{ "count": 30, "items": [ { "id": 19304, "url": "https://statescoop.com/acf-awards-6m-for-testing-predictive-analytics-in-10-child-welfare-jurisdictions", "title": "ACF awards $6M for testing predictive analytics in 10 child welfare jurisdictions", "summary": "New federal funding will aid child welfare agencies in testing out predictive analytics tools.", "authors": "sfoxsowell", "category": "news", "topics": "children-education", "published_at": "2026-08-13T16:40:08.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19304" }, { "id": 18535, "url": "https://statescoop.com/california-teen-tech-council-emerging-technology-digital-wellness", "title": "California launches teen council for emerging tech, digital wellness", "summary": "A new initiative in California will aim to give young people a larger role in shaping conversations and policy around technology.", "authors": "sfoxsowell", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-08-11T17:43:20.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18535" }, { "id": 18131, "url": "https://statescoop.com/cosn-guide-k12-screentime-technology-use", "title": "New K-12 rules on screen time, technology use covered in nonprofit’s new guide", "summary": "The Consortium for School Networking published a new resource aimed at helping schools navigate new rules on classroom technology use.", "authors": "Keely Quinlan", "category": "news", "topics": "children-education", "published_at": "2026-08-10T23:33:23.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18131" }, { "id": 18132, "url": "https://statescoop.com/state-chatbot-laws-could-create-regulatory-patchwork-new-report-warns", "title": "State chatbot laws could create regulatory patchwork, new report warns", "summary": "Researchers claimed inconsistent state definitions and requirements could make it harder for developers to comply, while diverting attention from safeguards that directly address documented risks to children.", "authors": "sfoxsowell", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation,children-education", "published_at": "2026-08-10T20:42:12.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18132" }, { "id": 17209, "url": "https://statescoop.com/oregon-doc-aging-it-systems", "title": "Aging IT systems present significant public safety risks across Oregon correctional facilities, audit finds", "summary": "A recent audit found that decades-old systems threaten the corrections department's ability to manage its prisons safely.", "authors": "sfoxsowell", "category": "news", "topics": "transparency", "published_at": "2026-08-06T19:07:24.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17209" }, { "id": 16795, "url": "https://statescoop.com/new-york-cyber-water-grant-funding", "title": "New York boosts funding for water cybersecurity grants", "summary": "New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the state will distribute $9 million to fund more than 150 cybersecurity projects tied to the state's water infrastructure.", "authors": "Colin Wood", "category": "news", "topics": "environment", "published_at": "2026-08-05T22:04:13.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16795" }, { "id": 16418, "url": "https://statescoop.com/emergency-managements-ai-challenge", "title": "Emergency management’s AI challenge isn’t technology — it’s implementation, new reports say", "summary": "New reports from the nonprofit Markle Foundation's AI for Disasters and Emergencies Initiative found that AI holds great benefit for emergency management agencies, if they can clear hurdles of governance, procurement and skills shortages.", "authors": "sfoxsowell", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-08-04T22:08:39.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16418" }, { "id": 16419, "url": "https://statescoop.com/ntia-plans-to-restore-some-digital-equity-act-funding-after-court-battle-over-trump-cancellation", "title": "NTIA plans to restore some Digital Equity Act funding after court battle over Trump cancellation", "summary": "The National Telecommunications and Information Administration said it plans to restore some of the funding that had been revoked, after a court ruled that Trump administration couldn't outright terminate the Digital Equity Act.", "authors": "Keely Quinlan", "category": "news", "topics": "bias-fairness", "published_at": "2026-08-04T21:48:49.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16419" }, { "id": 16420, "url": "https://statescoop.com/nsf-100m-grant-program-state-regional-ai-infrastructure-hubs", "title": "NSF announces $100M grant program for state, regional AI infrastructure hubs", "summary": "The National Science Foundation said a new program will provide funding for research, education and workforce development in AI.", "authors": "Keely Quinlan", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy,children-education", "published_at": "2026-08-04T17:30:40.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16420" }, { "id": 15988, "url": "https://statescoop.com/pennsylvania-data-tool-allows-parents-to-view-school-level-vaccination-rates", "title": "Pennsylvania data tool allows parents to view school-level vaccination rates", "summary": "A new online tool allows Pennsylvania parents and policymakers to view vaccination rates by school for the 2025-2026 school year.", "authors": "sfoxsowell", "category": "news", "topics": "children-education", "published_at": "2026-08-03T22:34:35.