5 lessons learned from the FedRAMP process
Advice for those starting down the long and difficult road toward cloud authorization by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.
ISIS ‘Hit List’ for State and City Governments?
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: An unfortunate Nice post-attack tweet; detecting down power lines; and Montana’s forest management deal with the feds.
Procurement Partnerships Yield More State and Local Bids
Soliciting vendor input prior to an RFP can go a long way, according to a recently released Onvia survey.
More From Our Navigator Awards Discussion on Cross-Sector Collaboration
The Intersector Project looks at why more state and local governments are turning to partnerships and the models being used for collaboration.
With Uptick in Home Births, Midwives Seek to Practice in More States
Twenty-two states don’t license midwives who do home births, even as more mothers are delivering babies outside of hospitals.
NASA tracks climate change in its own backyard
By assembling historical imagery and data, GIS specialists will be able to run time-series analyses of changes in vegetation, land use/land cover changes and land surface temperatures.
Justice eyes smart gun tech to secure officers’ firearms
With a smart gun challenge and draft baseline specifications on securing service pistols, the National Institute of Justice wants to find technologies could be used to help secure federal law officers' handguns.
Arizona agency testing Facebook at Work
Arizona Department of Administration will soon start using Facebook at Work as its main platform for internal communications.
USDA to open facility-based food safety data
The Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service will add food safety data from meat and poultry processing facilities to Data.gov.
McAuliffe on Cybersecurity: ‘It’s Something That Every Governor Needs to Focus On’
Virginia’s governor and cybersecurity champion spoke with Route Fifty about his primary policy priority as the 2016-17 chair of the National Governors Association executive committee.
Republican National Convention Security Taps Into the ‘Internet of Things’
State and local agencies are sharing geospatial and video information from sensors to keep the public safe during a tense convention.
The State of the States on Naturalization: Highlights from California, Illinois, and Washington
Case studies of California, Illinois, and Washington illustrate the different approaches states have taken to support the naturalization process.
Oahu Faces Taco Bell-Linked Hepatitis A Outbreak; 47 Denver Teachers to Lose Tenure
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: County commissioner shot in the neck; Utah’s toxic algae problem; contractors in Va. city are peeved over budget mess.
Money, Personal Preferences Push States on Long-Term Care
Many older Americans will have to rely on Medicaid to pay for assistance with meals, bathing and cooking — an expensive proposition for states.
5 benchmark metrics for government email
A new report provides tools to help agencies measure the effectiveness of their communications campaigns.
4 cities to host wireless research platforms
The new Advanced Wireless Research Initiative will deploy and use four city-scale testing platforms to study the next generation of wireless technologies.
Options for FirstNet opt-outs
An interoperability compliance matrix will document the technical standards, key data elements and network policies that will ensure state systems can work with the nationwide public safety broadband network.
Critical infrastructure in the crosshairs
Protecting the infrastructure from attack will require a new way of thinking about critical systems cybersecurity.
It’s Time to Revolutionize the FOIA Process With Democratized Data
By making their data available and understandable to people, governments are able to save time and build trust with their residents.
3 Police Officers Fatally Shot in Baton Rouge; Chicago’s $140 Million Olympic Village Burden
Also in our State and Local Weekend News Digest: South Dakota at bottom of same-sex marriage list; Portland’s tree-cutting mystery; and N.Y.C.’s response to synthetic marijuana overdoses.
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