Video & Transcript Research : 'computer literacy'

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KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Communications, we run our own computer network.
  • Our um and we our own computer network.
  • You know, they go in and do all these calculations on their high-speed computers.
  • <00:31:34.520> high-speed high-speed computer high-speed high-speed computer high-speed computers
  • And then they generate this computers.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The task force met on October 14, confirmed a quorum, and adopted the September 16, 2025 minutes. Members then received a Kentucky Air National Guard 101 briefing from Brigadier General Bruce Bancroft, commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard, who described the Guard’s structure, missions, and statewide role. He emphasized that Kentucky is a single-wing state centered at Louisville’s 123rd Airlift Wing and highlighted several unique capabilities, including the Contingency Response Group, critical care air transport teams, medical detachment for chemical environments, explosive ordnance disposal, fatality search and recovery, and special tactics personnel. General Bancroft also discussed staffing and readiness, saying the Guard has 1,273 authorized positions, with a mix of AGR, Title 32, and Title 5 personnel. He noted that AGR positions are funded at about 96 percent, while technician positions are funded at about 53 percent, leaving the organization to operate at roughly 75 percent of authorized manpower overall. He said the wing converted from the C-130H to the C-130J in 2021 and completed the transition in about 2.5 years, ahead of the original three-year timeline. The briefing further covered the Guard’s operational tempo and community role. Bancroft said the unit has earned 21 Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards, has deployed about 500,000 days since 9/11 across 45 countries, and routinely supports federal and domestic missions. He described the C-130J’s tactical airlift, airdrop, and blacked-out operations as directly useful for disaster response in Kentucky, and he pointed to strong ties with UPS and other aviation employers. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approval of the prior minutes.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee, February 16, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • DCI is this unique program known as the DCI is this unique program known as the computer<01:18:15.679
  • crime team in addition to the computer crime team in addition to the internet<01:18:18.000> crimes
  • They need the type of training to understand how to do computer criminal investigations.
  • you're going to go work these computer you're going to go work these computer crimes.<01:20:46.800
  • to understand how to do computer to understand how to do computer criminal<01:20:50.719> investigations
Bills: HB0103, HB0070, HB0091
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 8th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So quantum computing, so Force? Yeah. So quantum computing, so Force? Yeah.
  • you have AI and then you have quantum computing.
  • And so quantum is a extension computing. And so quantum is a extension computing.
  • in K through 12 quantum computing in K through 12 quantum computing in K through 12 postsecary and then
  • system at the could manage our computer system at the could manage our computer system at the Birmingham
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • But, you know, I see computer access and things like that, and it's kind of greatly expanding outside
  • on because I think the goals of, you know, developing broadband, you know, when you start adding computer
  • c><01:09:37.239> access<01:09:37.640> and<01:09:37.920> things see you know computer
  • access and things see you know computer access and things like<01:09:38.400> that<01:09:38.600
  • access and digital start adding computer access and digital skills<01:10:05.040> uh<01:10:05.400
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Commerce and Economic Development Feb 11th, 2026 at 05:14 pm

House Commerce & Economic Development Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Quantum computers do not require a graduate degree.
  • That is training non-degree learners to be technicians for quantum systems, quantum computers, do not
  • We've just had an announcement last week of a Boston-based nationally leading quantum computing company
  • I'm a retired computer scientist here in Santa Fe, and I don't represent anyone except myself.
  • It’s something that I use for backing up the computers in my house.
Bills: SB48, HB250, SB17
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Public Health - Room 216, 27 January, 2026; 3:00 PM