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15988" }, { "id": 15989, "url": "https://statescoop.com/california-gubernatorial-candidates-ai-tech-policy", "title": "How do California’s gubernatorial candidates stack up on AI & tech policy?", "summary": "For state and local IT leaders, the outcome of the November election could shape everything from AI procurement rules and cybersecurity investments to digital service modernization and workforce priorities.", "authors": "sfoxsowell", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation,jobs-economy,misinformation,finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-08-03T21:52:46.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15989" }, { "id": 15990, "url": "https://statescoop.com/governors-association-partners-on-1m-ai-workforce-project", "title": "Governors association partners on $1M AI workforce project", "summary": "The National Governors Association has joined with RAISE US, a nonprofit workforce initiative, to assist states in developing effective policies to reskill the workforce around AI technologies.", "authors": "Colin Wood", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-08-03T19:24:01.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15990" }, { "id": 15068, "url": "https://statescoop.com/nypd-dna-suspect-index-aclu-lawsuit", "title": "Civil rights groups back federal suit against NYPD’s ‘Suspect DNA Index’", "summary": "The Legal Aid Society's case argues that New York City's \"rogue\" DNA database violates state law and civil rights.", "authors": "Keely Quinlan", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-07-30T21:45:48.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15068" }, { "id": 15069, "url": "https://statescoop.com/childcare-digital-services-improvement-qanda", "title": "‘Tech for good’ — How better digital services can improve state childcare programs", "summary": "In an interview, Jenna Bannon with the National Conference of State Legislatures said tools built for people in need must \"work for them.\"", "authors": "sfoxsowell", "category": "news", "topics": "children-education", "published_at": "2026-07-30T20:47:01.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15069" }, { "id": 14701, "url": "https://statescoop.com/k12-cyber-information-exchange-incident-catalog-cisa", "title": "K-12 cyber information exchange, incident catalog would be directed by CISA under new legislative proposal", "summary": "The Enhancing K-12 Cybersecurity Act failed to pass in 2023. Sens. Mark Warner and Marsha Blackburn said their bill is urgently needed in 2026.", "authors": "Colin Wood", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation,military-security", "published_at": "2026-07-29T23:06:49.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14701" }, { "id": 14702, "url": "https://statescoop.com/education-workforce-data-state-longitudinal-systems", "title": "New Senate bill would update state education, workforce data systems for AI era", "summary": "New bipartisan legislation would employ artificial intelligence to improve the longitudinal data systems built by state governments to improve educational and workforce outcomes.", "authors": "sfoxsowell", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation,jobs-economy,children-education", "published_at": "2026-07-29T19:32:04.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14702" }, { "id": 14305, "url": "https://statescoop.com/government-data-consolidation-risks-privacy-civil-rights", "title": "Governments must consider risks to privacy, civil rights before consolidating data, report urges", "summary": "Repurposing data for other means is risky, and governments should evaluate when consolidation is more harmful than good, a recent report said.", "authors": "Keely Quinlan", "category": "news", "topics": "privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-07-28T21:21:16.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14305" }, { "id": 14306, "url": "https://statescoop.com/coordinated-cyberattack-disrupts-water-utilities-in-30-minnesota-communities", "title": "Coordinated cyberattack disrupts water utilities in 30+ Minnesota communities", "summary": "A cyberattack of undetermined origin disrupted water treatment plants in at least 30 communities in Minnesota, according to the state's technology bureau.", "authors": "Colin Wood", "category": "news", "topics": "environment", "published_at": "2026-07-28T18:54:49.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14306" }, { "id": 13934, "url": "https://statescoop.com/police-ai-platform-code-four-human-review", "title": "Police AI platform uses ‘Easter eggs’ to verify human review", "summary": "Seldom used words, like \"axolotl,\" a type of salamander, are inserted in Code Four's output, ensuring that law enforcement officers carefully review AI-generated content before submitting it into evidence.", "authors": "Keely Quinlan", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-07-27T22:20:26.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13934" }, { "id": 13935, "url": "https://statescoop.com/colorado-jane-yang-ai-architecture", "title": "Colorado hires former ACF official to serve as principal director for AI architecture", "summary": "Jane Yang, a former Administration for Children and Families official, is tasked with heading a new role in Colorado's technology bureau.", "authors": "Keely Quinlan", "category": "news", "topics": "children-education", "published_at": "2026-07-27T14:42:29.