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What Senators Really Think of the Administration's Approach to Budgeting
Caught on a hot mic, Susan Collins and Jack Reed questioned the sanity and competence of both the president and his budget office.
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Iowa Treasurer Wants Senate ‘Scoundrels’ to Pay $2.2M Sexual Harassment Settlement
STATE AND LOCAL NEWS ROUNDUP: N.J. township nixes Jewish religious boundary; ACLU balks at Maine governor's Facebook use; remembering Talkeetna, Alaska's cat 'mayor'
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Time for Agencies to Rethink the Internet of Things, NIST Official Says
It's hard to secure the internet of things if parties can't agree what it is.
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With Trump’s Pending Infrastructure Plan, Broadband Is ‘Like a Passenger on a Ship’
When that ship might sail is an open question.
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Racist ‘Chicago Safari’ Emails Spawn Illinois Government Investigation
STATE AND LOCAL NEWS ROUNDUP: Boulder’s bear problem; a Charlotte sit-in; San Diego’s losing Styrofoam venture
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Arkansas Tops Most Other States When It Comes to This Connectivity Metric
STATE AND LOCAL NEWS ROUNDUP: Bulletproof glass for a Georgia city hall; Indianapolis revenge shootings; and a small town closes a big legal loophole in its municipal code.
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Congress' Plan to Cut Improper Payments Will Require Investment, Lawmaker Says
Cracking down on fraud requires enterprise tools as well as personnel with technical and legal skills, Rep. Gerry Connolly said.
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5 States Sign Up for National Public Safety Network
FirstNet is underway, but lawmakers are still concerned about cybersecurity.
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Cyber-Heavy DHS Reauthorization Bill Passes House
The reauthorization would boost cyber protections at ports and airports and offer aid to state and local governments.
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Pennsylvania’s Big Budgetary Gamble With Proposal for ‘Satellite’ Casinos
STATE AND LOCAL NEWS ROUNDUP: EPA faces lawsuit over ‘vague’ pollution permits in Texas; a California wildfire grows near Yosemite; and a mini-pig proposal in Billings, Montana.
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Justice Department Takes Drug War to Dark Web Markets
Officials shut down a massive online drug market and warned criminals that they can't hide behind anonymized tools.
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Trump Targets State Holdouts During Election Integrity Commission’s 1st Public Meeting
“If any state does not want to share this information, one has to wonder what they’re worried about,” the president said during a livestream.
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CBO: Senate Repeal-and-Delay Bill Would Cause 32 Million to Lose Coverage
And, a separate Kaiser Family Foundation study found the bill would cut federal Medicaid funding to states by $700 billion over the next decade.
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Survey: Government Workers Have a Confidence Problem—At Least When It Comes to I.T.
Many survey respondents feel less confident about IT operations than they did a year ago.
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Cyber Office or Not, State Dept. Will Shape International Cyber Rules, White House Official Says
White House Cyber Lead Rob Joyce also dove into the government's use of Kaspersky anti-virus products and how agency leaders will be held accountable for breaches.
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In Government, ‘Failure Is Just an Opportunity to Learn’
Public policy makers in Colorado consider a second round of pathbreaking entrepreneurial-style problem-solving pitches.
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Trump-Induced Labor Pains for Michigan Fruit Growers
STATE AND LOCAL NEWS ROUNDUP: Ohio’s planned review of state tax breaks hasn’t begun; controversial cloud-seeding in North Dakota; and an “atypical” case of mad cow disease in Alabama.
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House Oversight Passes FITARA Backup Plan
The panel moved along a standalone bill to extend sunsetting provisions—just in case.
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Is That Really You Typing? New DOD Tech Will Know
In its quest to drop common access cards, the Defense Department is piloting an authentication system based on the nuances of users' typing.
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