Michigan State Senator Sean McCann has introduced Senate Bill 737, which would establish a 24/7 security operation center (SOC) for Michigan’s higher education institutions.

New York State has rolled out Contracts by the Numbers, a new web page from the Office of the State Comptroller that features a dashboard with expanded procurement search tools provided in Open Book New York. 

McNeese State University in Louisiana is partnering with Uwill, a mental health solutions provider, to launch a digital mental health and teletherapy tool.

Las Vegas will use a $1.4 million Federal grant to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to improve pedestrian safety within the Freemont Street corridor, a popular pedestrian entertainment area.

The University of Dayton Center for Cybersecurity and Data Intelligence is using nearly $200,000 in grant funding to help prepare schoolchildren against cyber risks, equip police to investigate the dark web, and train the cybersecurity workforce.

As cyberattacks are growing in severity and scale, a new FBI report has found that government facilities were the third largest target for cybersecurity hackers in 2023.

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez has launched a new interactive online portal to address the data-sharing and public-facing aspects of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) in New Mexico.

West Virginia has rolled out a significant upgrade to the West Virginia Infrastructure Hub website, an online tool that helps connect West Virginian communities with Federal funding opportunities.

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has launched the Missouri Data Visualization Tool (MO DVT), a web-based application that offers reports and analysis on academic performance, including achievement and growth data aggregated by subject, year, and grade.

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee has signed a new executive order (EO) that established an AI task force and data center of excellence.