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13935" }, { "id": 13292, "url": "https://statescoop.com/oregon-nevada-state-privacy-chief-michael-hanna-butros-meyering", "title": "Oregon names Nevada’s communications, policy lead as state privacy chief", "summary": "Michael Hanna-Butros Meyering, Nevada's chief communications and policy officer, will now help Oregon translate privacy principles into practical decisions and repeatable processes, according to a state announcement.", "authors": "Keely Quinlan", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation,privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-07-23T15:34:17.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13292" }, { "id": 12491, "url": "https://statescoop.com/ai-data-inferences-outpacing-state-privacy-laws", "title": "Experts warn AI-driven data inferencing is outpacing state privacy protections", "summary": "Data-privacy experts said on a recent panel that while state privacy laws regulate what data brokers can collect and sell, those laws often do not extend to the problematic conclusions those companies can infer.", "authors": "Keely Quinlan", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation,privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-07-21T22:51:48.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12491" }, { "id": 12087, "url": "https://statescoop.com/fifa-world-cup-security-planning-cis", "title": "‘Integrated’ cyber and physical attacks concerned FIFA planners", "summary": "“The threat environment has changed\" and the lines between physical and digital attacks have blurred, said one security expert involved in FIFA World Cup Planning.", "authors": "Colin Wood", "category": "news", "topics": "military-security,environment", "published_at": "2026-07-20T22:27:02.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12087" }, { "id": 10413, "url": "https://statescoop.com/arizona-rsoc-cybersecurity-workforce", "title": "Arizona’s new regional cyber center a ‘force multiplier’ for local governments, students", "summary": "A new regional security operations center, run from two community college locations, is the latest piece of Arizona's plan to bolster the cyber defense of under-resourced local governments and build a talent pipeline.", "authors": "Keely Quinlan", "category": "news", "topics": "military-security,children-education", "published_at": "2026-07-14T18:35:51.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/10413" }, { "id": 2617, "url": "https://statescoop.com/lexisnexis-medicaid-engagement-requirements", "title": "How Medicaid agencies can prepare for community engagement requirements", "summary": "Explore practical strategies for improving Medicaid beneficiary engagement, streamlining exemption verification and strengthening audit readiness.", "authors": "swhitehorne", "category": "news", "topics": "transparency", "published_at": "2026-07-13T18:30:00.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2617" }, { "id": 10115, "url": "https://statescoop.com/economic-uncertainty-cities-ai-resilience-nlc-report", "title": "Economic uncertainty is forcing cities to rethink technology investments, AI and resilience", "summary": "An annual report from the National League of Cities shows that technology is growing in influence across a broad array of functions as governments contend with shifting economic realities.", "authors": "sfoxsowell", "category": "news", "topics": "finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-07-10T12:30:00.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/10115" }, { "id": 2619, "url": "https://statescoop.com/arizona-adrian-fontes-ai-chatbot", "title": "Arizona secretary of state expands AI chatbot ahead of midterm elections", "summary": "Arizona's secretary of state said his office's expanded chatbot is designed to augment the work of human agents and provide off-hours access to reliable information.", "authors": "Colin Wood", "category": "news", "topics": "agents-autonomy", "published_at": "2026-07-09T21:53:46.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2619" }, { "id": 2620, "url": "https://statescoop.com/all-50-states-home-every-child-initiative", "title": "All 50 states have joined ‘Home for Every Child’ initiative, a data-driven plan to improve foster-care ratios", "summary": "All 50 states have now joined \"Home for Every Child,\" an initiative that uses new digital technologies with the aim of improving child welfare.", "authors": "sfoxsowell", "category": "news", "topics": "children-education", "published_at": "2026-07-09T19:01:42.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2620" }, { "id": 2621, "url": "https://statescoop.com/washington-dc-america-250-emergency-technology", "title": "‘Technology is the easy part’: Washington, D.C., turned to collaboration, data governance for America 250", "summary": "With numerous 250th anniversary events packed into a few months, officials in Washington, D.C., said this summer has presented a \"unique\" challenge in terms of technology, communications and emergency management.", "authors": "Keely Quinlan", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-07-08T20:33:52.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2621" }, { "id": 2622, "url": "https://statescoop.com/illinois-ai-safety-law-audits-frontier-models", "title": "Illinois governor signs AI safety law requiring audits of frontier models", "summary": "The Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act requires developers of the most advanced AI models to yield to new levels of state oversight.", "authors": "sfoxsowell", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation,safety-alignment,transparency", "published_at": "2026-07-06T22:26:08.000Z", "source": "StateScoop", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2622" } ], "attribution": "via ethics.ai" }