Georgia’s latest digital government initiative aims to reduce call center demand and help residents more easily find official information.

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 governor’s push comes as states move ahead with their own AI policies addressing privacy workforce impacts, cybersecurity and the technology’s growing resource demands.

The order directs state officials to accelerate independent AI audits and create new safeguards for frontier models, including emergency “kill switches” and expanded reporting of critical safety…

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.

The laws create a framework for independent verification organizations that can assess AI systems and models and establish a state registry for AI auditors.

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.