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GSA Makes It Easier To Buy 'Highly Adaptive' Cyber Services
Agencies can start buying the new services starting in October.
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Kentucky's Governor Will Physically Fight for Religious Beliefs; Dead Man Running for New York State Assembly
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Massachusetts to transfer mentally ill inmates; California farm workers' pay improved; and a Montana town's trouble with bonds.
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Report: Want Innovation? Hire and Empower CTOs
Chief technology officers should be empowered to deliver new solutions and approaches.
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Nonprofit Helps Upgrade Harrisburg's Ailing IT; Disgraced Florida Mayor's Mysterious Charity
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: A bill undermining Michigan's labor unions?; a federal mining dispute in Minnesota; and a California city gets a transportation facelift.
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Navigator Award Finalists: Government Allies and Cross-Sector Partners Category
We’re in North Dakota to roll out the first 10 finalists in our Navigator Awards program.
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How Virtual Reality Could Help Stop the Next Ebola Outbreak
The Health and Human Services Department wants to train clinicians using simulations.
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Unleashing Digital Talent in the Next Administration
To attract cybersecurity and IT specialists, the government should use existing flexibilities in its system of hiring, training and nurturing talent.
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Sidewalk Labs’ Role in Columbus Smart City Program Appears Limited For Now
Meanwhile, Ohio’s capital is forging ahead with plans for millions of dollars in high-tech transportation upgrades. U.S. DOT officials will visit the city this week.
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Bomb Threat Temporarily Derails Cincinnati Streetcar Service; Louisiana Mayors Criticize FEMA Flood Response
Also in Our State and Local Weekend Digest: A push to bump Trump off Minnesota's ballot; condemnation of Israel boycott riles New Yorkers; and bees collateral damage in S.C. mosquito spraying.
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DARPA Wants a ‘Social Supercollider’ To Help It Understand Humans
The Defense Department's R&D agency wants technology that can improve its social science research.
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GSA Official: Federal IT Modernization Will Happen With or Without Legislation
Even if Congress doesn't pass a meaningful law, agencies must respond to a crisis U.S. Chief Information Officer Tony Scott has labeled worse than Y2K.
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Chafing Over Federal Land Control On Display As County Leaders Visit Capitol Hill
County officials came to Washington, D.C. to discuss a federal program that provides payments to localities for tax-exempt public lands. Some GOP members of Congress highlighted broader issues on Thursday.
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18F To Agencies: Think Before Creating a Citizen Login System
The group is also overseeing the production of Login.gov.
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White House Names First Chief Information Security Officer
The White House selected Gregory Touhill, a retired Air Force general, for the new role.
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Following Bid Protest, DISA Re-Releases $17.5B Contract
Encore III earned ire from industry groups earlier this year because it sought “lowest price, technically acceptable” solutions for potentially complex services.
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9/11 Documentary Recalls How Pentagon Employees Stayed On The Job During Disaster
Military personnel and federal civilians sent a powerful message to the world by keeping the Defense Department open for business during America’s deadliest terrorist attack.
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Trial of Oregon Occupiers Begins; N.C. Gov. Doesn't Get Bathroom Law Outrage
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Georgia law enforcement gets a big raise; a Minneapolis Parks and Rec meeting gets rowdy; and New York schools must test water for lead.
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Senator to Twitter: Help Us Fend Off Russian Spambots
A top Democrat on the homeland security committee today wrote a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.
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Trump Revives Familiar Plan to Cut Federal Workforce
Downsizing the civil service would pay for surge in military spending.
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