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Oura Rings, Garmin GPS fitness watches, Apple Watches, Whoop bands—every year, more and more tech devices are promising to monitor our health and fitness, guide us toward healthier living, and provide useful health metrics to take to our doctors. But few of these tools provide the sorts of privacy and security promises we demand from all technology, let alone tech that captures personal health data.

On July 23, 2026, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)—the legislative branch's audit and investigative agency—released Combating Fraud: Managing Risks in Federally Funded, State-Administered Programs (GAO-26-109100). GAO calls this a "Q&A report," a short-form GAO product prepared for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and addressed to Chairman James Comer R-KY) and Ranking Member Robert Garcia (D-CA).

This playbook serves as a practical guide for U.S. government agencies developing and scaling enterprise AI solutions, with a focus on GenAI technology. More than a technical manual, it balances strategic vision with operational detail to help agencies move from experimentation to implementation with confidence. None of this work is one-size-fits-all; we hope agencies adapt the suggested processes and methodologies to fit their specific needs and uses, and should consult their own legal, security, and compliance offices before implementation.

On May 21, 2026, the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy convened the Universal Broadband Summit, bringing together state broadband officials, industry associations, academics, local government organizations, union representatives, and civil society. Across the board, Summit participants agreed that online connectivity is necessary for full participation in modern society, and that its benefits extend beyond individual households to a more engaged electorate, a more educated public, and a more productive economy.

The sixth report of the Governor’s Task Force on Broadband Access highlights the successful progress of Wisconsin’s broadband expansion journey over the years. Thanks to Governor Evers’ leadership, more than 410,000 Wisconsin homes and businesses will have access to new or improved high-speed service.

Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Michael Kratsios unveiled more than $5 billion in Federal commitments expanding the Genesis Mission alongside new mission-driven National Science and Technology Challenges.

AI use has spread across a broad range of occupations, but it has yet to become the job-automating force many workers fear, according to a new Google study

America has led the world in scientific progress because Americans have refused to stand still. We have adapted to changing conditions before by boldly reinventing how we structure science, and we must innovate again. Never has scientific and technological development been more essential to our national and economic security, and never has this progress been so deeply intertwined with our diplomatic relationships worldwide. President Trump has been very clear about his priorities, as he seeks to lay the foundations for a new Golden Age of American Innovation.

Using the 2014-2021 waves of Spain's ICT-H household panel, we track Internet trust for 59,648 users across 130,013 person-year observations. Employing a correlated random-effects ordered-probit model, we find that improvements in digital skills and first-hand use of transactional services are the strongest predictors of higher reported trust, while traditional socio-economic markers show comparatively weaker associations.

Using nationally representative Quality of Life Survey microdata for 2020–2022, this paper examines who worked from home in Colombia and how WFH is associated with wages, job satisfaction, and weekly hours. A Digital Divide Index for Colombia's employed population has been developed. The results show that WFH is strongly associated with educational attainment, gender, age, firm size, and economic sector. Controlling for regions and economic sectors reveals a positive association between WFH, wages, and job satisfaction, whereas the relationship with weekly hours worked is negative.