Route Fifty

07/08/2025

COMMENTARY | Companies are pledging to spend billions of dollars on data centers to deal with the increased compute power. But it will strain resources, and other questions remain.

07/08/2025

Senators passed an amendment removing the provision that would have prevented states regulating the tech for 10 years. But some experts warn that a repeat effort is likely and could be successful.

07/03/2025

The Texas Department of Information Resources is leveraging state-level procurement negotiations to help deliver innovative solutions to local public safety organizations.
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The Texas Department of Information Resources is leveraging state-level procurement negotiations to help deliver innovative solutions to local public safety organizations.

07/02/2025

A new report ranked Miami-Dade County in Florida ahead of the pack in AI adoption, due to its “forward-looking approach” to the technology.

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07/02/2025

By a 6-3 majority, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Universal Service Fund, which subsidizes low-income and rural Americans’ phone and internet bills.

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07/01/2025

COMMENTARY | Government agencies must be better at measuring programs’ efficacy, and not just see efficiency in terms of better, faster and cheaper.

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07/01/2025

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 last week that a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify users’ ages is constitutional.

Justices said a state law requiring adult entertainment sites to verify users’ ages is constitutional.

06/30/2025

Americans’ trust in artificial intelligence is declining even as global advances in the field accelerate. Could AI firms’ efforts to serve the government help reverse the trend?

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06/30/2025

Sandy Springs, Georgia, is taking a slow and steady approach to a digital transformation project, starting with breaking down silos and building staff’s data literacy.

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06/26/2025

COMMENTARY | Navigating the current technology landscape in government can be challenging, but agentic AI offers numerous opportunities if used in the right way.

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06/26/2025

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation has leaned into the technology to streamline its operations and gain efficiency, all while helping the state attract new business and maintain what it already has.
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06/24/2025

COMMENTARY | How state and local governments can use technology to increase the efficiency of their grant and contract process, maximizing impact in a time of fiscal austerity.

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