Public Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • difficult for us to have a meeting on the floor because of some entry that would need to be made in the computer
  • <00:08:08.800> made<00:08:08.960> in<00:08:09.120> the<00:08:09.280> computer
  • would need to be made in the computer would need to be made in the computer which<00:08:09.919><
  • <00:57:43.200> testing<00:57:43.599> the<00:57:43.839> written the computer-based
  • testing the written the computer-based testing the written exam<00:57:45.200> is<00:57:46.000
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 3, a Medicaid and certificate-of-need measure described as a revised version of a bill vetoed by the governor the previous year. The bill would remove a prohibition on a psychiatric residential treatment facility in one county from Medicaid participation, add 20 beds for a Madison County facility, allow crossover status for a Harrison County hospital, require MC to obtain a certificate of need for facilities outside the original Jackson campus area, increase capital expenditure limits, and remove the provision the governor had objected to. Members discussed whether the bill was really a study item or a substantive new requirement, especially a provision tied to acute adult psychiatric units treating uninsured patients or paying a fee. The chair explained the policy concern as preventing “cherry-picking” of insured patients and shifting more uncompensated care to public facilities. The committee voted that the title was sufficient and the ayes appeared to have it, then voted to rise and report. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2453, a clarifying bill on window tinting/glazing exemptions. The sponsor explained that current law requires a physician’s affidavit for an exception, and the bill would clarify that licensed optometrists, along with physicians, may sign the affidavit for people whose eyes are sensitive to light. After brief questions, the committee again voted that the title was sufficient and the ayes appeared to have it. The chair said the two bills were being moved quickly to the docket room for processing and that the committee would reconvene immediately afterward. The final portion of the meeting was a hearing on Senate Bill 2566 involving the Board of Cosmetology and Barbering. The chair explained that the hearing was prompted by complaints from last session about inspectors being overly aggressive, fines for technical violations, and delays or problems with licensing. Board representatives said the newly appointed board had met for the first time, elected officers, and intended to focus on workforce development, easing burdens on the industry, and protecting public health and safety. They said the board had already restored prior passing scores for exams, adjusted work-permit timing to help students, reviewed contracts and staffing, and planned further meetings. Members and the chair discussed possible legislative changes, including mobile barber establishments, reducing fines, and extending license terms from two years to three years, with the chair asking the board to work with Senator Johnson on amendments before the deadline.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Mar 3rd, 2026

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • across the district, from record academic gains and a comprehensive improvement plan focused on early literacy
  • focused a comprehensive improvement plan focused on<00:13:01.920> early<00:13:02.240> literacy
  • <00:13:03.080> and<00:13:03.240> data-driven on early literacy and data-driven on early
  • literacy and data-driven instruction, instruction, instruction, to<00:13:05.160> expanded<00:
Keywords: 1136, house, all
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session-Day 13, February 24, 2026-PM

Wyoming House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • three bills: Senate File 90, School Facilities Use Fees; Senate File 59, K through 12 Language and Literacy
  • Senate File 59, K through2,<03:01:00.720> Language<03:01:01.120> and<03:01:01.359> Literacy
  • <03:01:01.840> Program, through2, Language and Literacy Program, through2, Language and Literacy
Keywords: 916, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 6, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • My bill would address this knowledge gap by expanding military financial literacy programs.
  • 35.199> financial gap by expanding military financial gap by expanding military financial literacy
  • 36.960> It<04:22:37.199> would<04:22:37.359> also<04:22:37.600> require literacy
  • It would also require literacy programs.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Conference Committee on Budget May 4th, 2026

