A new guide from NASCIO offers states tips and tweaks to ensure their IT purchases meet upcoming Department of Justice requirements.

Sensing unmet demand for guidance, the Open Contracting Partnership has published a new report designed to help governments navigate the AI market and build their "AI readiness."

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced new funding and new participants in the state's Empire AI consortium.

A new report shows that inconsistent funding challenges public health agencies still relying on phones and fax machines to share information.

Researchers from Stanford and Princeton University finely tuned a large language model to help Santa Clara County, California, meet a strenuous state mandate.

A new report says that with enough cross-agency collaboration and a watchful eye on ethical pitfalls, states can use AI to improve procurement.

New York's Empire AI consortium includes seven founding research institutions, which will share resources to tackle issues like climate change and food insecurity.

Researchers tested five popular large language models to find they all produced answers that lacked nuance or were sometimes outright wrong.

Ransomware attacks are becoming less common in state and local government, according to new survey results, but successful attacks grow more costly.

An annual report from the MissionSquare Research Institute suggests that government's new hiring strategies may be paying off.