California AG Blasts Closure of CFPB’s Students and Young Consumers Office
Consumer advocates see it as a sign that the Trump administration has deprioritized scrutiny of predatory college lending.
Tracking State Preemption Just Got Easier
A new map from the Partnership for Working Families covers nine economic and racial justice issue areas where localities are being interfered with.
Senators Look at Policing Practices by Federal Land Management Agencies
“This issue is of great concern to communities throughout the West,” said Utah Sen. Mike Lee. “Increasingly, these communities find themselves as targets of overly zealous federal law-enforcement operations.”
Agencies grow to trust the cloud, but still must verify
Although the cloud has demonstrated its utility, agility and scalability, federal execs underscore the importance of security.
Fingerprint capture tech improving, but not enough
The Nail to Nail challenge aims to create a sensor system that produces a high-quality rolled fingerprint without relying on a trained device operator.
Gmail update sparks public records concern
New "confidential-mode" features giving users the option to create expiration dates for emails or to revoke previously sent messages may create headaches for agencies using G Suite.
Securing the public cloud with HSM as a service
While traditional hardware security modules may have proved difficult to deploy in the public cloud, HSMaaS solutions offer data security and management at cloud scale.
Wall Street Has Only a Few More Months to Enjoy California’s Frugality
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Atlanta mayor introduces new city hall transparency ordinance … Minnesota’s graying farming community … and an Indiana city's train museum eviction dispute.
Senate Lawmakers Seek to Extend Waterworks Financing Program
The Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act would be authorized through 2021 under a bill released Thursday.
Puerto Rico Will Take Over Energy Restoration With or Without Oversight Clarity
With the start of hurricane season a few weeks away, 22,900 island residents still lack power.
This Alabama Town Reimagined Its Vacant Kmart
Gadsden offers a model for ‘getting beyond Kmart’ other cities can follow, even if their big-box stores haven’t shuttered yet.
Preparing Governors for the Next Tech Disruption
The National Governors Association seizes an opportunity to prepare its members to for crucial technology policy decisions.
Drones gear up to fly beyond visible line of sight
Based on three years of BVLOS research with the Federal Aviation Administration, PrecisionHawk has incorporated the latest tracking and detect-and-avoid technology into its own products.
Digital forensics library for investigators
The online repository supports creating legal policy and procedures around the lawful access to evidence from public and private cloud sources.
DHS' place in the blockchain
Supporting open standards and exploring use cases will help ensure interoperable supply-chain solutions and discourage counterfeiting, one DHS exec says.
Electric Scooters Come to Charlotte
Charlotte is the third city on the East Coast to get electric scooters, following Washington, D.C. in March and Miami in April.
Survey Finds Americans are Confident Home Prices Will Rise
The findings are part of Gallup's latest Economy and Personal Finance poll.
Cryptojacking spreads across the web
Users are being tricked into downloading scripts that use their computers to perform the complex mathematical calculations required by distributed-ledger applications.
Cities Need Equitable Workforce Pipelines
The National League of Cities has been working with six in particular to improve access to skills training and postsecondary education like their economies depend on it—because they do.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors Gets a New President
The group has seen plenty of action in the Trump era.
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