Conference Committee on Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's a lot or compute a top-tier public cloud by 2029.
  • There's a lot or compute a top-tier public cloud by 2029.
  • But where we have to cycle or vary the amount of compute that we need, that's where a cloud-based server
  • And the second one is that we need to move to 100% cloud computing.
  • Move state applications and compute to a top-tier public cloud by 2029, right?
Summary: The meeting was a lengthy conference committee review of multiple budget bills, with most of the discussion focused on House Bill 2 and related education funding. Members walked through numerous fund switches and appropriations tied to the foundation formula, blind pension, Capital Commission, Lottery Proceeds, and Classroom Trust funds. Several members urged fully funding the foundation formula or getting as close as possible, while others defended the compromise approach as a way to close the gap with available revenue. The committee also settled a number of education-related items, including child care grants, career ladder, school safety training, assessment pilots, Title I reallocation, parents as teachers language, child care subsidy language, and flex percentages on selected lines. The committee agreed to sign the House Bill 2 conference report after resolving the listed positions and language compromises. The committee then moved through House Bill 3 on higher education, agreeing to most Senate positions and a conference proposal directing the department to develop a new higher education funding model by December 1, 2026. Several members raised concerns about the timeline and whether the model would preserve separate funding buckets for two-year and four-year institutions, but the proposal was retained. House Bill 2004, covering transportation, was also reviewed, with compromises on items such as safety operations, low-volume roads, port funding, and several flex percentages. Members discussed the use of Capital Commission dollars and the status of road and port projects, and the bill was advanced with the agreed positions. House Bill 5, dealing with information technology and administration, generated substantial debate over a new Senate-added language proposal for OA/ITSD. Several members objected that the language was overly prescriptive, resembled a resolution, and could steer the state toward a specific cloud-computing direction or vendor; others said it was intended to create accountability and a plan for better oversight of IT spending. The committee left some items open briefly, then returned with a shorter conference proposal and agreed to distribute it. House Bill 7, House Bill 8, House Bill 9, and House Bill 2010 were also handled, with a mix of Senate, House, and compromise positions on public safety, veterans, agriculture, economic development, and behavioral health items. The committee recessed several times and repeatedly instructed members to sign the conference reports after the agreed changes were read into the record.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Without that, we would be backtracking the advances we are making in bringing more computation, more
  • If you include that state support into the computation, our cost per unit is $254,000, spread across
  • I'm a computer science PhD student at UC Davis, and CalBridge has been helping me achieve my dreams.
  • And my dream is to create computer science tools that will help those people who so desperately need
  • These are scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Lab working on clean energy and quantum computing
Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance held an extended hearing focused primarily on University of California budget issues, enrollment, housing, and Title IX. Chair David Alvarez opened by noting the governor’s proposed 8% ongoing General Fund reduction to UC, the deferral of compact funding, and the College of the Law budget item, while emphasizing that no votes would be taken that day. Public commenters, including UC Davis employees and lecturers, urged restoration of UC funding and opposed the hiring freeze, saying cuts would worsen staffing shortages, reduce research capacity, and harm students and patients. On UC core operations, the Department of Finance said the governor’s budget maintains the compact but defers $240.8 million in ongoing support and continues a planned 7.95% reduction, while the LAO recommended rejecting the deferrals and instead making any changes in the budget year. UC San Diego’s chancellor and UC Office of the President argued the cuts and deferrals would create major campus shortfalls, force hiring freezes, larger class sizes, fewer course offerings, delayed projects, and possible layoffs. Committee members questioned whether cuts could be shifted away from students and toward administration, discussed UCOP reserves and bond debt, and noted that UC’s budget structure makes the campus-level impact larger than the headline reduction. The committee also reviewed enrollment trends and nonresident replacement. The LAO said UC resident enrollment has grown and recommended revisiting 2026-27 targets and pausing the nonresident replacement plan if state funding does not improve. UC said it has exceeded California undergraduate enrollment and nonresident replacement goals, but warned that continued growth without funding would force enrollment reductions and harm quality. Members discussed the role of nonresident and international students, tuition rates, and the value of UC as a pathway for California students and a source of talent for the state. A separate housing item covered the state’s Higher Education Student Housing Grant Program. UC reported that recent bond savings could support additional affordable beds at UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara, but the LAO and Finance noted the Legislature would need to decide how to use the $6.2 million in savings from the original projects. The committee also heard a Title IX update from UC’s systemwide civil rights office, which described campus Title IX structures, training, and policy enforcement, and said the system has been working to improve confidentiality guidance and streamline complaint processes after survey feedback showed confusion and lengthy procedures.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 15th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • I have been in more of the mainframe and enterprise computer industry, and for a decade, consumers of
  • We show you registered as Chris Bross testifying on behalf of of Other World Computing and that you are
  • I'm here representing the interests of Other World Computing, who operates here in Austin, Texas, selling
  • computer storage and peripherals.
  • The only option to save the video footage was to repair the device on site with a local computer technician
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • first time I ever saw we brought in a trailer and it was a welding module, so you can basically do a computer-based
  • So everything they were doing was real-life welding with a computer.
  • They did a shed-building program that was more hands-on than the computer-based one.
  • So more expanding on jobs... ...the computer-based one, so more expanding on jobs that are related for
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The special commission on consolidation and cooperation among public safety agencies held a hearing focused on union and correctional staff testimony. Chair Dan Hunt and Senator Brownsberger opened by noting the commission’s extensive site visits and prior testimony, and they recognized Correctional Officers Week. Union representatives from KOUF, NCEU, AFSCME, and local county correctional unions described the daily realities of correctional work, emphasizing staff safety, staffing shortages, retention problems, mental health impacts, and the need to preserve local sheriff’s offices and collective bargaining agreements. Testimony centered on several recurring concerns: violence inside facilities, the spread of synthetic drugs such as K2, inmate suicides and suicide attempts, and the strain these issues place on officers, EMS, and local resources. Speakers also raised concerns about gender-identity housing policies, arguing they can create safety and workplace issues for staff, and urged more support for officer wellness, debriefing, and programs like OnSide Academy. Several witnesses argued that county facilities should remain locally controlled and that consolidation with the Department of Correction would weaken programming, staffing, and community-based reentry work. One witness described the Norwegian correctional model as a possible source of ideas for more rehabilitative approaches. Commission members responded with support for correctional staff and asked questions about K2 detection, paperless systems, EMS transports, and possible metrics to quantify incidents and facility needs. Members also discussed the importance of individualized assessments of each facility rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. The commission voted to seek an extension of its reporting deadline from September 30 to November 30, and agreed to continue site visits, including the upcoming Barnstable visit and a June 15 hearing. The meeting adjourned after the motion passed.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Proposing AI protections in Minnesota | Senator Erin Maye Quade Apr 10th, 2026

