The state agency’s new Fire Innovation Unit will bring firefighters, IT specialists and researchers together to test whether emerging tools can address operational gaps and improve safety…

New federal grants from the U.S. Geological Survey are helping states build landslide databases that can improve hazard mapping, emergency planning and public awareness.

The partnership will focus on redesigning member notices, simplifying applications and mapping caseworker processes to identify repetitive tasks that could be automated or streamlined.

The funding will support an AI-powered document screening tool for GetYourRefund, Code for America’s virtual tax-filing service.

The latest grants from the Administration for Children and Families aim to help modernize background check systems to speed foster family licensing and child placements.

A new NASCIO and Forrester report finds state CIOs are balancing agency priorities, budget constraints and emerging technologies as they take on larger roles in IT investment…

The new tool will track shelter use, length of stay, demographics, people housed, program exits and destinations, exits without notice and participant deaths.

Keith Wilson, a talent engagement manager at the U.S. Digital Response, discusses the organization’s new Digital Service Toolkit and the evolution of digital service teams in state…

The tool uses Anthropic’s Claude model and will rely on state subject matter experts to help validate responses from verified sources, rather than simply generate conversational answers…

The pilot comes as public-sector cybersecurity teams face increasingly sophisticated threats, often while operating with limited staff and resources.