Andrew Butcher, director of the Maine Broadband Coalition, would lead an office to improve broadband in Maine, one of the most poorly connected states.

Officials said they paid no ransom and no data was compromised in the attacks on Maine's water infrastructure.

An announcement usually made at the group's annual fall conference was replaced this year by a quiet updating of its website.

Shelter-in-place orders keeping millions inside their homes will force states to figure out how to keep people without reliable residential internet service connected.

State officials determined that no data was compromised during a phishing attack that hit three state agencies on Wednesday, including the bureau that oversees elections.

The "Small Places, Big Ideas Innovation Cohort" is now collecting proposals for technologies that can connect governments and the public and help with mobility.

The state's new CIO, Fred Brittain, is organizing his agency into four subdivisions, and wants other agencies to participate in IT decision-making processes.

A new law protecting consumer data is perhaps the strongest such privacy measure to be passed by a state.