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A veto fight between Gov. Jay Nixon and the legislature is annoying local jurisdictions.
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America's Coal-Fired Divide
Step by step, the three West Coast states are systematically unplugging from the coal economy.
Louisville, Nashville and Philadelphia Selected as 1st ‘City Accelerator’ Finalists
Cities will get resources and technical assistance to help low-income residents.
Wyoming's New Drilling Rules, 'Highway Interdiction,' and Tennessee's Lax Child Labor Oversight
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Philly taps Big Ideas for small IT contracting
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Data Logistics Toolkit delivers big data for analysis
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Reno Won Tesla's Gigafactory. Was It Worth It?
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Government expands adoption of critical security controls
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What America’s Cities Can Teach Washington, D.C.
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How a Software Engineer Deanonymized Data on 173 Million NYC Taxi Trips
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Leading Tobacco-Growing State Bans Smoking on Government Property
You can no longer light up on the steps of a Kentucky town hall.
What If Your Small Town Suddenly Got Huge?
When thousands of oil-field workers descended on Watford City, North Dakota, they completely redefined its character and economy.
Is There Any Rational Case for Banning Gay Marriage?
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The Cities Where Obamacare Plans Are Getting Cheaper
Most who enrolled via the Affordable Care Act won't have to pay higher premiums next year—unless they keep their plans.
Indiana data hub powers efficiency, data-driven solutions
The state of Indiana is developing a data hub to improve data efficiency across government, track the state's progress against key performance indicators and develop policy solutions.
Washington state deploys cloud-based ITSM support tool
To help consolidate five departments into one, the Department of Enterprise Services chose an IT Service Management (ITSM) tool that supported a standardized IT support workflow.
Do you know where your mobile data is?
Recent hacks of celebrity data that had been saved to the cloud illustrate the need to be aware of what your mobile devices – agency-issued or BYOD – are doing and where the data is going.
SANS Institute offers updated security policy templates
Security education provider SANS Institute updates its library of information security policy templates government agencies can use as reference guidelines.
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