The Cherokee Nation has tapped Salesforce to help the tribal nation distribute $785 million in COVID-19 Federal relief funds from the American Rescue Plan.
The House Appropriations Committee released a draft of the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Financial Services and General Government funding bill, to be considered by a subcommittee on June 25.
California CIO Amy Tong this week unveiled a state IT modernization plan, creation of a new technology innovation office, and a series of broadband initiatives at the California Department of Technology’s (CDT) annual Vendor Day program.
As Virginia-based East Coast Polytechnic Institute (ECPI) University looks to roll back campus capacity limits and mask requirements, the school has launched a blockchain-based vaccine passport for students and faculty.
After learning remotely for multiple semesters, most college students still prefer in-person learning, but a growing number of students want to see a mix of in-person and online learning post-pandemic, according to a new report.
After a year of distance and hybrid learning, The Conference Board’s Committee for Economic Development (CED) released a report identifying K-12 remote education deficits, as well as ideas on how schools can harness technology for future learning.
Organizations of all sizes had to adapt operations at the onset of the pandemic – and for many local governments, the rapid transition to virtual service delivery for its residents was a steep hill to climb. But the City and County of Denver was already on a path towards more flexible, agile service delivery, easing the incline when the pandemic hit.
State and local government IT leaders delivered relatively optimistic forecasts for the role of technology and the ability of government to deliver better services in a post-pandemic environment during a panel discussion June 15 at e.Republic’s virtual State of GovTech 2021 conference.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published a solicitation for collaboration efforts on the design, implementation, and operation of a nationwide geographic information system (GIS) data store as a means to create and adopt technical and operational requirements for a national interconnected 911 landscape.
The state and local government IT services market has finally reached its “app store moment,” thanks in part to the demands of the coronavirus pandemic and the need to improve service delivery and experience for citizens – and the government workforces that provide them.
