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House hearing with state CIOs — Tennessee Chief Information Officer Kristin Darby, New York State Director of Security and Intelligence Colin Ahern, Florida CIO Warren Sponholtz and Samir Jain, vice president of policy at the nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology, are sworn in before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection on May 21, 2026. (Homeland Security Committee Events / YouTube)

State IT officials make a case for cyber grant reauthorization before House subcommittee

Cybersecurity

Greektown — Residential streets in Baltimore, Maryland’s Greektown (Getty Images)

To fight deed fraud, Maryland considers the blockchain

State

blockchain illustration — (Getty Images)

Louisiana Senate approves blockchain ‘task force’ resolution

Emerging Tech

chatbot with pink background — (Getty Images)

Texas efficiency office launches AI chatbot to help public navigate regulations, licensing

AI

Vermont state house — (Getty Images)

Vermont names its second chief technology and enterprise services officer

State

business guy giving OK sign — (Getty Images)

State cyber organizations provide good ROI, UC Berkeley researchers find

Cybersecurity

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger — Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Feb. 24, 2026 in Williamsburg, Virginia. (Mike Kropf / Getty Images)

Virginia rejoins voter-registration data-sharing group after controversial exit

State

Mikie Sherrill — New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) delivers remarks at her election night watch party at the Hilton East Brunswick Hotel on Nov. 4, 2025 in East Brunswick, New Jersey. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / Getty Images)

New Jersey’s governor publishes permit tracker, inclusive budgeting website

Digital Services

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Two Nevada officials receive Champion Award for DMV ‘transformation effort’

State