Maryland's top privacy, information security and data officials now report both to the statewide CIO and directly to the governor.

Boston published a new standard that outlines language city departments should use when collecting data about disabilities.

Maryland and Bloomberg Philanthropies announced the State Innovation Team, a group that will test new ways to address childhood poverty.

Bloomberg Philanthropies named 23 new mayors who’ve joined the group’s City Data Alliance, which encourages cities to integrate data science into policymaking.

The Texas Transportation Department is providing truckers with free, in-cab traffic alerts by drawing from real-time traffic data.

The data-analytics software firm Zencity announced new investor funding that will be used to develop an AI assistant for use by state and local governments.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Jason Lally, San Francisco's former chief data officer, as the new statewide CDO.

Vermont's governor vetoed what would have been one of the strongest data privacy bills in the nation. He urged lawmakers to craft something less risky.

City Council members said renewed concerns about the safety of biometric data in the face of cyberattacks make passing the laws all the more urgent.

A new state government website tracker ranks the public's digital experience in 50 states based on factors like metadata, URL configuration and "robots.txt" files.