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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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Budget Chief Describes How He Urged Trump to Ax Agency Offering Assistance to Appalachia
“I was able to convince him, ‘Mr. President, this is not an efficient use of the taxpayer dollars,’” Mick Mulvaney said of the Appalachian Regional Commission.
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Trump Said Government Has One 40-Year-Old IT System. It Actually Has At Least 10.
The federal sector's technology problem is worse than the president's thinks.
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Michigan's ‘Stealth Move’ to Improve Vaccination Rates
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Otter vetoes Idaho grocery tax repeal; Boston mayor declines Canadian bet; and a strange New Jersey mayoral dispute.
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GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service to Revamp Customer Service to the Tune of $1.3M
CenturyLink will provide hosted contact center and voice-over IP services to FAS as part of its contact center modernization project.
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DOJ Plows Ahead With Immigration Enforcement Despite Local Setbacks
Attorney General Jeff Sessions further attacked consent decrees with cities using the same arguments mayors make against co-opting police to act as immigration officers.
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Watchdog: U.S. Manufacturing Needs Boost from Commerce
The department isn’t contributing enough to manufacturing, a Government Accountability Office audit says.
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Trump Promises 'Massive Program' to Upgrade Federal IT Systems
The Office of American Innovation hosted tech executives, including IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, to discuss business-inspired solutions to government problems.
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Industry Urges Changes to NIST Framework Update
The comments came ahead of a Monday deadline for a 1.1 version of the popular framework.
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Tech Leaders’ Top Recommendations for Fixing Federal IT Challenges
These key actions key include bolstering FITARA, enhancing CIO authorities and improving budget formulation, governance, workforce operations and transition planning.
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Note to Tech-Savvy Cities: It’s Not All About Attracting Millennials
A recent Brookings Institution paper explores the importance of residents from older age groups to cultivate thriving “innovation districts.”
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Here are the People Likely to Make Up Trump's Office of American Innovation
The team includes Reed Cordish, the Baltimore real-estate developer Trump chose as a technology adviser.
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Greatest Damage from OPM Breach was to Government’s Reputation
The damage to government’s credibility far outweighed the breach’s impact on security, officials said.
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Citizens Experience ‘Cyber Insecurity’ When Doing Business with Government
74 percent of respondents in a new survey said they lacked confidence in the government’s ability to keep their personal data “private and secure.”
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Nearly 2,000 San Francisco Apartment Buildings Don’t Meet Quake Codes
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Md. city council plan would neuter mayoral powers; hexavalent chromium emissions near L.A.; and Oregon town saved, strained by new data centers.
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N.Y.C. OK’d to Destroy Information on Undocumented Immigrants
Two Republican Assembly members had sought the preservation of IDNYC documents held by the city.
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Twitter Drops Lawsuit Against DHS Over Rogue Account
A Customs and Border Protection agent had asked the company to hand over identifying information about a user critical of DHS policy.
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Cyber Watchers Fear Hackers Could Hold Government, Infrastructure Hostage
Criminal hackers could hijack the digital controls of a chemical plant or dam and threaten massive damage unless they’re paid $100 beeellion.
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DHS Achieves an Acquisition First for the Agency
The department's acquisition programs have struggled for years, but there are signs of a turnaround.
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