The Penn State Smeal College of Business announced on Nov. 5 a comprehensive, college-wide artificial intelligence (AI) initiative to prepare students, faculty, and staff to “lead responsibly in an AI-driven economy,” the university said in a press release.

An IT system failure at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has left many GI Bill recipients without their expected payments for school and housing, and the government shutdown has shuttered the GI Bill hotline meant to help those affected.

Texas A&M University at Galveston is launching two new courses that incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous technologies into maritime business and research through an international partnership with Norwegian, South Korean, Indian, and Japanese universities. 

Maryland’s Department of Information Technology (DoIT) has rolled out Google Workspace with Gemini across 59 agencies, giving almost 43,000 state employees access to generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, and 12,500 are active users, according to a press release.

New York University (NYU) announced on Oct. 23 the launch of the NYU Quantum Institute (NYUQI), a research hub that aims to unlock discoveries and applications of quantum information sciences.

Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., on Thursday voiced her support of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, while criticizing recent changes to the program that she said have minimized Nebraska’s ability to deploy fiber-based broadband.

Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) students will soon be able to connect across the city thanks to an expanded fiber-optic broadband internet program.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is ordering all public schools, universities, and state agencies from using certain artificial intelligence models to prevent spies from hostile foreign nations.  

Pennsylvania’s state chief information officer (CIO) and chief technology officer (CTO) have stepped down.

The government shutdown and Congress’s failure to reauthorize the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 15) have put cyber defenses at risk, cybersecurity experts are warning, saying the pressure is now on state and local governments and industry members.