As AI-driven demand for memory and flash storage puts pressure on the broader technology supply chain, state, local, and education organizations are likely to feel the impact through rising costs, longer lead times, and greater uncertainty around infrastructure planning.

Anthropic launched Claude for Teachers, giving verified K-12 educators in the United States free access to artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, instructional resources, and academic standards from all 50 states, the company announced July 14.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order on July 14 that pauses state environmental permits for new hyperscale data centers for up to one year while officials develop environmental standards, ratepayer protections, and a community investment framework.

State and local governments have largely cleared the first hurdle in digital payments: giving residents a way to pay online. Now, they’re working on getting more people to use digital payment systems and ensuring that those systems reduce, rather than add to, pressure on government operations.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation awarded more than $1.5 million on July 8 to five employer-led organizations working to expand career-connected learning opportunities for students in California, Colorado, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia.

By: Jim Weaver, National Strategy Advisor at Everpure For state and local governments, cyber incidents rarely stay confined to IT departments. They quickly cascade into disruptions to public services that residents depend on every day. When courts cannot process cases, emergency lines go down, utility billing systems go offline, or benefits platforms stall, the consequences […]

Salamanca City Central School District on the Seneca Nation Reservation in New York will pilot an artificial intelligence (AI) teacher’s assistant and humanoid robot in its high school AI and robotics courses, Realbotix Corp. announced June 24.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an interim final rule codifying how state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement and correctional agencies can use counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) authorities under the SAFER SKIES Act.

Former U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) IT official Shannon Casucci joined the North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NCDIT) as chief procurement transformation officer, NCDIT announced on June 24.

High school teachers across the country will build artificial intelligence (AI) skills, earn industry-aligned credentials, and get support for bringing AI lessons into their classrooms through free training programs from the National Applied AI Consortium (NAAIC).