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Staggering Damage as Michael Plows Through Florida Communities
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Mass. governor: State Police shouldn’t destroy payroll documents … an ‘antsy-pantsy’ mayor in Vermont; and a Utah transit budget boost.
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Outgoing Colorado and Ohio Governors Riff on Economic and Education Policy
Govs. John Hickenlooper and John Kasich appeared together at an event focused on “forgotten Americans.”
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Pentagon, VA Leaders Commit to Boosting Accountability in Health Record Overhaul
Both secretaries pledged to re-examine the multibillion-dollar program’s organization structure and timelines.
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State AGs Want FCC Action on ‘Neighbor Spoofing’
These types of robocall scams “cannot be tolerated,” 35 state attorneys general wrote the Federal Communications Commission.
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IBM Files Bid Protest Against Pentagon’s JEDI Contract
IBM becomes the second company to file a pre-award bid protest against the Pentagon’s multibillion cloud contract.
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Wash. Gov. Inslee: ‘We Will Be Ready’ If Feds Come After State’s Net Neutrality Law
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Ky. governor warns of pension failures … N.Y.C. law on gender preferences for birth certificates … and El Paso feels disrespected.
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Two GOP Governors, 15 AGs Urge Supreme Court to Hear Gun Case
A New York City law that restricts the transport of licensed handguns is at issue.
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GAO: Vulnerabilities Plague 'Entire Generation' of U.S. Weapons Systems
Defense officials were often unaware of vulnerabilities and didn’t notice they were being exploited.
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Rating LGBTQ Equality in American Cities
The Municipal Equality Index rates 506 cities on 49 different metrics.
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Microsoft to Host the Government’s Classified Data Early Next Year
The software giant made a slew of announcements Tuesday that indicate how seriously it is targeting government business, especially cloud computing.
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Bill Would Rework Limits on Social Security for Some Public Workers
It’s the latest effort by lawmakers to overhaul the “Windfall Elimination Provision," which affects benefits for thousands of state and local government employees around the U.S.
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When Nuisance Flooding Becomes More of a Nuisance
Observations of a climate change tourist along Baltimore’s low-lying waterfront.
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DHS Digital Service is Taking Paper Out of the Immigration Process
The Digital Service works side by side with agency employees to tackle some of their most backlogged processes.
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Trump’s Looser Reins on Offensive Cyber Get Positive Reviews from Army
Trump rescinded Obama-era rules that required White House sign off for most offensive cyber operations.
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VA’s National Cemetery Administration Continues High Customer Satisfaction Scores
The federal agency with the highest customer satisfaction scores continues its high performance, according to new internal survey data.
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Senators, Providers Criticize ‘Unpredictable’ FCC Funding for Rural Broadband
“Cutting [Universal Service Fund] support cuts the legs out of the business case for rural broadband in many places,” said one telecom CEO.
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The Soybean-Producing States at Risk in the Trade War With China
Much of the nation’s exported soybeans went to China last year. Production is concentrated in a handful of states.
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Throwing Shade: Reducing Urban Temperatures by Planting Trees
A Maryland county is planting free trees in urban areas to increase shaded areas and lower temperatures.
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