N.J. Transit received a Federal grant that will allow it to use AI and video analytics to study customer patterns on the River LINE light rail system, aiding in better crowd management in response to COVID-19.
Ahead of local Texas elections, Harris County Commissioners have voted unanimously to upgrade the county’s election system to have paper-trail technology to better serve its 2.3 million voters.
In recognition of its focus on technology modernization, Carnegie Mellon University has elevated the role of CIO to its executive management team. As a result, Carnegie Mellon announced that Stan Waddell has been promoted to vice president for information technology and CIO, effective immediately.
The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is using telepresence robots to help train rural and remote nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, reintroduced a bill that would support the National Guard in helping state and local governments improve their cybersecurity, citing “the SolarWinds attack and continued cyberattacks connected to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
For the seventh time in the National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ (NASCIO) half-century existence, the White House changed political parties with the incoming Biden Administration this month. Given the fact that Federal funds support as much as half of state IT budgets, it is no surprise that such changes in Washington, D.C. can have a significant impact on states’ IT bottom line.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the increased adoption of telehealth services, but that positive development for technology-delivered services comes with both benefits and community equity challenges, Federal leaders said this week.
Forsyth Technical Community College, N.C., is looking to move away from traditional paper workflow and accelerate its campus-wide digital transformation. To facilitate that change, it has partnered with Foxit Software to deploy a new PDF Software solution.
After the COVID-19 pandemic turned traditional classroom learning on its head and sent most to virtual learning, teachers view classroom technology more positively than in the past, an MDR survey found. While the survey indicates growth in adaptation, there are still concerns about the overall tech readiness of schools.
Education technology nonprofit ReadWorks is looking to mitigate the impact of the digital divide for students who lack in-home internet access.
