(Getty Images) Tennessee’s Medicaid program is going in on process automation TennCare CIO Hugh Hale said he wants to automate as many of his agency's processes as possible to make themselves "easier to deal with." May 19, 2022 By Colin Wood
(Scoop News Group) House sends state and local cyber coordination bill to Biden Lawmakers approved a cyber coordination bill firming up CISA's information-sharing relationships with state and local governments. May 18, 2022 By Benjamin Freed
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies hearing to discuss President Bidens fiscal year 2023 budget request for the National Institute of Health on May 17, 2022. (Anna Rose Layden / Pool / AFP / Getty Images) FCC’s E-Rate program needs to cover cybersecurity, senators told Amy McLaughlin, head of the cybersecurity program at K-12 tech group CoSN, said E-Rate needs to be updated to cover network defenses. May 18, 2022 By Benjamin Freed
(Code for America / Flickr) Code for America’s ‘Safety Net Innovation Lab’ names first 4 states Social-services agencies in California, Colorado, Connecticut and Louisiana are working with the group's new Safety Net Innovation Lab. May 18, 2022 By Benjamin Freed
(Getty Images) How the pandemic got Massachusetts texting When COVID-19 closed government offices, the state's Department of Transitional Assistance started texting people who rely on its benefits. May 17, 2022 By Benjamin Freed
(Getty Images) Bloomberg launches ‘Local Infrastructure Hub’ to help cities get grant funding Bloomberg Philanthropies and other groups unveiled the Local Infrastructure Hub, a program that helps communities get grant funding. May 17, 2022 By Colin Wood
(Getty Images) California to create new ‘Office of Data and Innovation’ with agency merger State data chief Joy Bonaguro said the Office of Data and Innovation "will allow each program to leverage the expertise of each group." May 16, 2022 By Benjamin Freed
(Getty Images) Biden administration sets guidelines for $45B in new ‘BEAD’ broadband program The NTIA published guidance and a timeline for BEAD, a major broadband grant program in last year's infrastructure law. May 13, 2022 By Benjamin Freed
(Getty Images) Connecticut expands free virtual interpreting service to Hartford airport Aria, an app that connects blind and limited-vision users to helpful agents, is now available for free to travelers at Bradley International Airport. May 13, 2022 By Colin Wood
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan visits a vaccination clinic at Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium in May 2021. (Saul Loeb/AFP / Getty Images) Maryland Gov. Hogan signs three cybersecurity bills The new laws solidify the position of the state's CISOs, establish new offices and set new requirements for critical infrastructure. May 13, 2022 By Benjamin Freed