How Did North Carolina's Deal to Repeal H.B. 2 Fall Apart?
An attempt to roll back the state’s controversial “bathroom bill” collapsed amid recriminations on Wednesday.
New Evidence Says U.S. Sex-Offender Policies Are Actually Causing More Crime
The existing protocols in the US actually may be making repeat sex crimes more likely.
What’s really needed for data-driven government
Data held by local government is a potential goldmine of insights into how to improve people’s lives and their communities, a recent report says. But fundamental changes and best practices are needed for agencies to effectively use it.
How citizens’ data can augment environmental monitoring
By using citizen-generated data and analysis to “do data differently,” collective environmental problems could be more creatively and expansively addressed, researchers say.
Case Study: Ada County, Idaho, Highway District Automates Citizen Service Requests
“We turned our electronic records management system into a business process automation system," according to the district’s information records administrator.
Modernizing emergency communications for the 21st century
Unified, multimodal emergency communications can help municipalities share potentially life-saving information more efficiently and effectively.
NIST looks for defense against code-cracking quantum machines
Pulling together quantum-resistant cryptography will take time, and NIST feels that, unless it starts now, that new cryptography won’t be ready.
Fresno Seeks to Shed Its Legacy as a ‘Poster Child for Suburban Sprawl’
Boosters say the California city’s downtown is poised for a comeback, and point to a raft of public policies and programs that helped set the stage.
Subverting Government Data Is Replacing Economic Espionage
“Almost worse is if they change it and you don’t know about it because it questions integrity,” according to one Symantec cybersecurity expert.
What Crimes Are Eligible for Deportation?
The federal government has made it a priority to deport non-citizens who pose a serious threat to public safety or national security. But often it’s immigrants with minor offenses who are deported.
N.Y. State Pension Bribery Indictments; Will Congress Kill D.C.’s ‘Death With Dignity Act’?
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Snow-removal costs pile up in Billings; Ohio aims to make its data more accessible; and Oklahoma City’s new evening lifeline.
Indiana’s Medicaid Experiment May Reveal Obamacare’s Future
The state’s health-care system was expanded under the Affordable Care Act. Now, it may serve as a model nationwide.
Illinois maps its smart state transformation
The state plans to use its information and communications technology to enhance livability, workability and sustainability in its cities, towns, rural areas and state agencies.
In search of better flu forecasting
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with 21 research teams to develop flu forecasting capacity in the United States.
How to improve government services delivery
To make citizen services more user friendly and efficient, agencies must change how they approach IT.
Predicting power outages from soil moisture data
With data on soil moisture collected from a NASA satellite, researchers were able predict power outages with 91 percent accuracy five days before Hurricane Matthew raked the East Coast in early October.
Route Fifty Roadmap: Amid Google Fiber’s Pivot, Its Expansion Continues in N.C.
As Alphabet Inc. rethinks its grand gigabit vision and puts some cities on hold, installation presses forward in North Carolina’s Research Triangle.
The Next Great American Streetlight Conversion
Chicago wants 270,000 fixtures around the city to be LEDs within four years.
L.A. Legal Defense Fund for Undocumented Immigrants; Florida Waits for ‘Active Fire Season’
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Data breach in North Carolina county; Denver airport’s future flashy LED welcome; and a Trump rally tree-cutting controversy in Alabama.
Flint's Emergency Managers Face Felony Charges Over Lead in the Water
The officials include two people appointed by Governor Rick Snyder to run the city.
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