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Reminder: Nominations for Navigator Awards Remain Open Through Aug. 15
Know of a great example of how a good idea was implemented to benefit state or local government? We’re looking to profile our 50 Navigator Awards finalists starting later this summer.
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Texas Voter ID Law Found in Violation of Voting Rights Act; Baton Rouge Mulls Making Police City Residents
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: No Tucson City Council term limits for now; a former Pennsylvania treasurer indicted; and Manatee County's soon-to-be property surplus.
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Sequestration Can’t Halt Government’s ‘Historic’ Health IT Spending
Civilian health agencies fueled health IT spending the most.
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Major Michigan Pipeline Spill Settlement; Kansas City, Kan., Police Officer Killed
Also is our State and Local Daily Digest: L.A. area beaches closed due to raw sewage; North Dakota plots cyber strategy; and Pa. judge uses new tactic for opioid abuse.
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Latest DHS Push in Silicon Valley: Drones for Border Patrol
Officers could use panels embedded in their uniforms to control the systems, DHS envisions.
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After Errant Melania Tweet, DOJ Rethinks Social Media Policy
The department is making "procedural changes" to the way the social media team operates.
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How DOD’s Third Offset Strategy Benefits NASA
The space agency's largest budget account is dedicated heavily to developing technologies that translate well to the defense world.
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Building the Digital Enterprise: Intelligent Lighting Isn’t Just for Cities
Individual sensor deployments are useful and are helping businesses to optimize their operations. But also, like in cities, they have significant drawbacks.
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House Committee Chair Opens Inquiry Into Foreigners’ Access to OPM Data
Some OPM contractors may have handed "foreign governments direct access to data long before the recent reported breaches," according to Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas.
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A New CISO for NASA
Jeanette Hanna-Ruiz will begin effective Aug. 8 after being selected by NASA CIO Renee Wynn.
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Is Pentagon’s Push to a Joint Information Environment in Trouble?
An audit suggests the modernization effort lacks a management plan.
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Augmented Humans: Next Great Frontier, or Battleground?
Before you dismiss it as pure science fiction, consider how close augmented human technologies are to radically leaping forward, and into the mainstream – and the issues they could realistically cause.
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McAuliffe on Cybersecurity: ‘It’s Something That Every Governor Needs to Focus On’
Virginia’s governor and cybersecurity champion spoke with Route Fifty about his primary policy priority as the 2016-17 chair of the National Governors Association executive committee.
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Republican National Convention Security Taps Into the ‘Internet of Things’
State and local agencies are sharing geospatial and video information from sensors to keep the public safe during a tense convention.
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Despite Improvements, Government Still Bottom of the Barrel in Customer Experience
Overall, Forrester rates the federal government’s average index as “poor," with agencies generally rating from “very poor” to “OK.”
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Defense Intelligence Agency Is Scoping Out Social Media Background Checkers
The effort is part of a shift away from screening intelligence and military staff every five years, as is current practice.
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The State of the States on Naturalization: Highlights from California, Illinois, and Washington
Case studies of California, Illinois, and Washington illustrate the different approaches states have taken to support the naturalization process.
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Oahu Faces Taco Bell-Linked Hepatitis A Outbreak; 47 Denver Teachers to Lose Tenure
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: County commissioner shot in the neck; Utah’s toxic algae problem; contractors in Va. city are peeved over budget mess.
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3 Police Officers Fatally Shot in Baton Rouge; Chicago’s $140 Million Olympic Village Burden
Also in our State and Local Weekend News Digest: South Dakota at bottom of same-sex marriage list; Portland’s tree-cutting mystery; and N.Y.C.’s response to synthetic marijuana overdoses.
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