Category: Emerging Tech & Modernization

July 17, 2024

Procurement, the process of purchasing products and services from commercial bidders, is a heavily regulated and lengthy affair that sometimes takes months or years to complete. But as cities and states explore uses of generative artificial intelligence, a few, like […]

July 2, 2024

Every IT leader wants to build a productive organization. AI is ready to help. When it comes to maximizing productivity, IT leaders can turn to an array of motivators, including regular breaks, free snacks and beverages, workspace upgrades, mini contests, […]

June 13, 2024

Over the past year, generative AI – artificial intelligence that creates text, audio, and images – has moved from the “interesting concept” stage to the deployment stage for retail, healthcare, finance, and other industries. By generating new content in seconds, […]

May 15, 2024

A bipartisan group of senators has taken a critical step forward in regulating artificial intelligence, releasing a long-awaited, Chuck Schumer-endorsed “roadmap” for addressing AI that Congress could take up this term. The bipartisan working group, which consists of Schumer, Sens. […]

May 14, 2024

A father-son civic hacking duo behind online trackers that evaluate state websites on Tuesday unveiled a new website tracker that ranks the public’s digital experience in 50 states. The new tracker, ScanGov, is an aggregate of two trackers created by […]

March 12, 2024

Government and public sector agencies are already exploring the potential of generative AI in delivering more effective services from the inside. As AI technologies and practices mature, however, we’re likely to see more projects that transform the citizen experience. New […]

February 16, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against the use of artificial intelligence in impersonation fraud schemes, and has finalized a rule against impersonating a government or business. The commission finalized the rule on Thursday, and it provides the FTC […]

February 15, 2024

The USPTO’s new guidance on the use of artificial intelligence states that while AI-assisted inventions are not “categorically unpatentable, the inventorship analysis should focus on human contributions, as patents function to incentivize and reward human ingenuity.” Under the new guidance, […]

February 6, 2024

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently launched the Complete Streets AI (artificial intelligence) Initiative through the department’s Small Business Innovation Research Program. The initiative will allow small businesses to leverage advancements in AI that improve transportation. There will be multiple […]

January 29, 2024

The Transportation Security Administration is moving forward with plans to implement facial recognition technology at U.S. airports and is working with the Department of Homeland Security’s research and development component to analyze data to ensure that the new units are […]

January 25, 2024

Members of the Senate Finance Committee are calling on the Internal Revenue Service to rely on barcodes to process millions of paper tax returns more quickly. The Barcode Automation for Revenue Collection to Organize Disbursement and Enhance (BARCODE) Efficiency Act, […]

January 11, 2024

On Wednesday, news industry executives urged Congress for legal clarification that using journalism to train AI assistants like ChatGPT is not fair use, as claimed by companies such as OpenAI. Instead, they would prefer a licensing regime for AI training […]

January 8, 2024

The State of Maryland will be receiving a “software update,” Gov. Wes Moore announced during a press conference Monday. Moore and his IT secretary, Katie Savage, announced four new technology initiatives, including a statewide executive order on artificial intelligence, a […]

January 8, 2024

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Office of Digital Experience, or CODE PA, and Department of Insurance announced Monday that they’ve launched a new website for residents to appeal denied health plan services. According to a press release, Pennsylvanians can submit their information […]

December 28, 2023

AI is poised to transform how public sector agencies approach mission-critical operations and solve the government’s greatest challenges. It can identify waste and fraud in government, strengthen cybersecurity efforts, and power chatbots and other tools to better serve constituents. However, […]

December 27, 2023

The new year is almost upon us, and that means that it’s time for experts, technologists and columnists to try and predict some of the biggest upcoming trends for government and technology in 2024. What might make those predictions a […]

December 21, 2023

The coming IRS direct file pilot, which will allow taxpayers in certain states to file their taxes directly to the government, will require participants to verify their identity via ID.me, according to a new IRS blog post. That means that […]

December 18, 2023

The General Services Administration’s pilot to send customized text reminders to individuals at critical moments during the enrollment and renewal of federal benefit programs — such as upcoming application deadlines — has onboarded two states and two distinct cities and […]

December 4, 2023

Transparency and accountability are two guiding principles that form the core of the Department of Agriculture’s new data strategy, the blueprint for handling sensitive data within the agency from 2024 to 2026. Launched on Thursday, the data strategy previews the […]

November 28, 2023

The Internal Revenue Service has opened the window for industry to start working on and submitting bids for a potential seven-year, $1.9 billion blanket purchase agreement covering enterprise IT and related professional support services. Quotes for the multiple-award Enterprise Program […]