Fighting Wildfire With Fire: New Study Looks at Barriers to ‘Prescribed’ Burns
Researchers say that millions of acres of California forest is in need of preventative measures to help lower wildfire risks.
Proposed Missouri Bill Targeting Children’s Books Could Land Librarians in Jail
A bill proposing parental review boards to identify “inappropriate” sexual material in children’s books would impose hefty fines—or even jail time—on librarians who don’t comply with their decisions.
Census Talk with an Arizona Mayor
Mesa Mayor John Giles is an active participant in his city's census preparation and was an outspoken critic of a proposal to add a citizenship question to the 2020 survey.
DOD takes AI to school
The Defense Acquisition University and the Air Force are experimenting with new ways to speed up and improve learning.
Zero trust lessons from CDM and Comply-to-Connect programs
Agencies looking to protect data resources through a zero-trust, least-privilege principles should look to the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation and C2C programs for how they incorporate foundational elements of zero trust architecture.
RPA Playbook: DigitalGov's guide to the care and feeding of automated programs
The playbook describes best practices, lessons learned and proven strategies for federal robotic process automation programs.
Diagnosed With Dementia, She Documented Her Wishes. They Said No.
Nevada is the only state that explicitly recognizes an advance directive about end-of-life care that allows patients to dictate they will refuse assisted eating and drinking.
Drunken School Bus Drivers Put Kids’ Lives at Risk
Police caught more than a hundred impaired school bus drivers since 2015.
The Necessity of the Indian Child Welfare Act
COMMENTARY | A case now before the Fifth Circuit threatens to upend the laws that enable Native self-governance.
A Proposal to Limit the Number of Bills State Senators Can Introduce
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Colorado may make HIV medication easier to access … Oklahoma lawmakers want ‘MAGA’ license plates … Virginia Senate passes three gun laws.
Feds Reject Wyoming’s Plan to Regulate Air Ambulance Transport
The state had requested a Medicaid waiver as part of a plan to reduce air ambulance costs and to improve service availability.
A Nebraska Law Bans People with STDs from Marrying. A Lawmaker Wants to Scrap It
An obscure law in Nebraska prevents people with STDs from marrying—and makes it difficult for people to annul their marriages for similar reasons.
Vast Majority of Mayors Believe Their Cities Are Too Car-Oriented, Survey Finds
But the city leaders also voice skepticism of cutting back on public parking or lowering speed limits.
Preventing Discrimination Against Preventive HIV Medication
A proposal before the Maine Legislature would forbid life insurance companies from denying coverage to people who take medication to prevent HIV.
Senators propose state cyber coordinators
Cybersecurity State Coordinator Act of 2020 would require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to designate an employee to serve as the principal federal contact for each state.
Leveraging hybrid clouds for agency workloads
Because agencies run both private and non-sensitive workloads on a daily basis, a hybrid-cloud approach has become a universal best practice for keeping data secure and accessible.
Data center services help agencies prepare for the worst
Data center services providers hold the key to coping with ransomware, natural disasters and IT outages.
AI weather eye keeps Alaska pilots safe
The algorithm uses a web camera’s image feed to automatically determine an area’s visibility for pilots.
One State May Become the First to Ban Law Enforcement Use of Genealogy Databases
A Utah state representative said he believes lawmakers are prepared to continue their “strong record of protecting individual privacy.”
Black Americans Mostly Left Behind by Progress Since Dr. King’s Death
COMMENTARY | Today’s black poverty rate of 21% is almost three times that of whites.
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