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A roundup of some of the myriad topics discussed at the 2026 Annual Conference of the National Association of State CIOs in San Diego, from Congress all the way down to the county elections office. -
A bipartisan group of senators is pushing the Commerce Department to release long-delayed guidance for states seeking to use remaining funds from a $42 billion broadband grant program. -
Nationwide, AI data centers have drawn backlash amid concerns about water and power use, noise and the technology itself. At a national gathering of state CIOs, those IT leaders talked about how they've been drawn in.
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Some of the companies building the most powerful AI systems recently reached out to global leaders calling for government regulation amid concerns about how fast the systems are developing. -
In California, AVs are regulated by state agencies, but San Diego City Council members recently approved a resolution urging the state to give local authorities control over deployment. -
The Ratepayer Protection Act is intended to address rising electricity prices by requiring state regulators to consider adopting standards to ensure that large data centers pay for needed electric grid upgrades. -
An executive order creates a review process for large data centers, adds a public dashboard and task force and signals a push to end a key tax exemption. The facilities’ costs are under scrutiny nationwide. -
A Texas-based company is no longer moving forward with a proposed hyperscale data center and natural gas plant on federal land near the southeastern tip of Henderson, Nev. -
Montana counties need to have more power to regulate data centers, Yellowstone County Commissioners wrote to state legislators in a letter approved Tuesday morning. -
With voters raising concerns about Flock cameras, Ohio lawmakers have introduced four competing plans to rein in the technology weeks before the November election. -
The Anne Arundel County Council is now considering a 15-month pause on data center development with a moratorium expiring in January 2028. -
Proposed legislation that would regulate Flock Safety and other automated license plate readers would not go far enough to ensure the privacy of Nevadans, according to one assemblymember. -
An executive order from Gov. Mike Kehoe puts data, compliance and other guardrails around license plate reading technology. It comes amid a national backlash against Flock and other surveillance technologies.
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Starting Oct. 6, House Bill 251 will cover situations around search warrants, warrantless surveillance and flight documentation. In Cleveland, statutes already impose additional rules on police. -
The effort, part of the Harvard Kennedy School, is designed to help local governments use technology to improve citizen engagement and civic ties. Already, the push has produced a budget tool for local agencies. -
Amid a reckoning on digital devices in the classroom, the New York City Council called for further reforms to reduce screen time in public schools during a hearing Tuesday. -
Seven students will serve as delegates at a summit on educational technology and AI, intended to provide lawmakers and state leaders with student perspectives ahead of the 2027 legislative session. -
If passed, the proposal would prohibit installation of mass surveillance tools on county-owned property, a councilman said. It would not apply to security cameras around county buildings. -
Pennsylvania officials and legislators have debated cellphone rules while considering a statewide law to restrict student phone use, and Schuylkill County school districts have considered it as well. -
The proposed law under consideration by federal lawmakers would prohibit utilities from “selling Upstate New Yorkers’ private data” and tighten up on the misuse of personal information collected via smart meters. -
Both candidates running for California governor say they back new restrictions on artificial intelligence, a booming state industry that polls show has been greeted warily by voters.
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