Route Fifty Wins 2016 Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Website
“I’m honored that our hard work, high-quality journalism and sharp-looking website have been recognized by the judges,” says Executive Editor Michael Grass.
West Virginia Prepares for Massive Higher Ed Cuts; Amtrak Crash Kills 2 in Pennsylvania
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Lead-poisoning concerns in New Jersey schools; Mississippi mayor’s sexting controversy; and world’s longest floating bridge opens in Seattle.
Registration opens for DOD bug-bounty program
White-hat hackers have a chance to try their skills against the Defense Department with the opening of the "Hack the Pentagon" pilot, designed to identify and resolve security vulnerabilities in DOD websites.
Number of Americans Living in Extremely Poor Neighborhoods Up in Recent Years
A new Brookings Institution analysis notes: “13.5 percent of the nation’s poor population faced the double burden of being poor in a very poor place.”
Army describes future enterprise network
The Army’s network modernization plan for the years 2025 to 2040 calls on the service’s tech developers and customers to ensure it maintains the edge in the increasingly complex, data-saturated future.
Updating State Theft Laws Can Bring Less Incarceration—and Less Crime
State governments, which bear primary responsibility for managing criminal offenders, have begun to re-evaluate the way they punish those that commit low-level theft.
Army seeks microcloud management
The Army is looking for a way to manage the microcloud architecture so that it has integrated control of military and commercial cloud assets.
Tips from the top-tweeting mayors
Mayors are increasingly relying on Twitter because it lets them take their messages directly to residents.
Research center opens for Arctic data
As the primary repository for Arctic information, the Arctic Data Center will provide scientists with contextually rich data and research tools, such as software, workflows and provenance information.
A crisis with little data: States begin to count drug-dependent babies
When a public health crisis emerges, real-time data ensures policymakers can tailor solutions to the root causes.
This County’s App Is Helping Voters Find Polling Places With the Shortest Lines
QR code-enabled, its simplicity is easy for other counties to replicate.
Deadly Railroad Crossings Challenge States
Collisions between trains and cars have declined over time. Is it possible to eliminate them?
N.C. vs. N.Y.: McCrory Tussles With Cuomo Over Transgender Bathroom Law Travel Ban
A discrimination vs. privacy debate
Army fills in details on micro drone RFI
Following a request for information asking for Soldier Borne Sensors for individual soldiers, military leaders addressed some configuration and procurement particulars.
Lockheed Martin expands its data security role within VA
Lockheed Martin is expanding its expanding its data security role in the Million Veteran Program as it helps build one of the world’s largest genomic databases.
Rhode Island Scrambles to Fix Error-Riddled Tourism Promo; Critical Flaw for Driverless Cars
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Montana’s feisty AG; Alabama governor’s scandal again makes headlines; and Minnesota professors want more privacy.
Using the NSA Intrusion Lifecycle to bolster security
Although enterprise security will never be perfect, the NSA lifecycle can give defenders a model for mapping the appropriate mitigation to each step in the intrusion process.
Can Hands-On Civics Heal Chicago?
Students gain more than just an understanding of civics when they dive into the laws of their city.
Lottery system hacked in Connecticut
A vulnerability in instant lottery machines was exploited to issue a disproportionate number of winning tickets.
SideStepper exploit targets iOS MDM security
The vulnerability lets attackers use hijacked devices enrolled in mobile device management programs to launch man-in-the-middle attacks, according to Check Point Software.
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