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.

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.

Evanston Township High School in Illinois is working with the FBI, external cyber breach attorneys, and cybersecurity forensic experts to investigate a June 7 ransomware attack that disrupted district systems, internet services, and computer infrastructure.

The bipartisan proposal would create a federal framework for AI governance while establishing oversight for advanced AI systems and limiting some state-level regulation.

A New York state teacher’s union is calling for developmentally appropriate limits on educational technology across New York schools.

Iowa State University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) launched a new interdisciplinary initiative focused on trustworthy and ethical artificial intelligence (AI).

Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab announced Tuesday a new digital regulation platform designed to replace a 60-year-old paper-based system used by state agencies, boards, and commissions to write, submit, and edit rules and regulations.

Hongfang Liu has been named the inaugural chair of the new Department of Quantitative and Systems Health Sciences at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) and will serve as chief translational artificial intelligence (AI) and informatics officer for UT Dell Medical Center.

Artificial intelligence (AI) governance in government has moved “from concept to practice with remarkable speed,” according to a new practitioner’s playbook, which says public agencies are rapidly adopting rules and structures to harness AI’s benefits while managing a complex and evolving set of risks.

U.S. Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., introduced legislation on May 12 that would clarify that states and school districts can use existing federal education funds for artificial intelligence (AI) instruction and educator training.