And “it wasn’t even close," said Doug Robinson, executive director of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers, the group that collected data on technology officials'…
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick looks on during remarks to the press at the end of an EU Foreign Affairs Council about Trade in Brussels on Nov. 24, 2025. (Nicolas Tucat / AFP)
Alexi Giannoulias, the Illinois secretary of state, testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Book Bans: Examining How Censorship Limits Liberty and Literature,” on Sept. 12, 2023. (Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has announced new technologies to be used in the state's Court of Claims designed to replace intensive and manual processes.
Two sanitation workers load discarded furniture into a Toronto waste truck as a woman adds more items to the curb. (Roberto Machado Noa / LightRocket via Getty Images)
Dallas City Council has voted to arm its waste collection vehicles with AI-powered cameras, what one official called a "smart-city approach to an everyday challenge.”
An EBT sign is displayed on the window of a grocery store on Oct. 30, 2025 in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images)
President Donald Trump attends the signing ceremony of a peace deal with the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame and the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)
A group of Marin County, California, employees gather for an in-person workshop as part of the county’s Digital Accelerator Initiative. (Luke Fretwell / GovFresh)
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks at a press conference, flanked by FBI Director Kash Patel, following the fatal shooting of political activist Charlie Kirk, during an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 12, 2025 in Orem, Utah. (Michael Ciaglo / Getty Images)
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks during a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 2, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)