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After the winding down of IRS’s Direct File program, the civic tech nonprofit Code for America is partnering with Colorado and New Jersey to test a new online filing platform called Simple File. https://scoopmedia.co/458BQKR

After disclosing last week that a software error at New Jersey’s motor vehicles division had improperly registered to vote some 6,600 noncitizens, Gov. Mikie Sherrill on Tuesday announced a series of remedial efforts, including a new informational website, a letter campaign designed to inform those who’d been affected and a manual process of removing improper registrations. https://scoopmedia.co/4yVatBs

More than 30 Minnesota communities saw their water and wastewater utilities disrupted by a coordinated cyberattack on Sunday and Monday, the state’s technology bureau announced Tuesday. https://scoopmedia.co/3Tz3DSa

Two senators on Wednesday introduced legislation aimed at modernizing the federal program that helps states build longitudinal data systems — secure databases that follow people’s education and career progress by connecting information from different stages of their lives — using artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. https://scoopmedia.co/4hgNbQh

A bill introduced to the Senate last week would provide new cybersecurity resources to K-12 schools, including an information exchange, an incident registry and a program aimed at providing schools with more cybersecurity tools and strategies. https://scoopmedia.co/45d25zO

Three civil rights groups on Thursday filed a joint amicus brief in the Legal Aid Society’s federal class action suit against New York City and several top officials across the New York City Police Department and the city’s chief medical examiner, claiming that the DNA database the city’s agencies have built using surreptitiously collected discard items is unlawful. https://scoopmedia.co/4wgzAMD

The Department of Justice on Friday announced it’s expanding its strategy for combating fraud in Medicaid, SNAP and other taxpayer-funded programs by deepening partnerships with state governments aimed at improving data sharing, investigations and fraud detection. https://scoopmedia.co/45dQznH

The National Governors Association on Friday announced a new partnership with RAISE US, a nonprofit workforce initiative launched in June by two former governors, aimed at helping states develop effective AI workforce initiatives. https://scoopmedia.co/4zaR7sn

As California voters weigh who should lead the nation’s largest state, technology policy is emerging as one of the clearest distinctions between gubernatorial candidates Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton. The state’s next governor will oversee the state’s sprawling IT operations, cybersecurity defenses, AI governance efforts and digital services used by nearly 40 million residents — in addition to one of the world’s biggest technology economies. https://scoopmedia.co/3TJe1Xs

The National Science Foundation on Tuesday announced a $100 million program for the development of state and regional artificial intelligence hubs, which the agency said will provide funding for research, education and workforce development in AI. https://scoopmedia.co/3SjdDys