The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UA Little Rock) will expand its cybersecurity clinic to three additional colleges in fall 2026. The clinic provides technical support to underserved organizations while giving students hands-on experience addressing real-world cyber risks.

State and local governments and educational institutions are adopting phased hybrid cloud strategies to modernize critical systems and support secure artificial intelligence (AI) deployments, according to an Information Services Group (ISG) report released on July 15.

Indiana University (IU) reorganized its central IT organization into five divisions focused on artificial intelligence (AI), data, digital services, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and operational efficiency, university technology leadership announced on July 13.

The Arizona Secretary of State’s Office on July 8 announced an updated artificial intelligence (AI)-powered virtual assistant to help voters find accurate official election information throughout the 2026 election cycle.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts launched a new cloud-based financial management system, replacing legacy infrastructure with a software-as-a-service platform designed to support financial operations across the state government.

The University of Rochester named Jim Forrester as interim chief information officer (CIO) and university vice president, effective Aug. 1.

Frederick County, Md., is pausing new applications for data center developments through Dec. 31, 2026, while officials complete a statewide study examining the environmental, energy, and economic impacts of data center growth.

The University of California, Santa Barbara was named the first university recipient of the 2026 Zero Trust Champion Award at the Zscaler Public Sector Summit.

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives on June 24 passed legislation that would allow municipalities to temporarily pause consideration of data center development applications while they update local land-use rules.

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.