restraining order (TRO) sought by a coalition of 12 major research institutions.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has appointed Gaspare LoDuca vice president for information systems and technology (IS&T) and chief information officer (CIO), with a start date of Aug. 18.
The White House has announced that more than 60 companies have joined its pledge to provide K-12 students with resources to ready the next generation of workers for an AI-driven economy.
The North Carolina Department of Information Technology’s Division of Broadband and Digital Opportunity has named Maggie Woods director of its Office of Digital Opportunity (ODT).
