The West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) has signed a $4.7 million contract to upgrade and install Road Weather Information System (RWIS) stations across the state.

The Beeck Center at Georgetown University has created a digital service team tracker that aims to create more accessible pathways to digital service resources, promote greater uptake of essential programs, and foster greater trust in government.

The North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NCDIT) said the state’s Next Generation 911 (NextGen 911) system was able to withstand Hurricane Helene and continue to help residents throughout the storm and its aftermath.

The Commonwealth of Virginia is joining a host of other states in launching a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Task Force.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that it has received more than 700 applications seeking $6.5 billion in funding for digital equity projects. NTIA noted that the total requested amount of funding is more than six times the available amount from the first round of the Digital Equity Act’s Competitive Grant Program funding. 

The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Privacy and Data Protection Task Force has announced partnerships with five new state attorneys general to improve investigations into data privacy and security.

The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is modernizing and upgrading internet connectivity within Kentucky’s 171 school districts, the Kentucky School for the Deaf, the Kentucky School for the Blind, Kentucky’s 50 area technology centers, and the KDE office in Frankfort.

The University of Georgia (UGA) has received a five-year, $10 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences that will be used to establish a research and development center with the goal of providing national leadership on best practices for using generative AI (GenAI) in schools.

Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) has established a new center for IT and cybersecurity that will offer cybersecurity training and provide students with the skills needed to enter the cybersecurity field.

Researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) have found that virtual reality (VR) technology may help multilingual students better retain information.