The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said it plans to commit nearly $125.9 million in its ninth wave of Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) program support.

While college professors expressed significant concerns over academic integrity in online courses at the onsite of the COVID-19 pandemic, those concerns have dropped as distance learning has expanded and professors have become more comfortable with the teaching modality.

San Diego State University (SDSU) has launched the Virtual Immersive Teaching and Learning (VITaL) Research Center, which is dedicated to expanding the use of emergent virtual technologies in the classroom. 

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Feb. 2 voted to approve the Improving Cybersecurity of Small Organizations Act of 2021 (S. 2483), which would require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to maintain and promote cyber guidance for use by small organizations.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted an order updating the rules for its E-Rate program to clarify that Tribal libraries can access program funding.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced today the agency is ready to authorize more than $1.2 billion through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to finance new broadband deployments in 32 states. The commission also announced creation of the Rural Broadband Accountability Plan, which is a new effort from to monitor and ensure compliance for universal service high-cost programs including the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund.

In what has proven to be a most regrettable decision, former California Governor Jerry Brown back in 2012 foolishly eliminated the State CIO agency from his cabinet, and in the process returned the state’s IT management to a failed organizational structure of the past.

In a move designed to provide greater access to financial aid for college, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia launched the Virginia Alternative State Aid (VASA) Application and web portal to help Virginia students who are ineligible to complete the Federal Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and undocumented students, access state financial aid to help pay for college.

San Jose, Calif., Mayor Sam Liccardo has tapped Clay Garner to be the city’s new chief innovation officer and director of the Mayor’s Office of Technology and Innovation (MOTI).

The New York State Department of Labor (DoL) announced the launch of a new Twitter account to improve accessibility for Hispanic New Yorkers.