The North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NCDIT) has named Matthew McLamb as the new geographic information officer for the state of North Carolina and executive director of the N.C. Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (CGIA).

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced that the state has finished its overhaul of PA.gov, which serves as the state’s “digital front door.”

CoSN, a professional association for K-12 EdTech leaders, has received a grant to advance responsible implementation of artificial intelligence technologies in K-12 school districts.

Following the retirement of its CIO Barry Brummund, the University of Arizona has tapped Elliott Cheu as the university’s interim chief information officer.

The Maryland Association of Community Colleges (MACC), an advocacy group for Maryland’s 16 community colleges, and BCR Cyber, a provider of cybersecurity training services, have received a $935,680 grant to help fund their Cyber Workforce Accelerator (CWA).

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a Jan. 10 report on adoption of the agency’s cross-sector cyber performance goals that finds four critical infrastructure sectors are seeing decreased cyber threats since putting the performance goals in place.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a playbook for the public sector detailing what it calls the “responsible adoption” and “mission-focused” adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) capabilities.

Dan Cronin, the former vice president of engineering for hotel chain Marriott International, has been appointed as the new chief information officer (CIO) of Oklahoma.  

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly recently announced a $2.69 million Federal grant to upgrade the Kansas Department of Transportation’s (KDOT) vehicle crash data collection systems.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has dedicated over $313 million in funding to connect rural residents, farmers, and business owners to high-speed networks in 18 states.