From payments to health, state governments handle critical data. As AI reshapes public services, clean, optimized data is essential for effective systems. State data leaders drive this through ...

Brad is a contributor to StateTech. He’s covered technology since 1991, when he first got his start in the industry. Oregon Data Center Services handles daily backups for roughly 4,000 state servers, ...

While most state data breach notification statutes contain similar components, there are important differences, meaning a one-size-fits-all approach to notification will not suffice. What’s more, as ...

Legislation from Texas to Georgia could impose fees and rules to safeguard the electric grid and keep a lid on household utility bills. Legislators in states where the U.S. data center boom is about ...

States are stepping up their efforts to protect the privacy of consumer data, and the trend is adding to banks' compliance challenges as stewards of vast amounts of personal information. Virginia ...

Data Centers have become a very popularly proposed method around the country to put money in people’s pockets by cutting ...

Iowa’s Governor’s Office pointed to differences in data reporting and delays from private labs in explaining discrepancies KCRG found in the positivity rate of COVID-19 tests in Iowa. The positivity ...

A new tool from North Dakota, the State Data Hub, aims to help officials leverage data to better support residents. The state’s new data hub aims to serve as a centralized place for leaders to share ...

Stay on top of the latest news and updates when it comes to consumer data privacy legislation in the US and abroad. Editor's note: This article, originally published in 2023, was updated March 3, 2025 ...

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