States to Congress: Don’t Pull Back on Cybersecurity Funding as AI Raises the Stakes

She said Tennessee has used federal grant funding to secure nearly 90,000 endpoints across local government networks, giving many communities access to cybersecurity capabilities they otherwise could not afford.

Florida CIO Warren Sponholtz said centralized cybersecurity services help governments achieve economies of scale while expanding access to enterprise-grade protections.

They also emphasized the importance of continued investment in cyber workforce development, threat intelligence sharing and AI preparedness.

Top Digital Counties The Center for Digital Government and the National Association of Counties recently announced the top-performing counties for leveraging artificial intelligence, cybersecurity investments and more to improve government services.

Here are the first-place winners from the 2026 Digital Counties Survey: Orange County, Fla. (Population of 1,000,000 or more) Prince William County, Va. (Population 500,000 – 999,999) County of Marin, Calif. (Population 250,000 – 499,999) County of Pitt, N.C. (Population 150,000 – 249,999) County of York, Va. (Population Less than 150,000)