On this week’s Priorities podcast, a North Carolina technology official outlines how a new, experimental emergency paging system for first responders is gaining traction in his state.

The project won a 2023 NASCIO State IT Recognition Award.

https://www.nascio.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/NC_Information_Communication_Technology_Innovation.pdf

https://statescoop.com/nascio-2023-state-award-winners/

In the news this week:

State CIOs are focusing on shifting financial models and a bubbling interest in generative artificial intelligence in 2023, according to a new CIO survey from the National Association of State CIOs.

https://statescoop.com/gen-ai-financial-models-states-nascio-2023/

Kansas has a new IT lead

https://statescoop.com/jeff-maxon-kansas-cio-cito/

Broadband providers will be required to display easy-to-understand information about the cost and performance of broadband services both online and in stores by 2024, according to an announcement for the Federal Communications Commission.

https://statescoop.com/fcc-broadband-label-deadline/

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