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07/24/2025

Learn from the public benefit corporation NAVA how data sharing can help identify potentially eligible individuals, ease the income verification process and even reduce fraud.

COMMENTARY | Data sharing can help identify potentially eligible individuals, ease the income verification process and even reduce fraud.

07/24/2025

The Open Technology Institute at New America has called for the use of zero-knowledge proofs, which verify a user’s age without disclosing any personal information.

New America’s Open Technology Institute called for the use of zero-knowledge proofs, which verify a user’s age without disclosing any personal information.

07/22/2025

Amid funding uncertainty, speakers during the GovExec Efficiency Summit said tech could help with predictive maintenance and making the trains run smoother. A lot of work lies ahead.

07/21/2025

Leaders at a recent National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) event said that governments should try to spend where they can amid looming federal spending cuts to state and local tech budgets.
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State and local tech leaders said during a webinar the impacts may not be truly felt until the end of this year. They said governments cannot just “hunker down,” but must prioritize where to spend.

07/18/2025

COMMENTARY | Text reminders of court appearances can save governments money, and prevent millions from missing their dates and being left facing an arrest warrant, or even jail time.

07/18/2025

A new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts said the federal government has made progress, but BEAD and other programs could still struggle to achieve their goals.

07/17/2025

Top leaders in tech and politics, including President Donald Trump, traveled to Pittsburgh for the inaugural event.

07/17/2025

Traditional tech hubs like Silicon Valley, New York City and other major metro areas are still leading in AI, according to the Brookings Institution. But more are showing promise and could catch up.

07/16/2025

Login.gov is planning on adding mDLs by March of next year.

07/16/2025

The commonwealth’s Office of Regulatory Management has already streamlined more than a quarter of regulations. Now, it will turn to agentic AI to accelerate that mission.

07/15/2025

COMMENTARY | The groundbreaking law, just signed by Gov. Jeff Landry, should serve as a model to other states on how they can protect themselves from emerging aerial threats.

07/15/2025

Peachtree Corners, Georgia, now has a digital twin of its downtown in the metaverse, which it can use to make data-driven decisions.