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The IT Accessibility Panel at the 2026 NASCIO Annual Conference in San Diego, California on Sept. 28, 2026. Left to right: Kris Adams, chief accessibility officer for Pennsylvania; Marie Cohan, Texas statewide digital accessibility officer; and Kalea Young-Gibson, a senior policy analyst at NASCIO. (Scoop News Group)

As federal deadlines shift, officials say digital accessibility still matters for state governments despite gaps in funding, leadership

Rather than treating accessibility as just a compliance benchmark, officials said it should be treated as a core capability like cybersecurity.
FAIRFAX, CA – JANUARY 2: Gilbert Velarde clears debris from a mudslide on Tamalpias Road January 2, 2006 in Fairfax, California. Northern California has been inundated by heavy rain over the past week, causing mudslides and pushing rivers over their banks. (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images)

States look to lidar, machine learning and satellites to map landslide risks

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.
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San Francisco city fleet cars that could possibly be replaced sit parked at Central Shop on Sept. 8, 2014 in San Francisco. (Lea Suzuki / The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Pennsylvania selects RTA to modernize fleet management software

State officials said the software upgrade will "help standardize processes across agencies” and allow the state to more efficiently deploy its thousands of fleet vehicles.
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