Senators Seek to Rein in State Power Over Key Environmental Permit
A lawyer with the Natural Resources Defense Council said the GOP-backed legislation threatens to “neuter the rights of all 50 states to protect their rivers, streams and coastal waters.”
U.S. Cities in 'Waiting Game' as Recycling Industry Faces Major Correction
China has effectively stopped accepting raw material from U.S. recycling businesses, leaving stunned cities and towns with outdated contracts and red-ink projections.
N.Y.C. Council Vote Looms on Capping Number of Uber and Lyft Vehicles
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Trump administration OKs Wisconsin governor’s plan … executive shakeup in Austin city manager’s office … and San Diego’s water billing audit.
Digital transformation that keeps vulnerabilities at bay
Robust online government services make security a top consideration for municipalities, which must ensure that valuable information doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.
NIH enlists Google Cloud for biomedical research
The National Institutes of Health's STRIDES Initiative aims to partner with commercial cloud providers to reduce economic and technology barriers to biomedical research.
Amazon’s New Transit Investment in Seattle
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Utah cities eye small modular nuclear reactors … Minnesota’s AAA bond rating … and leaking garbage trucks in Honolulu.
Houston Promises Verizon’s Biggest 5G Rollout Yet
The city wanted a deal that improves service in overlooked areas.
How agencies can use containers for IT (not just shipping)
Despite its relative novelty, containerization is rapidly changing the technology landscape, and agencies should consider taking advantage of the benefits it offers.
Deep learning quickly finds structures affected by lava
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is using data from Oak Ridge National Lab to see what structures have been overtaken by the Kilauea lava flow.
Key GOP Lawmaker Releases Last-Ditch Infrastructure Plan
U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster’s draft bill includes gasoline and diesel tax hikes.
Urban Broadband Needs Upgrading, Too
Digital redlining denies as many city residents access to the internet as it does rural Americans in some states, an advocacy group says.
Data center management distracts agencies from their missions
A cloud-neutral approach gives agencies a secure, dedicated infrastructure and the flexibility to bring in any cloud provider that meets their needs.
NASCIO pushes to harmonize federal regulations
Federal regulatory requirements "hamstring" states that are trying to consolidate IT operations, Oklahoma's CIO told a House panel.
Delayed EPA Response to Water Crisis Increased Health Risks to Flint Residents, IG Finds
A new watchdog report found that the federal agency's regional office didn't establish clear roles for the state environmental agency and failed to create clear lines of communication.
A Blueprint For A Modern, Regional Transportation System
But a new report says there’s still a ways to go investing in the right technology, infrastructure and policies.
Misconfigured cloud leaves voter data exposed
The latest elections-related cybersecurity incident involves an robocalling company that left nearly 2,600 files containing voter information in an exposed Amazon S3 bucket.
Returning Federal Funds Could Leave a Bitter Aftertaste
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Madison mayor says county is blackmailing his city … Pa. school security secrecy law … and some good news for Colo. firefighters amid bad news elsewhere.
DISA eyes moving some cyber awareness monitoring to the cloud
Moving some backend services of the Acropolis net monitoring program to the cloud will require blending DOD infrastructure with a commercially hosted virtual private cloud at both the IL-5 and IL-6 levels.
A Federal Court Will Deal With the Latest Flashpoint in the E-Scooter Wars
As Bird and other companies feel local regulatory heat across the nation, a recent legal action in Milwaukee is worth watching.
1.6 Million Parking Spaces for 83,141 Households?
Study of five cities finds “lavish” amounts of parking.
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