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • having with these children, um, if it was another adult, it would be illegal, and yet because it's a computer
  • would be illegal and yet because<00:02:50.239> it's<00:02:50.480> a<00:02:50.800> computer
  • it's<00:02:51.440> not<00:02:51.599> and<00:02:51.840> I because it's a computer
  • it's not and I because it's a computer it's not and I find<00:02:52.160> that<00:02:52.319>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
Summary: Senator Erin Maye Quade discussed her package of bipartisan AI-regulation bills, saying consumer-facing AI is largely unregulated and has already caused harm to children, adults, the environment, consumer prices, and privacy. She argued the federal government has not acted, so states are stepping in, and said the issue is drawing support across party lines because the harms are affecting red, purple, and blue states alike. She described a bill aimed at AI chatbots and children, citing reports of self-harm, suicide, disordered eating, harmful behavior, and other unsafe interactions. She said chatbots are designed to maximize engagement, avoid friction, and keep conversations going, which can be especially dangerous for developing brains and can lead to explicit or boundary-pushing content without human oversight. Maye Quade also outlined bills to bar health insurers from using AI in review, evaluation, determination, or appeals processes, saying insurers already deny claims too aggressively and AI speeds up denials. Another bill would prohibit AI-driven surveillance pricing, which she said allows companies to use personal data to charge different customers different prices for the same product. A final bill would require notice when people are interacting with AI and provide access to a human, which she said is important for both routine customer service and high-stakes situations like medical appointments. She acknowledged possible court challenges but said coordinated state action could effectively create a national framework if Congress continues to do nothing.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • this new applied science building is clustered around the programs for agriculture, information computer
  • clustered around the programs for agriculture, agriculture, agriculture, information<00:08:26.560> computer
  • <00:08:27.039> technology, information computer technology, information computer technology
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met to hear from Morehead State University President Jay Morgan, who outlined the university’s budget and capital priorities. He described Morehead as a Kentucky-serving, largely low-income student institution with an aging campus, and said the university’s long-term plan is to renovate existing facilities, decommission older buildings, and replace outdated space with more efficient construction. He thanked the General Assembly for prior support, especially asset preservation funding, fire and tornado insurance premium support, and a prior university inflationary adjustment. On the operating side, Morgan asked that insurance premium support continue, that the earlier inflationary adjustment roll forward, and that the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education’s request for a minimum distribution in the performance funding formula be supported. He noted Morehead has received little or no performance funding in recent years and said that if no additional formula funds are added, the university would prefer a line-item appropriation. On the capital side, he requested continued asset preservation funding and outlined several construction priorities: a new applied science building, a new agriculture science building, a new space science technology building, and a cost-share replacement for the aging Maze Hall residence hall, with the state covering $10 million of a $20 million project and Morehead matching the rest. Morgan also discussed the Craft Academy, saying the current appropriation supports 200 students and that the university would like to increase the line item to expand enrollment by about 20 students. In response to questions from Chairman Tipton, he said Morehead had previously explored but ultimately rejected a public-private partnership model for housing, preferring to own and control its residence halls to keep housing costs manageable for students. He also explained that the land surveying courses in the applied science proposal are a popular part of related programs and that Morehead’s space science program is a major research-and-contracts-driven operation with about 250 students, federal and private research ties, and graduates working both in Kentucky and elsewhere. The committee then approved the prior meeting minutes and discussed that upcoming postsecondary budget meetings would continue over the next several weeks to gather input on the new budget process.
NV

