An AHCA Amendment Puts New York’s Counties Between a Rock And a Hard Place
The Collins Amendment gives counties something they’ve wanted for half a century. But it would come at a price—passage of the GOP health bill.
Long Beach Showcases Water-Efficient, Drought-Tolerant Gardens
Just because California's drought has eased, that doesn't mean urban lawn-to-garden landscaping has to go out of style.
Florida Lawmakers Consider ‘Whiskey and Wheaties’ Proposal
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Budget showdown in West Virginia; Trump budget may gut Oregon’s state environmental programs; and cyberattack in Maine and Arkansas.
NGA looks to ‘reinvent security’ with fast-churn cloud architecture
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency wants the flexibility to tear down its cloud architecture and rebuild it every day so that would-be attackers confront a confusing operating environment.
Haven’t Gotten Your State Tax Refund? You’re Not Alone
Taxpayer refunds are being held up for months as states try to ferret out tax fraud.
7 reasons why cloud-based security makes sense
Moving the point of mitigation from the data center to the cloud platform offloads the responsibility from an agency’s IT staff to that of the cloud provider and offers several other advantages.
House seeks clarity on FBI facial recognition database
Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform questioned the FBI over its use of facial recognition technology.
Integrated visualization, navigation raise the bar for bridge-inspection drones
Equipped with stereo cameras, computer vision, onboard computers and sensors, AutoModality’s drones can sense, explore and analyze infrastructure in GPS-denied environments.
Mayors Celebrate Immigrants While Facing ICE’s New ‘Non-Cooperative’ City List
“We’re all trying to figure out what is accomplished by this list and how it is going to be used,” according to Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza.
Capitol Hill’s Broadband Policy Quandary: Connecting Sparsely Populated Areas
“If we can’t get proper coverage in places like rural Iowa,” said U.S. Rep. David Loebsack, “we’re not going to have these communities survive into the future.”
Seattle Sewage Disaster Raises Bigger Questions About Infrastructure Resilience
The hundreds of millions of gallons of untreated waste that poured into Puget Sound in recent weeks will likely be a “moot point” during an even larger catastrophic event. What can be done to mitigate the risk?
House Transportation Chair Describes ‘Political Realities’ of Infrastructure Package
U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster indicated Tuesday that any federal infrastructure legislation that takes shape could reward states with projects that can happen sooner, rather than later.
The White House Revives a Controversial Plan for Nuclear Waste
Yucca Mountain is back, and Nevadans are not happy.
With a Daily Dial, Police Reach Out to Seniors
Hundreds of police agencies across the county are offering seniors who live alone a free service that checks in on them with a daily automated phone call.
Trump Admin., ACLU Accuse Virginia County of Muslim Discrimination
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Abortion settlement affects Idaho's budget vote; out-of-state think tanks oppose Kansas Medicaid expansion; and Baltimore's minimum wage hike clears latest hurdle.
Section 508 refresh seeks digital access to all
With the variety of online content platforms expanding every day, agencies must keep accessibility services up to date.
Philadelphia starts mapping its smart city future
The city plans to open up stovepiped projects so agencies can share data across an upgraded fiber network.
The Cities Trumpcare Would Hurt (and Help)
Under the AHCA, urban centers dominated by poor people of color would feel the most pain.
The new building block(chain) of health care records management
A scalable, secure data exchange ecosystem can support high-quality research while safeguarding against breaches of sensitive patient data.
IBM launches blockchain as a service
Based on the IBM Cloud, the new service gives enterprises a way to experiment with the distributed ledger technology.
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