Each year, the National Association of State Procurement Officials surveys all 54 U.S. chief procurement officers to identify the top priorities for procurement offices. In 2025, modernizing ...

AI is set to revolutionize citizen services, but effective governance, private sector collaboration and strategic change management are crucial for success. Artificial intelligence is fundamentally ...

In 2025, a growing number of states have sought to identify and block access to software or websites they deem security or data privacy threats to state devices and networks; namely, foreign-owned AI ...

The San Jose City Council recently approved the California city’s first budget allocation dedicated to advancing the use of artificial intelligence to improve city services. “This budget allocation ...

Smartphones have become invaluable for government service in many places. Obviously, they provide a much-needed line of communication for people working in the field though voice communication, email ...

State and local governments are under real pressure to move from experimentation to execution for artificial intelligence. Constituents expect faster services, more transparency and digital ...

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) recently published its 2026 Federal Advocacy Priorities, setting the agenda for how state technology leaders want to partner with ...

James Tanzosch, North Carolina chief IT procurement officer, came into his job a little over a year ago. At the time, he contemplated ways to streamline the N.C. Department of Information Technology’s ...

In September, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers and Accenture released a report on states’ use of generative artificial intelligence to support citizen services. In the ...

For the first time in the history of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers, artificial intelligence landed on its annual list of top 10 policy and technology priorities ...

Wes Cooper, director of IT for Benbrook, Texas, would like to get rid of his city’s phone handsets. “We weren’t going to buy any phones. We were going to run it all through computers,” Cooper said ...

Congress has given the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program a double reprieve this month, but state and local officials say they’re still waiting for real certainty — and real money. As part of ...