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‘At-Risk’ Railroads Hit Safety Equipment Deadline, Officials Say
After delays, Association of American Railroads staff are confident the industry will implement positive train control where federally mandated no later than Dec. 31, 2020.
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Amazon Proposes Facial Recognition Guidelines to Policymakers
The company called for “open, honest and earnest dialogue” instead of a ban.
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NASA Picks New Vendor For Renamed $2.9B IT Services Contract
The ACES contract is now NEST, with Leidos taking over the space agency’s central end user IT services contract.
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‘If You Elect to Be on the Roads, You Must Make Good Choices’
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Florida governor’s teacher bonus proposal … Louisville pension worries … and Pittsburgh’s mayor has an evening hobby.
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Using Nudges and Shoves to Encourage Better Transportation Choices
Yes, you can close a major urban highway and the world won’t end.
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State and Local Lawmakers Pitch How to Pay for a Big Infrastructure Package
Congress has little time to reach consensus on ideas like increasing the gas tax and phasing in vehicle miles traveled before the 2020 election cycle shuts their window to fix and modernize everything from roads to water pipes.
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Pentagon Researching Bioelectric Implants To Help Troops Heal From Catastrophic Wounds
One of the Pentagon’s new research programs could see biosensors, actuators and even artificial intelligence implanted in soldiers to speed up the body’s healing processes.
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OPM Announces Change In IT Leadership
The government’s human resources department is getting a new CIO and deputy.
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How All-Knowing Smartphones Could Become the Pentagon’s Employee Access Cards
An algorithm will track how employees use their phones, how they walk and even where they go to constantly verify users’ identity.
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Portlanders Don’t Hesitate to Call 911 About ‘Unwanted’ Persons
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | N.M. governor pulls National Guard troops from border … legal challenge to Idaho Medicaid expansion fails … and shortest commutes.
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Can ‘Veggie Burgers’ Boost Rural Economic Growth?
An agricultural economist sees plant-based proteins—like lentil burgers and tofu— as one answer for communities in central Montana.
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Governors Request More Federal Support for Climate and Emissions Efforts
Expanding resilient infrastructure grants topped their list.
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Report: State-Sponsored Hackers Are Getting Better at Hiding Their Identities
Security researchers also warn Iran might be gearing up to target U.S. companies with information warfare.
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Lawmakers Push for the State Department to Help Secure Foreign Elections
Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Dan Sullivan resurrected a bill that would allow the agency to share information on election threat with foreign countries.
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Candidate Pitches Plan for Chicago to Annex Its Suburbs
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Texas now has a measles outbreak … San José mayor interested in Musk tunnel … and a N.C. city suspends drug testing.
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Trump Short on Infrastructure Details in State of the Union
The president said it's time to deal with ‘crumbling infrastructure,’ but delivered no concrete ideas on how to invest.
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Teachers Union Raises Red Flags Over Pension Investments in Private Prisons
The American Federation of Teachers characterizes the corrections sector as problematic territory for retirement funds.
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27 Groups Call on Congress to Deny ‘Smart Wall’ Funding
Groups are speaking out against a congressional proposal to up spending on surveillance tech on the border.
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VA’s Health Record Overhaul Could Get Even More Expensive, Officials Say
The agency’s acting deputy secretary called the project’s $16 billion price-tag “an educated guess.”
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