Las Vegas Wants to Find Problems With Its ‘Smart City’ Systems Faster
So the city is turning to software that may soon fix issues autonomously.
In North Carolina, Voters Help Choose Design for Voting Stickers
A design contest in Durham County attracted 30 submissions for a new "I Voted" sticker.
Machine learning improves contamination monitoring
Sensors and machine learning can be as reliable as on site measurements, new research shows.
TSA ramps up airport security tech
More airports will implement 3D baggage scanning and credential authentication technologies in the coming year, the Transportation Security Administration said.
Hack the Marines 'brings together nerds' to boost military cybersecurity
At the Las Vegas event, ethical hackers identified and reported 75 unique vulnerabilities and were awarded over $80,000 for their efforts.
Uber taps government, university partners for UberAIR
The Army Research Lab, the University of Texas at Austin and NASA are working with Uber on its flying taxi service.
In search of solid metrics for cloud SLAs
An interagency working group is putting together a catalog of service level agreement metrics that all federal agencies could use for commercial cloud contracts.
5 Former N.C. Governors: Proposed Constitutional Amendments ‘Must Be Stopped’
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | N.J. Supreme Court rules on police video access … stunning images of Carr Fire’s destruction … and why Fort Worth doesn’t envy Dallas.
N.Y. State Wants to Help Its Municipalities With Recycling Strategy
Amid China’s new restrictions on recycling imports, Gov. Cuomo wants a better game plan for waste management in the Empire State.
Despite Drop in Black Unemployment, Significant Disparities Remain
Fourteen states had black unemployment rates above 6 percent at a time when the national unemployment rate was 4 percent in June, according to a new Economic Policy Institute report.
Instead of Razing Buildings, Some Cities Want to Reuse Their Bones
Cities across the country are looking at whether blighted buildings can be "deconstructed" instead of demolished, and whether this can help to create local jobs.
Transit Advocates Question If Trump Administration Withholding $1.4B in Local Grants
The Federal Transit Administration said most projects haven’t met the grant requirements for consideration yet.
Governments Need to Re-tool the IT Workforce (Again)
Leaders should encourage change agents, and those government workers will need to develop and maintain certain skills and capabilities.
Microsoft brings Azure Stack to Government Cloud
Azure Government customers can use Azure Stack to manage hybrid cloud environments.
Bringing better data to states' prescription drug monitoring
Software that powers a cloud-based prescription drug monitoring program has been acquired by NIC, which will use it to expand its own PDMP efforts.
Government's move to improve FedRAMP aims to ease cloud adoption
The FedRAMP Reform Act of 2018 would drive efficiencies, improve standardization and tracking and ensure appropriate cybersecurity controls exist for agencies looking to modernize their IT environments and migrate to cloud-based services.
Robots learn by 'following the leader'
Army Research Laboratory scientists are teaching robots to learn how to navigate environmental features following examples provided by humans.
When Wildfires Strike Rural Places Wary of Tax-Funded Firefighting Operations
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Calif.’s secret DMV location for lawmakers … a plan to consolidate N.J. school districts … and a lawsuit over a “secret deal” in Miami Beach.
Spending Millions to Stop the Spread of a Destructive Insect Invader
Southeastern Pennsylvania is ground zero for an invasive species outbreak that’s threatening trees and crops. Can it be contained?
Russia Doesn’t Need to Change Votes—Just Sow Confusion
The confusion in June primary elections in Maryland and California—caused by computer glitches and human error—show what could happen if foreign adversaries successfully hack voter registration information, experts say.
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