CISA tests cloud log aggregation to ID threats
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is testing how well aggregated cloud logs can feed its cybersecurity analysis efforts and improve cloud network visibility.
NSF, NIST, DOD team up on resilient next-gen networking
The Resilient and Intelligent Next-Generation Systems (RINGS) program seeks to advance the underlying technologies to guarantee worldwide availability, security and reliability of new networking systems.
UI modernization may get more funding, oversight
In its 2022 budget, the Labor Department is asking for $100 million more to shore up state unemployment insurance systems and a check-and-balance system to ensure fixes happen.
Can tech prevent cultural misunderstandings?
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for natural language processing technologies that will make it easier for the military to avoid the kind of cross-cultural problems that can come from misunderstanding local dialects and social practices.
Counties at Highest Risk for Covid Harm Often Have Lowest Vaccination Rates
The vaccine rollout was meant to prioritize vulnerable communities, but four months of data shows healthier — and often wealthier — counties have been faster to vaccinate.
American Cities Have Long Struggled to Reform Their Police – but Isolated Success Stories Suggest Community and Officer Buy-in Might be Key
COMMENTARY | Getting police and community on board with reforms is crucial for success.
Locals Worry Wind and Solar Will Gobble Up Forests and Farms
Some locals have argued that the project, which began operation in 2012, harms wildlife corridors and watersheds. Others have said it’s essential for providing clean energy and fighting climate change.
As Influx of Aid Nears, Some Spending Principles For States and Localities to Consider
Billions in federal coronavirus relief payments to states and localities are expected in May. Important choices lie ahead about how to best put the money to use.
Florida Poised to Enact Digital Privacy Law
Privacy rights advocates say if the bill becomes law it will pressure Congress to pass federal legislation to ease the growing regulatory burden due to a patchwork of state laws.
Report: As U.S. Black Population Grows, Self-Identity Diversifies
A Pew Research Center study shows expanding intermarriage and international migration shifts how Black residents identify themselves.
A Plan to Excuse Students From School for Protests and Demonstrations
A proposal in Delaware would allow students one excused absence each school year to attend a “civic engagement activity.” If passed, it would be the nation’s first statewide guarantee, its sponsor said.
Human-AI teaming for DC-based emergency response
Members of Montgomery County, Md.’s Community Emergency Response Team are training an artificial intelligence-based system to find COVID-related items in Twitter posts that public safety officials should know about.
‘Location spoofing’ creates deepfake satellite images
Researchers are working to identify new ways of detecting fake satellite photos, warn of the dangers of falsified geospatial data and call for a system of geographic fact-checking.
Court will hear JEDI political interference case against Trump
A complaint of political inference by former President Donald Trump in the Defense Department’s award of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract to Microsoft in 2019 may now proceed.
What cities must do to responsibly deploy facial recognition solutions
The National League of Cities has published recommendations for guiding conversations around how facial recognition technology is being implemented.
NYC returns robotic dog
After complaints from residents, New York City’s “Digidog” has been sent back to its manufacturer.
State Lawsuits Over Stimulus Tax Rule Face Uphill Battle
States claim that the rescue plan’s policies violate the 10th Amendment, which helps define the relationship between the federal government and the states.
Women are Underrepresented in Local Government, too, New Data Shows
Women hold fewer than one-third of seats in municipal governments nationwide, comparable to their presence in state and federal offices.
Republican Governors Block Unaccompanied Migrant Children
Their states have no federally funded foster care providers for unaccompanied minors.
Biden Advocates For Sweeping New Federal Investments
The president made the case for his agenda before a joint session of Congress, as he reaches 100 days in office. Many of his proposals have implications for state and local government.
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