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How the Federal Government is Thinking About AI
Artificial intelligence's first forays into federal government operations won't be decision-making.
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These States Are Getting Grants to Help Them Explore Gas Tax Alternatives
The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced $14.2 million in awards.
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The Benefits of Michigan’s Cyber Infrastructure
IT centralization and having a technocrat for a governor helps, according to the Great Lake State’s chief information officer.
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Obama to Host Tech Conference in Pittsburgh
The president is also scheduled to guest-edit an issue of Wired magazine.
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A Building Boom is Driving Economic Growth in Most States
This year, construction’s contribution to the U.S. economy soared above $650 billion for the first time since 2008.
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A Shield for New York City’s Businesses
Nightclubs and entertainment venues can be vulnerable locations to protect and Brooklyn’s borough president, a former police officer, says local agencies must work to ‘harden these soft targets.’
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Want a Job With FBI’s Elite Cyber Team? You Need These 3 Things
Cyber special agents at the bureau need more than technical skills: They also need to carry a gun.
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Virginia’s Worrisome Hepatitis A Outbreak; Major Pension Investment Headache in Kentucky
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Water contamination questions in Pennsylvania; Colorado State Fair’s marijuana boost; and Florida tourism suffers.
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Trump Team Offers Inside Look at Transition Efforts--For $5,000
Chris Christie to give donors a briefing on plans for the change in administrations.
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Thanks to Virtual Reality, You Too Can Hang Out With Obama
Virtual reality is such a new technology that it’s really cool, and perhaps a little surprising, to see a sitting president embrace it in such a big way.
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HHS Posts Draft Electronic Health Record Standards
The department is collecting comments until October.
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IARPA's New 3-D Mapping Effort: Drones, Sensors and No Humans
The intelligence agency wants technology that can automatically recreate a geographic scene, including buildings, from sensor data.
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FBI: Hackers Target 2 State Election Databases
An FBI bulletin warns of possibly linked attacks on two states' election databases.
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Tropical Storm to Bring Heavy Rain to Florida; Will Baltimore’s Drug Problems Alter Local Aquatic Life?
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Tulsa’s gonorrhea and chlamydia hot spots; Confederate T-shirt courtroom dispute in South Carolina; Indiana’s ‘Grave in the Middle of the Road’
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States Say ‘Bah! Humbug!’ to Sales Tax Holidays
While retailers have persuaded legislators that the feel-good tax breaks are good for the economy, studies have shown otherwise.
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Hackers Exploit iOS Zero Days, Take Over Ukraine Government's Social Media, and Target News Outlets
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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As Acadia Nat’l Park Celebrates Centennial, Maine Gets New Nat’l Monument
Soon after President Obama’s pen stroke made a long-discussed Katahdin Woods proposal official, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell explored the area’s ‘beauty and the bounty’ by canoe.
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Maine Governor Leaves Shocking Voicemail; D.C.’s 9-1-1 System Fails
Also in our State and Local Weekend Digest: New problems for Louisiana flood victims; Virginia’s budget gap; and intergovernmental squabbles over Michigan Legionella investigation.
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Ransomware 101: FBI's Education Effort
The bureau has seen an uptick in this type of cyberthreat over the last couple months.
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