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Artificial Intelligence

AI Guardrails Will Stop Being Optional in 2026

California’s SB 243 and AB 489 require guardrails for conversational AI: continuous disclosure, self-harm interventions and prohibitions on misleading medical authority.

Smart city

Cloud

Tech Trends: States Right-Size Cloud to Keep Data Close to Home — and AI Ready

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Security

Tech Trends: Workplace Modernization Is an Imperative for States and Cities

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Security

Tech Trends: What States Should Fund With 2026 Cybersecurity Grants

Streetlights

Networking

Streetlights Can Jump-Start a Municipality’s Smart City Strategy

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Data Center

How Cities Can Build AI Systems That Don’t Break the Grid

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Security

A Guide to Software Bills of Materials for State and Local Governments

States were never meant to be fighting foreign actors, nor were local governments.”

Mark Raymond, CIO, Connecticut

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Artificial Intelligence

NASCIO: State CIOs Put AI Governance First in 2026 Top 10 Priorities List

Security

Platformization: The Only Path for State and Local Cyber Resilience

Security

Whole-of-State Cybersecurity as a Smarter Way To Scale

Security

7 Tips for How State and Local Governments Can Shop MDR Wisely

Data Analytics

Self-Healing Communities Build on Data-Driven Collaboration

Security

3 Strategies To Secure Airport Identity Systems

Management

State and Local Governments Should Test Platforms, Not Projects

Data Center

Microgrids: How Data Center Energy Efficiencies Help State and Local Agencies

Networking

Should State and Local Governments Upgrade to Wi-Fi 7?

Security

Why State and Local Government IT Now Own So Much of Physical Security

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Security

Tech Trends: Workplace Modernization Is an Imperative for States and Cities

Government workplace modernization in 2026 means redesigning workflows for hybrid teams, unifying collaboration tools and using artificial intelligence.

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Security

Tech Trends: What States Should Fund With 2026 Cybersecurity Grants

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Security

A Guide to Software Bills of Materials for State and Local Governments

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Security

Platformization: The Only Path for State and Local Cyber Resilience

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NASCIO 2025: IT's Role in Achieving Statewide Efficiencies

State IT leaders discussed technology’s expanding role in achieving statewide efficiencies.
NASCIO 2025: State CIOs Highlight Agentic AI Use Cases

Agentic AI is the next wave of artificial intelligence: Here’s how state IT leaders are preparing.
NASCIO 2025: How State Leaders Are Approaching Critical Infrastructure Protections

Whole-of-state cybersecurity can help states defend against cyberattacks on critical infrastructure.
NASCIO 2025: State CIOs Discuss Their Top Tech Priorities

We caught up with state technology leaders at NASCIO 2025 to check in on their current and upcoming priorities.
NASCIO 2025: Colorado Continues to Blaze a Trail for States’ Use of AI

David Edinger spoke to StateTech during NASCIO 2025 about the Centennial State’s latest AI initiatives.

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Matt Emmons, Illinois State Board of Elections IT Director

Security

State Elections Agencies Focus on Voting Security Ahead of Midterms

Flint, Michigan, water treatment plant

Software

How AI Is Helping Flint, Mich., Recover from Its Lead-in-Water Crisis

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Security

State CISOs Face Workforce Challenges as They Combat Cybersecurity Threats

Dell OptiPlex 7460

Hardware

Review: Dell OptiPlex 7460 Delivers Power and Simplicity for the Public Sector

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Networking

St. Louis Aims to Deploy Wi-Fi-Enabled Smart Kiosks by January 2019

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Management

How Digitalization Creates More Citizen-Centric Cities

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