Some of America's Busiest Travel Corridors Aren't Getting Their Fair Share of Federal Dollars
Places like beach towns and Las Vegas are losing out under current infrastructure funding formulas.
Research: Poor Spend Huge Portion of Income on Infrastructure Costs
The Brookings Institution takes a look at the affordability of America's public works.
Water Infrastructure Bill Offers a Kumbaya Moment on Capitol Hill
“There’s a lot to like about this legislation,” said Sen. Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee.
Agencies grow to trust the cloud, but still must verify
Although the cloud has demonstrated its utility, agility and scalability, federal execs underscore the importance of security.
Securing the public cloud with HSM as a service
While traditional hardware security modules may have proved difficult to deploy in the public cloud, HSMaaS solutions offer data security and management at cloud scale.
Senate Lawmakers Seek to Extend Waterworks Financing Program
The Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act would be authorized through 2021 under a bill released Thursday.
Puerto Rico Will Take Over Energy Restoration With or Without Oversight Clarity
With the start of hurricane season a few weeks away, 22,900 island residents still lack power.
Digital forensics library for investigators
The online repository supports creating legal policy and procedures around the lawful access to evidence from public and private cloud sources.
House Proposal Would Pump More Funding to Army Corps
The House Appropriations Committee included the spending increase in fiscal 2019 legislation for water and energy programs.
Army weighs lifting massive ERP system to the cloud
The Army is making plans to move its web-based enterprise resource planning system to the cloud.
Bringing blockchain as a service to government
As blockchain projects proliferate, major cloud service providers are making it easier for agencies to develop and use distributed ledger applications.
Nestle’s Bottled Water Permit in Michigan to Face New Challenges
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Atlanta mayor declares her city the ‘crown jewel’ of the nation … Nashville transit proposal fails … Maine lawmakers override governor’s veto ... and Buffalo eyes parking ticket amnesty.
What a Wisconsin Mayor Learned From a Disaster Recovery Trip to Puerto Rico
“While the tens of millions of dollars are not there to do anything of any great size, there is the potential to start small and build an economy around local residents,” Madison Mayor Paul Soglin told Route Fifty.
Oregon's pot data needs better security
The agency that regulates recreational marijuana needs to improve the reliability and security of the data it uses for licensing and seed-to-sale tracking, auditors said.
Booming U.S. Cities Are Fueling the Rise of Super Commuting
These days, it's not uncommon for workers headed to New York City to start their day 90 miles away in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Cities Competing to Conserve the Most Water
Since its inception seven years ago, the National Water Pledge Campaign has collected more than 1.6 million commitments to conserve more than 8 billion gallons.
National lab cracks big data security problem
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory wants to commercialize its cybersecurity tool that allows users to securely work with big data on high-end computing systems.
How agencies can improve the reliability of cloud-based email
Applying standard network monitoring solutions and strategies to their email platforms will give IT managers better insight into the performance of cloud email servers.
Earth modeling system built for exascale
The Energy Exascale Earth System Model will forecast how land, air and water systems interact.
Arlington, Texas, goes mobile to manage parks and rec assets
The city's Department of Parks and Recreation is using a cloud-hosted application to inventory and inspect everything from playgrounds to park benches.
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