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Former DHS Secretary: US Should 'Seriously Consider' Hacking North Korean Weapon Systems
When is it OK for the U.S. to hack another country?
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With Billions in Recession-Era Highway Grants, Why Were Improvements Limited?
New research explores this question at a time when the Trump administration is weighing plans for a new infrastructure spending program.
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Sessions: ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Aid Organized Crime
The attorney general wants you to associate undocumented immigration with Salvadoran gang MS-13.
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Government Needs ‘Heavy Artillery’ for Cyberspace, DHS Chief Says
Plodding bureaucracy could leave government outgunned in cyberspace, Gen. John Kelly said in his first major address as secretary.
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18F for Cybersecurity? Tech Think Tank Wants Congress to Consider It.
The group suggests thinking outside traditional degrees in STEM fields to address the talent shortage.
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Report: USPTO’s Michelle Lee In Running for White House’s Top Science Spot
The report comes amid concern that the Trump White House was letting the Office of Science and Technology Policy die out.
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How Some Alaska Cities Try to Outsmart Bears
In Juneau, garbage management has to take hungry animals into account.
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Trump’s Proposed Block Grant Cuts Loom Over Michigan’s ‘Disability Belt’
Unemployment and lack of access to quality care during the last recession sent hundreds of thousands of Michiganders into a spiral of declining health they can’t extricate themselves from to find work. Now their only lifeline is threatened.
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DHS Needs Someone to Explain Biometrics to the Public
The department wants a communications professional to manage rhetoric about collecting fingerprints, iris scans and facial images.
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DARPA Thinks Military Strategists Could Learn a Lot from Video Games
The agency is seeking proposals for how video games can aid strategic, operational and tactical war gaming.
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Should L.A. Legal Defense Extend to Immigrant Ex-Convicts?
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Wyoming considers carbon tax; Tennessee county gets biblical with education; and too many NYC cigarette retailers
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As White House Formulates Infrastructure Plan, Talks With State and Local Groups Continue
“I would say that there's been direct communications at least once a month for the last several months,” said a staff member with the National Governors Association.
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Trump Is Keeping White House Visitor Logs Secret, Unlike Obama
Transparency advocates have urged the new administration to continue the practice of making those logs public.
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How a National Lab in Charge of Nuclear Safety Optimized Its Systems
The lab went from having 63 data centers to 18, across its square-mile campus, reducing facility costs and repurposing staff.
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Economic Development in Virginia’s Coalfields Region Is a ‘Little Like Fishing’
“The economic situation didn’t happen overnight and it’s not going to be cured overnight,” according to Carl Snodgrass, an economic development official in Wise County.
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CIA Director Pledges to Ramp Up Digital Defenses Against WikiLeaks, Insider Threats
Mike Pompeo characterized WikiLeaks and others as anti-democratic celebrity seekers in his first public remarks as director.
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How Digital Media Got the Message Out About #NoBillNoBreak
The digital media manager for Rep. Scott Peters, D-Calif., said it was imperative to communicate with constituents in California’s 52:nd congressional district, even when C-SPAN’s on-floor cameras turned off.
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Was the HealthCare.gov Fiasco ‘The Best Thing that Happened to Digital Government?'
William Eggers, government consultant and author of “Delivering on Digital,” has a different view than most on the plagued rollout of the website.
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Mismanagement Could Scuttle Trump Cyber, IT Modernization Plans
Trump’s prepping big plans to modernize and secure government technology, but he’ll need government’s buy in to get it done.
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