The Delaware Department of Technology and Information (DTI) Delaware Broadband Office (DBO) confirmed that two internet service providers will begin construction this spring to extend broadband service to more than 5,700 unserved and underserved homes and businesses throughout the state.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has issued an executive order (EO) that aims to foster stakeholder collaboration as the state harnesses artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

The Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) said today that it plans to award approximately $210 million in additional funding to six designated Tech Hubs, bringing the total funding for Tech Hubs implementation to over $714 million across 18 hubs in 21 states.

The North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NCDIT) has named Matthew McLamb as the new geographic information officer for the state of North Carolina and executive director of the N.C. Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (CGIA).

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced that the state has finished its overhaul of PA.gov, which serves as the state’s “digital front door.”

CoSN, a professional association for K-12 EdTech leaders, has received a grant to advance responsible implementation of artificial intelligence technologies in K-12 school districts.

Following the retirement of its CIO Barry Brummund, the University of Arizona has tapped Elliott Cheu as the university’s interim chief information officer.

The Maryland Association of Community Colleges (MACC), an advocacy group for Maryland’s 16 community colleges, and BCR Cyber, a provider of cybersecurity training services, have received a $935,680 grant to help fund their Cyber Workforce Accelerator (CWA).

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a Jan. 10 report on adoption of the agency’s cross-sector cyber performance goals that finds four critical infrastructure sectors are seeing decreased cyber threats since putting the performance goals in place.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a playbook for the public sector detailing what it calls the “responsible adoption” and “mission-focused” adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) capabilities.