Grand Jury Indicts Missouri’s Governor on Felony Invasion of Privacy
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | A ‘sea change’ for Vermont gun politics; Trump slams Calif. law enforcement agencies; major flooding on many rivers in Midwest; PennDOT urges patience on potholes; and Sacramento mayor pushes major ‘tiny’ house plan.
Here’s How to Counter Fake News During a Disaster
A Homeland Security Department advisory group wants to help emergency responders control the social media conversation.
State Treasurers Want Advance Refunding Tax Exemption Restored
States have used advance refunding bonds to refinance debt. Their tax-exempt status was nixed as part of last year's tax rewrite.
4 States Form Gun Safety Coalition After Parkland Mass Shooting
No, Florida isn’t one of them.
Elder Abuse Is the ‘Silent Epidemic of Our Time’
The opioid abuse crisis may be contributing to a ‘staggering’ spike in adult protective services caseloads. And local officials fear the problem will only get worse.
Good News: Overdose Deaths Fall in 14 States
But the bad news: “But we’re still seeing rates of overdose that are leaps and bounds higher than what we were seeing a decade ago and far beyond any other country in the world.”
ARL seeks private cloud to modernize IT infrastructure
The Army Research Laboratory is looking for industry input on how to migrate its current data centers to a cloud environment.
How local governments can capitalize on real-time communications
With modern digital communications services, municipalities can foster secure and efficient collaboration, increase productivity and even better protect citizens.
North Korea's growing criminal cyber threat
North Korea's cyber warriors work primarily for the government, stealing money that is then used to fund its cash-strapped government.
Enlisting bots and blockchain for financial management
Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service is exploring how blockchain and robotic process automation can streamline labor-intensive tasks.
Food Stamps Fall Short of Meal Costs in Most Counties, Study Finds
The findings come at a time when the Trump administration has proposed lower spending on the program in the coming years.
More Retail-Inflamed Heartburn Awaits Local Economic Development Officials
City halls, planners and community stakeholders ignore the current instability in the grocery sector at their own potential peril.
New supercomputers headed to DOD
The Air Force and Navy research labs will be getting HPE SGI 8600 machines for national defense applications.
Report: 80% of Experts Say 'Catastrophic' Data Breach Is Inevitable by 2021
And per usual, legacy IT and lack of employee expertise are challenges.
State Officials Want More Election Security Intel From Feds
With the upcoming midterm elections, it's a race to establish better information sharing between Homeland Security and state and local elections officials.
Florida Sheriff: 'We Need to Defeat Every Threat on Campus'
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Santa Monica's 'whack-a-mole' game with Airbnb violators; South Carolina attorney general asked to investigate 'out of state imposters'; a new regional crisis stabilization unit in Arkansas; and Detroit's awful potholes.
Modern data analytics for public safety IoT
The sheer volume of data generated by internet-of-things devices requires modern and efficient platforms that can maximize the data insights to ensure a safer population.
Most Americans Uncomfortable With Self-Driving Cars, Survey Finds
Over half the respondents to a Northeastern University/Gallup survey also said they are unlikely to regularly use the technology.
New Orleans opens Real Time Crime Monitoring Center
The command center will use video captured from strategically mounted cameras and license plate scanners to give police real-time assistance during violent crimes.
DHS holds classified briefings for state elections officials
The meetings focused on risks states' election infrastructure from foreign adversaries as well as threat mitigation efforts.
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