Air Travel Surged Over Thanksgiving Weekend Despite Pandemic Warnings to Stay Home
Public health officials are now asking people who traveled to get tested for Covid-19.
‘We Simply Cannot Afford to Wait’: Several States Consider Stimulus Bills
In the absence of a second federal coronavirus relief package, some state leaders are pushing plans to provide stimulus money to individuals and businesses.
Report Suggests Government, Companies Factor Permanent Remote Work into Future Operations
Remote work may be here to stay for a sizable chunk of the U.S. workforce.
Building real cyber resiliency in government
As agencies take a threat-based approach to security, cloud is also playing a large role in resiliency plans.
Top cyber threats agencies should have on their radar
Vulnerabilities stemming from misconfiguration of cloud services, phishing and accidental sharing of agency information can be mitigated with a continuous and repeatable risk assessment process.
Budget boost would trim CISA's risk assessment backlog
The new funding is intended to help reduce a 12-month backlog in vulnerability assessments for state and local agencies.
When remote doesn’t work
State and local government finance and administrative departments are struggling to support telework.
Census workers from across US are raising big concerns about this year’s count
Census Bureau leaders have claimed that 99.98% of U.S. households were accounted for. But experts, including a former Census Bureau director and a number of leading researchers, have pointed out that “accounted for” is not the same as “counted” and that the 99.98% figure means little until the bureau releases more information about its data quality.
Deepening Statehouse Divisions Foretell Big Policy Fights
Staunchly partisan lawmakers may heed their most ardent constituents.
Mysterious Steel Monolith Discovered In Utah Desert Mysteriously Disappears
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Supreme Court rejects New York restrictions on religious services … Trump administration denies key permit for Pebble Mine … Baltimore County schools still closed after ransomware attack.
Will There Be a Monument to the Covid-19 Pandemic?
Monuments to past plagues or disease outbreaks aren't as prominent as war monuments, but they do exist.
Why Employers Find It So Hard to Test for Covid
A board overseeing occupational safety in California approved the nation's first emergency rule to require employers to provide testing to all workers after an outbreak.
Firefighters Push for Inclusion in First Phase of Covid-19 Vaccines
States are finalizing their vaccine distribution plans, which will determine which critical workers and high-risk people are first in line for a coronavirus vaccination.
How Social Work is Changing in the Covid Era
COMMENTARY | The pandemic has forced the entire social work industry to rapidly evolve and adapt to a virtual environment.
States Join Pilot to Investigate Cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
Federal, state, and tribal agencies will create guidelines for investigations into missing persons and murder cases where Native American or Alaska Native people are involved.
To Expand Broadband, States Should Figure Out Where It Isn't Available
A new report from the National Governors Association suggests states shouldn't just rely on the FCC to identify underserved areas, as well as use existing infrastructure and federal funding to increase connectivity in rural and low-income areas.
Governors Announce Small Business Aid Alongside Restrictions
States hope the money will help businesses survive public health orders.
Food Banks See Higher Demand Than Usual Before Thanksgiving
Officials fear food insecurity will worsen even more if federal programs adopted during the pandemic are allowed to expire.
Here Comes the Covid-19 Baby Bust
The U.S. could have hundreds of thousands of fewer births next year than it would have in the absence of a pandemic.
No Bar Night Out Before Thanksgiving in Pennsylvania
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | National Guard deploys to El Paso to help with morgue crisis … Prosecutors are reviewing 800 cases possibly tainted by lab analyst … Nursing home workers strike in Illinois.
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