If Congress restores federal cybersecurity grant funding in 2026, state leaders will face a familiar pressure: Show quick progress against a fast-moving threat landscape. But security executives and ...

State and local governments depend on a tangled mix of commercial software, open-source components, cloud services and, increasingly, artificial intelligence (AI). That complexity makes it hard to ...

California’s SB 243 and AB 489 require guardrails for conversational AI: continuous disclosure, self-harm interventions and ...

State and local government IT leaders are grappling with how to best capitalize on stockpiles of data. And that mindset is reshaping how agencies design hybrid environments — and why data repatriation ...

Carlos Soto is an award-winning reviewer and journalist with 20 years of experience covering technology and business within various sectors and industries. State and local government agencies possess ...

Government workplace modernization in 2026 means redesigning workflows for hybrid teams, unifying collaboration tools and ...

One of the easiest and most overlooked ways states can jump-start a smart city strategy is standing in plain sight: streetlights. As one of the largest, most widely distributed infrastructure networks ...

Public-sector leaders must strike a balance among insight, cost and power consumption. Here’s what that looks like in practice. Cities are racing to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) without the ...

Congress has given the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program a double reprieve this month, but state and local officials say they’re still waiting for real certainty — and real money. As part of ...

The association’s annual list of priorities places artificial intelligence first and also includes cybersecurity, budget pressures, modernization and digital services. State CIOs are elevating ...