The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on March 10 that it authorized more than $640 million through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to provide new broadband deployments in 26 states that will bring service to nearly 250,000 locations.

From public safety, to sanitation, to libraries, and more, the city of Dallas is aiming to deliver those services – and improvements to them – with a foundational commitment to improving the availability of broadband services to all, city CIO Bill Zielinski says.

State and local government (SLG) IT leaders overwhelmingly agree that critical infrastructures are at risk due to legacy applications and systems, according to new research from MeriTalk, underwritten by Google Cloud, Pure Storage, ServiceNow, and TeamDynamix.

While state and local government agencies were working to deploy digital services and improve the delivery of constituent services before the pandemic, the urgency accelerated by ten-fold over the past two years as citizens in every state and jurisdiction needed government services delivered quickly and remotely. They needed and expected a holistic, digital experience with the same easy access, responsiveness, and transparency that they have in other aspects of their lives.

Bowdoin College in Maine announced the launch of its Digital Excellence Commitment (DExC), which will provide all current and future students with a suite of Apple technology products, as well as access to a range of course-specific software “designed to advance learning, inspire innovative teaching, and create digital equity across the student body in the use of tools essential for success in the twenty-first century.”

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced the inaugural cohort of the state’s Accelerate Illinois Broadband Infrastructure Planning Program.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has committed an additional $64 million in funding for the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) program.

California has selected two industry partners for its Next Generation 911 (NG911) Alert and Warning System, which serves as the state’s emergency mass notification system.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released its third edition of the CISA K-12 School Security Guide and School Security Assessment Tool (SSAT).

A new report from the College Innovation Network (CIN) highlights the importance of fostering belonging among online students, and shows how intentional design of virtual spaces can enable impactful peer connections.