Georgia is the Epicenter of the Fight Over How Americans Can Vote
Legislators have filed dozens of bills that aim to change how people vote, and voting rights groups are pushing back.
Push Is On for States to Ban Organ Transplant Discrimination
States are passing laws that would prevent people with Down syndrome, autism and other disabilities from being denied transplants solely because of their conditions.
Economists: Biden’s $1,400 Covid-19 Checks May be Great Politics, but it’s Questionable Economics
COMMENTARY | The checks aren't well targeted to those hurting the most financially and it's not clear they will be an effective economic stimulus.
Route Fifty Forms New Advisory Board
The panel of leading state and local government experts will offer guidance to the publication's editorial team.
Microsoft Exchange Server attack hits local governments
Among the 30,000 victims of the Hafnium attack in the U.S. are a disproportionate number of local governments, security experts said.
DARPA picks teams to bring homomorphic encryption to life
Four research teams will work to develop a hardware accelerator and software stack for fully homomorphic encryption that can bring the speed of FHE calculations in line with similar unencrypted data operations.
Achieving air-tight cybersecurity with KVM
Secure KVMs safeguard critical network assets by maintaining isolation between channels while improving an operator’s efficiency and effectiveness in working across secure and non-secure systems at the desktop.
Pittsburgh moving IT infrastructure to Google Cloud
The city announced a $4 million pilot partnership with Google Cloud to migrate its legacy IT infrastructure to the cloud.
Justice Department Warns of Fake Unemployment Benefit Websites
It’s one more issue for jobless Americans and state workforce agencies to be concerned about.
States Look to Forgive Unemployment Overpayments
Missouri lawmakers advanced a bill that would waive the federal but not state portion of any mistakenly paid unemployment benefits.
A Quick and Low-Cost Way to Drive Results-Focused Government
COMMENTARY | Creating a “community of practice,” where agency staff interested in evidence, data and innovation gather regularly, can help to build a culture of learning and improvement.
A Bipartisan Push Could Change State Wildlife Protection
A bill in Congress would direct nearly $1.4 billion annually to state and tribal wildlife agencies to protect overlooked species.
Queer in the Country: Why Some LGBTQ Americans Prefer Rural Life to Urban ‘Gayborhoods’
COMMENTARY | Research finds many LGBTQ people in rural areas view their sexual identity substantially differently from their urban counterparts – and question the merits of gay life in cities.
A Bolder Way To Tweet About Boulders: How A Traffic Alert Typo Rocked the Internet
On Jan. 27, 2020, San Miguel, Colorado Sheriff's Office PIO Susan Lilly tweeted a warning of a highway obstruction: a "large boulder the size of a small boulder." The rest is internet history.
NIST charting federal vulnerability disclosure policy
To design a software vulnerability program for the federal government, the National Institute of Standards and Technology is reviewing work done by the Defense and Homeland Security Departments.
TSA explores video analytics for better security screening
With Phase 1 funding to startup Deep North, the Transportation Security Administration expects to learn how video analytics can improve how passengers are moving through airport security processes.
We were promised jetpacks. DARPA looks to deliver
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for ways individual warfighters can strap on a portable personal air mobility system to fly themselves to and from missions.
Video game engine powers radiation visualizations
The first-of-its-kind toolkit joins 3D radiation data with computer-aided design geometries to show how radiation impacts objects.
Cities Bet on Risky Borrowing Option to Bolster Pensions
With the cost to issue debt at record lows, there’s been an upswing in local governments turning to pension obligation bonds.
Senate Covid Bill Adds Restrictions on State and Local Aid
The legislation would impose requirements on how states can use the money, and also redirect $10 billion that had been bound for cities and counties.
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