Cambridge, Mass., wants to persuade more property owners to change from heating oil to electric heat to soften the impacts of climate change. A city official and a BlocPower executive explain how that can be done.
Government and industry leaders are working to better understand how data collection may not effectively document what people with disabilities need. They're improving the process by doing a better job of gathering information.
The money, delivered Wednesday by a Congressional representative, comes amid struggles at an electric school bus factory, from complications with a federal subsidy rollout. It will go toward five zero-emission buses in Calumet City.
The new 2023 Shared Micromobility State of the Industry Report finds slightly more people made use of it in the U.S. last year — even as the number of devices in service fell by more than 3.5 percent.
The Texas capital received a nearly $48 million federal grant, to help develop programs to reduce traffic congestion and pollution. Encouraging sustainable transportation choices during major highway builds may be a side benefit.
Mayor Justin M. Bibb has chosen Stephanie Wernet, a veteran technologist most recently at Breakthrough Public Schools, as Cleveland's next chief innovation and technology officer. The city enlarged the job's responsibilities this spring.
The city-county is recruiting for a chief information security officer; a recruitment for a chief data officer is expected to follow. The restructuring is intended to reflect the significance of each area.
Similar to cities and states, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration recommended governments be open toward artificial intelligence — but called for risk monitoring in larger AI models.
Plus, a broadband report card ranks ARPA-funded projects, more states see their initial proposals for BEAD funding approved, $2.7 million will support libraries’ digital literacy programming, and more.
Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., CIO Derrick Arias offers his account of triaging the July CrowdStrike/Microsoft event and what his team will take from the experience to apply when — not if — they experience another outage.
