As Feds Update Auto Safety Standards, City Officials Want a Say
They’re speaking up about vehicle features and testing they’d like to see at a time when local governments are dealing with rising crashes on their streets.
Greener Cities Could Prevent Thousands of Deaths
COMMENTARY | Increasing green space in U.S. cities may substantially reduce mortality from all causes, according to a new study.
EPA Seeks Funding to Improve Water System Cybersecurity
The agency aims to invest $4 billion in upgrades to the nation’s water and wastewater infrastructure with a strong focus on quashing cyberattacks.
The Lawmaker Pushing for a State Fund to Help Pay for Home Repairs
Pennsylvania state Sen. Nikil Saval's bill would provide grants up to $50,000 to assist homeowners with the cost of certain fixes and upgrades and would extend loans to some landlords as well.
Top 10 Cities for Relocations
Eight of the top places people moved to last year are in the South and Southwest, according to a new report.
Software bill of materials is about more than compliance, expert says
As organizations look to hammer out the standards for SBOMs, they’re also looking at how to automate the vulnerability checking process.
Alabama Senator Calls on ‘Sore Loser’ Coloradans to Give Up Space Command HQ
Colorado politicians, however, are not giving up.
National Public Health Emergency to Last Until At Least October
The eventual end of the emergency is poised to have major ramifications for Medicaid and nutrition assistance programs.
The Prosecutors Not Planning to Enforce Post-Roe Abortion Laws
In states like Texas and Tennessee, some local district attorneys say they’re not willing to pursue cases against women who get abortions, or doctors who provide them.
State and Local Governments Shifting to ‘New Normal’ Workplace
With lessons from the rapid shift to telework, governments are adopting permanent hybrid environments and keeping nimble, problem-solving mentalities.
Schools should prep for ransomware with response and comms plans, experts say
The pandemic increased the footprint of what schools need to protect.
How XDR can identify and fill the cracks in state and local government’s cybersecurity posture
By enabling security solutions to do what they’re intended to do—identify threats—extended detection response better equips security personnel to analyze these identified vulnerabilities and respond to inbound threats.
State and local governments turn to normalizing the ‘new normal’ workplace
With lessons from the rapid shift to telework, officials are rejiggering plans for hybrid environments and keeping nimble, problem-solving mentalities.
Nonprogrammers are building more of the world’s software – a computer scientist explains ‘no-code’
No-code platforms could play a prominent role in the future of artificial intelligence, and reduce the time it takes to train machine learning models.
Paper Shortage Threatens to Cause Election Problems
Troubles finding paper for ballots and other materials is just one of the challenges state election officials raised in testimony Thursday on Capitol Hill.
Cities That Hyped Crypto Are Now Contending With the Crash
This month's cryptocurrency market meltdown is raising new questions about how far local governments and public officials should go getting involved with the virtual asset.
North Carolina House That Collapsed Into the Sea is a Warning for Millions of Americans
States and the federal government can do more to protect homebuyers, like reforming flood disclosure laws.
The Case for Going Big With Infrastructure Spending
One mayor sees a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” with the wave of public works dollars, but he’s also concerned ambitious projects could get passed over.
How a Virginia county wooed Amazon and Boeing
It takes more than tax breaks to get large tech companies to come to a locality.
How a Virginia County Wooed Amazon and Boeing
It takes more than tax breaks to get big tech companies to move to a locality, government officials say.
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