DOD works to bring data sharing into full bloom
The Data Format Description Language and Daffodil processor are bringing both open standards and security to mission-critical military data.
Applied analytics: What other states can learn from Indiana's wins (and missteps)
Indiana CIO Dewand Neely discusses his state's data analytics practice and its new approach to workforce cybersecurity training.
FEMA finds a better approach to systems security
An aggressive push for improved authentication has resulted in savings, standardization and safer data.
A portal for secure information requests
The Homeland Security Information Network Exchange gives fusion centers a free and secure tool to share and track information requests from law enforcement agencies
Navigator Award Finalists: Cincinnati City Manager Harry Black and Team
Among all the impressive work being done at Cincinnati City Hall to improve services, there’s a great fix-it app, too.
Weighing a Decision Whether to Stay or Go
As state and local officials urge residents in vulnerable areas to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Matthew, some are deciding to ride it out. And that’s “a headache” for first responders.
Navigator Award Finalist: Deborah Collins, Deputy County Administrator, Essex County, N.J.
Making strides to make government contracting more inclusive.
Hurricane Matthew to Test Resiliency of Utility and Communications Systems
As utility workers are mobilized to restore service knocked out by the storm, this real-life emergency scenario will test investments in stronger infrastructure and response.
Car Privileges Revoked for Some Mass. State Workers; Big Jump in St. Louis’ Foreign-Born Residents
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: 50 guards, inmates charged in federal investigation of Maryland’s prisons; concerns over Utah county official’s cognitive health; creating the ‘Queen’ of Michigan State Parks
California Extends the Ballot to Jails
Governor Jerry Brown’s decision to allow some incarcerated people with felonies to vote reflects a growing national challenge to felony disenfranchisement.
Route Fifty Roadmap: Visiting a Kansas City Suburb Where Google Fiber Hit a Roadblock
Municipal rules about undergrounding utilities proved to be too great a challenge to overcome in Leawood, Kansas, back in 2014. Could new models to expand connectivity bridge those barriers?
Navigator Award Finalist: Lance Hedquist, City Administrator, South Sioux City, Neb.
Implementing a diversified energy strategy takes leadership.
Evacuation Orders, State of Emergency Declarations Made in Advance of Hurricane Matthew
State and local governments are preparing for a powerful tropical system to move up the Southeast coast: “We’re looking at Friday night into Saturday, or Friday afternoon into Saturday, being pretty brutal,” says South Carolina’s governor.
Flint’s New Public Health Crisis: People Are Getting Sick Because They’re Afraid to Wash Their Hands
Concerns about the water have led to an outbreak of Shigellosis.
Navigator Awards Finalists in State & Local Executive Leadership
Finalists 21-30 feature individuals and teams in executive-level leadership in state and local governments.
Hurricane Matthew Preparation Starts in Southeast; Okla. Supreme Court Overturns Abortion Law
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Pa. mayor’s racist Facebook posts; Maine governor’s squabble over paying school superintendents; and can out-of-state pipeline protesters vote in N.D.?
GSA points the way to federated data
The U.S. Data Federation is a General Services Administration initiative to promote open and interconnected digital government across all levels of government.
More resilient 911 with broadband satellite
The Ark-Tex Council of Governments added a satellite network to its 911 system to ensure citizens’ access to emergency services.
FCC moves broadcasters’ disclosures into the cloud
The Federal Communications Commission replaced a paper-based public files system with a cloud-hosted repository that makes the records more readily available.
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