New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the launch of a statewide air quality and greenhouse gas mobile monitoring initiative, which is first being deployed in communities overburdened by environmental pollution.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz have announced $15.6 million to expand cybersecurity and IT training in Florida at both the K-12 and higher education levels.

Samuel Scozzafava Jr., vice president and chief information officer (CIO) at Syracuse University, has announced that he will step down at the end of this month after 15 years of service at the university.

The City of New Orleans has a long-standing history with natural disasters as a coastal city, and recovering data and protecting critical IT infrastructure has become an easier task with ActiveDR from Pure Storage, a city official said.

Colorado is launching a new grant program to support broadband expansion and modernization through the deployment of more than $500 million from Federal programs to broadband infrastructure projects to bridge the digital divide.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and the city’s Homelessness Strategies and Solutions Department (HSSD) launched a new website that, for the first time, offers the public a comprehensive overview of programs and services for addressing homelessness.

The City University of New York (CUNY) has appointed Eusebio Formoso as the university’s new vice chancellor for information technology and chief information officer (CIO).

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has announced a new program that focuses on providing work opportunities in the IT field to those who want to develop a background in the area.

A cyberattack on IT services provider Geographic Solutions, Inc. (GSI) has disrupted the provision of unemployment and workforce benefits for thousands of people in several states and Washington, D.C.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has appointed Colin Ahern to serve as New York State’s first-ever chief cyber officer, to protect New York from increasingly prevalent and sophisticated cyber threats.