A new audit from the New York State Comptroller’s office found that the state’s Office of Information Technology Services’ (ITS) has lost thousands of devices due to waste, inventory mismanagement, and lax security.

The Ohio Department of Public Safety has created a new human trafficking dashboard that combines data from several state agencies into a centralized location to increase accessibility for the public, policy makers, and researchers.

Old Dominion University (ODU) has launched MonarchMind, a secure, university-hosted generative AI platform designed for faculty and staff.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed the Bell to Bell, No Cell Act into law. The legislation bans smartphones and other personal electronic devices like smart watches from all public schools in Arkansas. The legislation will go into effect at the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year. 

A Federal judge on Friday heard arguments about whether to further block the Trump administration from freezing trillions of dollars in Federal grant and loan programs.

Princeton University has donated 52 laptop computers to the New Jersey Department of Corrections to support higher education and digital literacy.

The cybersecurity nonprofit StateRAMP will transition to GovRAMP. The organization said the rebrand reflects its “ongoing mission to unify cybersecurity frameworks across all levels of government, including state, local, tribal, and educational institutions, while continuing to bridge the public and private sectors.”

Oregon’s State 911 program announced that it has opened a new 911 testing lab which will allow for the testing of new 911 system capabilities in a simulated environment before deploying them in live settings.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has launched the Maryland Public Servants Resource Website that aims to serve as a centralized hub for programs and resources to support Maryland’s Federal employees and contractors impacted by Federal workforce layoffs, firings, and changes to Federal funding due to the Trump administration’s recent executive orders and policy changes.  

California has launched a new dashboard on the CA.gov/LAfires website to track recovery efforts for Los Angeles, including data on people helped, debris removal, schools, water systems, and air quality.