The Department of Defense (DOD) – rebranded as the Department of War last year – has issued a new call to academia for “groundbreaking entry-level curriculum in AI and cybersecurity to prepare the next generation for the digital front lines.”

The state of Idaho has completed a project to modernize its statewide grant management by deploying a new cloud-based platform that manages the full grant lifecycle and integrates with the state’s existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform. 

Oklahoma State University (OSU) has appointed Marjorie McLagan chief information security officer (CISO).

Miles College, a historically Black college based in Fairfield, Ala., is rolling out a new “Access for All” program that aims to provide workforce preparedness skills in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to hundreds of Alabama high school students.

Rob Lloyd, who has been the chief technology officer (CTO) and director of information technology for the city of Seattle since 2024, is stepping away from those positions to become executive director of the Center for Digital Government (CDG).

Texas community college system operator Dallas College has appointed Michael Anderson as chief information security officer (CISO).

The North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NCDIT) has partnered with GovRAMP to adopt a unified security framework for cloud service providers working with state agencies.

Officials at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) confirmed on the morning of Feb. 19 that it was struck by a cyberattack that disrupted its IT network and electronic medical records (EMR) system.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) is rolling out a new mobile emergency notification and incident management application designed to strengthen campus safety and real-time response capabilities. 

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) – an association that represents K-12 school system technology leaders – is identifying critical media literacy as an increasingly important hurdle for students navigating content generated by artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.