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New York State names chief AI officer

AI

Starlink setup — A Starlink dish and router are displayed on February 12, 2024 in San Anselmo, California. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)

‘SPEED for BEAD’ broadband reform bill earning mixed reviews

Broadband

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters on January 28, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Manuel Balce Ceneta-Pool / Getty Images)

Federal cuts to information-sharing groups may damage nation’s security posture, warn officials

Cybersecurity

Kristi Noem — U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a TV interview with Fox News outside of the White House on March 10, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

MS-ISAC loses federal support for threat intelligence, incident response

Cybersecurity

Jay Harton — Jay Harton (State of Arkansas)

Arkansas names new IT director

State

Sanjay Gupta

Illinois CIO Sanjay Gupta to step down

State

Jim Pillen — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen speaks during a statue dedication ceremony for US writer and novelist Willa Cather, in Statuary Hall of the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on June 7, 2023. (Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images)

Nebraska bans all Chinese Communist Party tech from state networks

Cybersecurity

Howard Lutnick — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, left, accompanied by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company CEO C.C. Wei, speaks as he joins President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 3, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Commerce Dept. revamping broadband program after ‘woke’ Biden-era mandates

Broadband

Wes Allen — Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen testifies during a hearing before the Senate Rules and Administration Committee at Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 12, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)

Alabama’s secretary of state removed nearly 500,000 names from voter file

State