SLED IT:

• California Releases Draft Maps, Plan for Statewide Broadband Network
• (California) Here are State Public Health’s Costliest IT Goods Purchases Last Month

Cybersecurity:

• State, Local, Government Primed for Zero Trust
• Labor Dept. Pilot Taps State Data for a New Look at Who is Getting UI
• Government Agencies Prioritize Secure Multi-Cloud Adoption

Health & Human Services:

• State Funding to Provide Greater Focus on Mental Health

Higher Education:

• Energy Dept. Funds Grid Security Research at Six Universities
• Interest in Cloud Architecture, Art History Exploding on Udemy
• Salesforce Puts Student-Success Alerts in Slack
• Pearson Announces End to Decade-Long OPM Contract with Arizona State University

Transportation / Public Utilities:

• (Washington) State to Receive $110 Million in New Transportation, Climate investments
• (Pennsylvania) State Giving Out Millions in Funds for Transportation Projects

Stimulus / Budget:

• (New Mexico) Santa Fe to Review Plan to Spend Pandemic Relief Money

Waste, Fraud and Abuse:

• Dark Money Helped Ohio Utilities Subsidize Coal Plants, Delaying Action on Climate Change at Ratepayers’ Expense

Community Development:

• (Pennsylvania) Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey Announces $56 Million in Community Development Grants from State

Natural Resources & Environment:

• (Wisconsin) Gov. Evers Celebrates Earth Day, Signs Executive Order Creating the Office of Environmental Justice
• 41 Kentucky Parks to Receive $4.2m for Improvements