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GAO Center to Educate Congress on the Big Picture of Future Tech
The Center for Strategic Foresight plans to give lawmakers a broad sense of what’s coming in the future.
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D.C. City Council Considers End to ‘Gay Panic’ Legal Defense
Two bills would prohibit a legal defense for murders or attacks that relies on what many consider to be a discriminatory view of the LGBTQ community.
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Critical Update: The Hidden Threats of 5G
Nextgov goes inside the technology that will underpin billions of interconnected devices.
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A Loan Fund Aims to Spur Development Along a Midwest Commuter Rail Line
Banks in Northwest Indiana have pledged $25 million for the program, which will target a corridor outside of Chicago.
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Georgia Accepting Online Applications for Open Senate Seat
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Chicago Mayor proposes an “exclusion zone” for marijuana businesses … Maine governor commits to going carbon neutral … Newark says water filters are working.
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EPA Threatens California with Loss of Highway Funds Over Air Quality
The EPA told the California Air Resources Board on Tuesday that it must resubmit air quality plans or risk sanctions that could include the withholding of federal highway funding.
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DHS is Struggling to Coordinate Its Sprawling Research Efforts
Poor oversight and shoddy data management have left the DHS Science and Technology Directorate unprepared to invest in the future, according to the agency's inspector general.
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Defense Health Agency Needs Help Consolidating Military’s Health IT Systems
The agency leading the Pentagon’s electronic health records transition is working on a global IT support contract.
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Why It’s So Hard To Write Federal Technology Policy
As OMB's cloud lead, Bill Hunt, leaves his policy-writing role for an agency gig, he spoke with Nextgov about what goes into setting the IT agenda for the entire federal government.
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Weighing What Congress Could Learn From State Legislatures
“There is a wellspring of experience and knowledge from beyond the beltway that deserves to be explored," says one expert.
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Senate Transportation Funding Bill Would Cut Small Project Transit Grants
Legislation advanced by the Senate Appropriations Committee would cut funding for the Small Starts grants program from $526 million to $78 million.
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How VA Implements Predictive Analytics to Help Prevent Veteran Suicides
Since it was stood up in 2017, the REACH VET program has helped health care providers better identify individuals facing higher risks.
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Allowing Medical Marijuana in Schools
California could become the tenth state to allow K-12 students with valid prescriptions to take medical marijuana at school.
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CISA Task Force Catalogs 190 Supply Chain Security Threats
But the group has yet to offer many concrete policies to keep agencies from falling victim.
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Veterans Affairs Appoints Chief Data Officer
Kshemendra Paul will lead the agency’s efforts to leverage data and better inform VA-wide decision-making through technology and information.
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State Law Provides Funding to Clear Rape Kit Backlog
North Carolina will provide $6 million over two years to help clear a backlog of roughly 15,000 untested rape kits.
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IRS Testing Behavioral Analytics to Verify Online Users
The agency is piloting a proof-of-concept that will track how individual taxpayers interact with its online systems.
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DHS Wants Industry to Help Improve Pay for Cyber Personnel
By rolling out a “market-sensitive” pay structure and supporting more flexible career paths, the department hopes to make its cybersecurity jobs more appealing.
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Busy Shipping River at a Standstill Until a Broken Barge Lock is Fixed
Thousands of tons of cargo are stuck on barges, as the closure on the Columbia River is expected to last until the end of the month.
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