Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee recently signed the Tennessee Information Protection Act (TIPA), making it the eighth state in the nation to enact a comprehensive data privacy law.

The White House announced this week that the Department of Education will be providing digital literacy best practices for school districts on the use of internet-enabled devices and services, as well as protecting students’ data.

Missouri public and charter schools can begin signing up to use a new state-funded mobile emergency alerting app that rapidly alerts school staff and first responders of emergencies.

In an organization, IT is rarely the only group that offers services – whether to employees, customers or citizens – and state and local governments are no different. But not every group has an organized system for service requests – that’s where Enterprise Service Management (ESM) comes in.

The New York State (NYS) Department of Labor (DoL) has launched a new, free digital literacy program to help job seekers gain the skills they need to be more marketable to employers.5

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that as part of its efforts to close the homework gap it has allocated more than $24 million in a new funding round for the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program (ECP), which provides digital services for students across the country.

Led by Code.org, a group of education and technology leaders have launched TeachAI, a new initiative focused on integrating AI education into primary and secondary curricula through new reports, policy recommendations, and public engagement opportunities.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has created a new landing page, GetInternet.gov, for applications to its Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP).

Kansas’ newly announced Lasting Infrastructure and Network Connectivity (LINC) program will provide $30 million in competitive funding opportunities to build the infrastructure needed for more homes and businesses to access broadband services.

The Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has reached an important milestone in its modernization effort – the completion of more than one million online transactions. In 2020 the DMV began its modernization journey with the goal of providing more convenience to its customers.