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DOD 'In the Right Spot' With Cloud, CIO Says
In many ways, DOD’s use of cloud computing is not so different from non-IT Fortune 50 companies, Halvorsen said.
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How a Bot is Changing Federal Tech Purchasing
Bots from two vendors were bidding against each other to work on part of a recent cloud contract.
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Lawmakers: Will Census Tech Be Ready to Test or Not?
Concerns about the timeline stem from a June 9 hearing that revealed many key systems haven’t been deployed and the program opted to buy commercial-off-the-shelf products,
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Time to Downsize Pittsburgh’s Desolate Airport?; North Dakotans Will Vote on Medical Marijuana
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: 311 spat at New York City Hall; more violence in Chicago; and 50th anniversary for North America’s longest continuous truss bridge.
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DARPA Wants Artificial Intelligence To Explain Itself
If humans can't understand why AI systems make certain decisions, they probably won't trust them.
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Why the A-130 Update is a Huge Deal for Government
A-130 focuses on three key elements: real-time knowledge of the environment, proactive risk management and shared responsibility.
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Some Advice for Feds During the Presidential Transition: Expect Pushback
The Senior Executives Association has issued a first-ever handbook for career personnel.
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Cost to Fix U.S. Waterworks Will Flow to State and Local Level, Experts Say
“There is nobody outside that’s going to pay for this and not expect to be paid back,” said one panelist at the National Conference of State Legislatures' summit.
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Where States Get Their Money
INFOGRAPHIC: A breakdown of each state's major revenue sources.
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Plastic Bag Tax Pits Ariz. State Sen. vs. City; Citizen’s Police Academy Roleplaying Tragedy
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Houston’s pensions nightmare; federal legal fight with energy utility in Montana; and hazardous train derails in Kentucky town.
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How People Make Closing DOD Data Centers Difficult
Choosing which data center to close can be less complicated than figuring out what to with the feds who worked there.
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Which Vendor is the Big Cloud Winner?
IBM banked $2.7 billion in cloud dollars in the last five years.
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White House Cyber Commission Wants To Hear From You
Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity seeks insight on how to secure digital space now and in the future.
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Kansas Never Inspected World’s Tallest Waterslide; Slow Fire Dept. Response in Sacramento
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Getting outdated Colorado statutes aligned with reality; radio silence in Anchorage; and lead-pipe issue in Portland schools.
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Wearing Shorts at the Pentagon: Inside DOD’s Digital Service Team
Google’s Matt Cutts went to Quora on Tuesday to answer questions about his work at DOD.
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US Digital Service Turns 2
The White House made use of USDS’ second birthday to highlight its most significant work.
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New DHS Accelerator Seeks Wearable Tech for First Responders
The department wants to modify commercial products for government use.
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Zika Travel Advisory Could Harm Tax Collections in Miami
Revenue implications could grow more serious if the current warning is expanded or lasts through the winter tourism season, according to Moody’s Investors Service.
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Intelligence Community Wants Multilingual Text Search
IARPA is looking for a system that can search databases in other languages.
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