Colorado, Oregon Voters Set to Decide GMO Labeling Rules
With no federal guidelines in place, the big battle over genetically modified food products is playing out at the state level.
Remembering Former Boston Mayor Tom Menino
The longest-serving mayor of Boston died at age 71 on Thursday.
Louisiana Residents' Constitutional Right to Trick-or-Treat Is Under Threat
The ACLU says local police restrictions to stop trick-or-treating are illegal.
API expands 'We the People' petitions
The new Write API for the We the People petition site aims to let users sign online petitions from a variety of platforms and sites without visiting the White House page.
Critics await 'The Return of Open Enrollment'
When online health insurance exchanges failed to perform as expected during the Affordable Care Act’s first open enrollment period, call centers became a vital backup. How will things roll in the upcoming OE2?
Is Your State Quarantining Ebola Doctors?
Several governors in tough reelection fights are rejecting CDC’s Ebola guidelines in favor of more draconian rules.
NIST drafts cyber threat info sharing guidance
The Guide to Cyber Threat Information Sharing is designed to help agencies leverage collective knowledge and experience by actively sharing threat intelligence and ongoing coordination.
Top cloud myths... busted
Misinformation about cloud computing feeds uncertainty and doubt and distracts from real opportunity and innovation, according to research firm Gartner Inc.
New Socrata Benchmarking Study Details Open Data Attitudes Across the U.S.
Study shows that open data is no longer just about transparency and good government. It's also about public trust, engagement, jobs creation and economic development.
Save or Delete? Official Email Policies Vary By State
State policies about whether employees should delete or save emails vary considerably, creating concerns among open government advocates.
GSA preps agency IT buying portal
GSA offers an update on its work on the Common Acquisition Platform, an online portal with price data and purchasing analysis for agencies.
San Francisco Mayor Announces World Series Victory Plans; Big Change in El Paso
Also in our State & Local news roundup: Rhode Island town voters face lengthy double-sided 40-question ballot.
High-speed transatlantic network supports faster data exchange
When the Large Hadron Collider comes back online in spring 2015, ESnet will be ready to handle the vastly increased data load.
Coalition supports e-citation tech for safety, service and savings
A new industry group is calling for greater use of electronic citation systems in an effort to reduce time officers spend writing tickets, improving safety and removing paper-based inefficiencies.
How data virtualization speeds application delivery
Virtualizing data can boost the success rate of an agency’s application development projects by enabling better data management and faster delivery of applications in a risk-free environment.
California, HP Sign $116.5 Million Prisoner Records Deal
Paper-based system was a “logistical nightmare” for the state’s corrections department.
Shrinking Prisons: Good Crime-Fighting and Good Government
Corrections is the ultimate human service—and it can be done more cheaply and more effectively without locking so many people up.
Pennsylvania’s Secondhand Smoke Loopholes; Dangerous Highway Guardrails?
Also in our State & Local news roundup: Cat nuisance ordinance in West Virginia is criticized and marijuana raids in Denver.
Ebola Scare in Missouri Raises Questions About State-Local Communication
“It was probably a favor to everybody that, in hindsight, that happened,” state senator says.
Is food stamp fraud declining? USDA hones tools to find out.
The USDA is working to improve tools and tactics for anti-fraud detection, despite reports that error rates are dropping fast.
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