Oregon’s Department of Enterprise Information Services (EIS) has announced the appointment of Nik Blosser as the state’s first-ever chief privacy officer (CPO) and artificial intelligence strategist. 

The Gary Community School Corporation – which is the public school district in Gary, Ind. – has entered into a partnership with Proximity Learning to provide virtual teachers as the school system looks to fill teaching vacancies.

The state of Oregon will provide training for all of its employees on generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to encourage responsible use of the technology.  

The California State University at Los Angeles said on July 9 that it secured funding for two faculty-led artificial intelligence projects through the California State University’s (CSU) Artificial Intelligence Educational Innovations Challenge (AIEIC).

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has fully deployed an artificial intelligence-powered traffic signal software system across more than 2,500 intersections statewide. 

With a March presidential executive order putting some breathing room between the Federal government and states on cybersecurity protections – and state and local governments hoping for a second go-round of funding from Congress under the 2021 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) – we checked in with Gary Barlet, Illumio’s public sector chief technology officer, for his read on the new landscape.

The North Carolina Department of Information Technology’s Division of Broadband and Digital Opportunity has named Maggie Woods director of its Office of Digital Opportunity (ODT).

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), a professional association for school system technology leaders, has awarded Beavercreek City Schools in Beavercreek, Ohio, the Trusted Learning Environment (TLE) Seal for its student data privacy work.

The state of Oklahoma is on the hunt for its next chief information security officer (CISO), according to a job posting issued last week by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES).

The Ohio State University is launching a sweeping initiative to educate all students – regardless of their major – on artificial intelligence starting this fall.