Nevada 2025 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 31st, 2025 at 10:00 am

Nevada Assembly Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Committee on Finance, makes an appropriation to the Nevada Gaming Control Board for the replacement of computer
  • appropriations to the Training Division of the Department of Public Safety for the replacement of equipment, computer
  • to and authorizes the expenditure of money by the Department of Education for the replacement of computer
  • Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for the purchase and replacement of vehicles, equipment, computer
Keywords: 909, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • That includes warranty on our vehicles, fuel prices, and even the cost of computers and technology needed
  • In the computer system, the court sends out scary letters threatening arrest that are eventually removed
  • No police time is used in these cases despite being processed by the computer.
  • Ultimately, I don't think $75 per charge is the right number to send to general revenue funds for solely computer
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections May 15th, 2025 at 08:05 am

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • It offers a secure, simple, and modern way to register right from a phone or a computer.
  • Ride from a phone or a computer, it's especially impactful for places like the Valley, where geography
  • You're getting a picture of a wet signature, whereas something that somebody makes on their own computer
  • And so that digital signature would be on file, but not signed on a computer per se.
Summary: The House Committee on Elections met with a quorum present and heard several election-related bills, with public testimony limited to two minutes per witness. The first measure, SB 447, would allow the City of Mission to move its municipal elections from May to November on a one-time, permanent basis. Supporters, including Mission’s mayor, said voters had already approved the change by a wide margin and argued it would improve turnout and reduce costs. The bill was left pending after no objection. The committee then heard SB 2217, which was described as a transparency measure to standardize election data reporting and reconciliation across counties. Testimony focused on a technical issue involving discrepancy thresholds for electronic voting system reconciliation, with one witness urging the bill be aligned with existing law’s “more than 3” standard rather than a 1% threshold, and another suggesting a definition fix. The bill was left pending. Members also heard SB 2753, a major proposal to create a continuous in-person voting period by combining early voting and election day into one uninterrupted period, with a committee substitute making it a pilot and permissive. Supporters said it could simplify administration and improve security, while opponents warned it would increase costs, require more staffing and equipment, delay results, and create logistical problems for counties. The committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill was left pending. Finally, SB 505 would let certain election stakeholders request explanations of irregularities from election officials and, if unresolved, escalate the matter to the Secretary of State for audit or possible conservatorship. Supporters framed it as a tool for accountability and transparency, while opponents called it overly broad and vulnerable to abuse. The bill was left pending. The committee also took up HB 311, which would expand online voter registration to first-time registrants and direct state agencies to develop a pathway for Texans without a driver’s license to register online. Supporters argued it would modernize the process, reduce errors, and save money, while opponents said first-time applicants still need a wet signature and raised concerns about signature verification and implementation. Due to the late hour and floor deadline, testimony was cut off, the names of remaining witnesses were read into the record, and the bill was left pending before the committee adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Insurance Apr 30th, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • integrated delivery networks we have utilization committees and so what the way it's generally done is computers
  • So that's a very common thing we actually have to change our computer system to stop, uh, pregnancy tests
  • That can be flagged by a computer, you know, that could be a claims edit that there's no issue with that
  • Just keep in mind what we're talking about here is a computer software.