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Does Your HR Office Really Get Cybersecurity?
Cybersecurity as a discipline doesn’t get respect in some quarters, according to a new survey.
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Navy IT Official: We Need to Look Beyond Hard Tech Skills
Deputy CIO Janice Haith said recruiting hasn’t yet evolved to include people who understand cyber, but aren’t necessarily engineers.
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White House Wants Kids' Thoughts on Tech Issues
At the request of a 9-year-old, the president announced the initiative Thursday.
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Panetta Wishes Lawmakers Could Summon Courage from World War I Memorial
Former Defense chief would have drawn inspiration en route to Capitol Hill budget fights.
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How Cities Are Leading the Way on Infrastructure Innovation
“While states weren’t looking, our cities became better governed, better managed places,” said Martin O’Malley, the former governor of Maryland and mayor of Baltimore.
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State and Local Officials to Capitol Hill: Leave the Muni Bond Tax Break Untouched
At an Infrastructure Week discussion, leaders from around the country touted benefits, they say, the income tax exemption for municipal bonds provides for their jurisdictions.
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Congress Flexes Muscle on FITARA
"We are going to stick with this,” said Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., who promised a bipartisan effort to ensure FITARA is carried out successfully.
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Lawmaker: Agencies Don’t Need Billions in New Funding to Upgrade Legacy IT
Agencies should repurpose savings from data center consolidation, says Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s IT operations subcommittee.
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Justice Department Says This California Border Town Needs to Overhaul Its Police Department
The investigation into the Calexico Police Department started a year ago, after a complaint alleging police officers kidnapped and beat a citizen.
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Houston to Lose 40,000 Jobs?; Rochester Police Surveilling Phones With 'Military-Grade' Device
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Philadelphia police drop education requirement; ‘union-related extortion’ suspected in Boston; and Oklahoma Republicans target abortion doctors.
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Most Cyber Execs Don’t Think OPM Hack Changed Much
More than half of respondents said they weren’t sure overall information security is better off, despite a big push on information security by the Obama administration in response to the hack.
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The Man Who Showed How to Make Government Work
Dwight Ink honored for decades of service in federal agencies.
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N.J. Among States With Lagging Revenues Following April Tax Collections
State officials shared dimmer budget forecasts with lawmakers Wednesday.
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Metro-North Fire Strands Thousands in N.Y.C.; Illinoisans’ Photos to Be Sent to Federal Facial Recognition Database
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: FEMA wants $35 million back from Florida localities; congressional Republicans really don’t like D.C. ‘budget autonomy’; and Santa Monica’s ‘secret sauce’ to making light rail profitable.
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Here’s How One Navy IT Team Is Teaching Sailors the Risks of Social Media
Officers, who happen to be cyber pros, are helping defend their community against oversharing and online stalkers with a novel outreach approach.
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FITARA Scorecard: Fewer Agencies Get Failing Scores on IT Reform
Still, no agency received an A grade.
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Federal Board Has a Plan to Secure Health, Retirement Plans from Cyberthreats
An upcoming study will focus on “outlining the scalable elements of cyber-risk management strategies for benefit plans.”
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Austin Joins Mozilla’s Growing ‘Hive’ of Gigabit Cities
Kansas City, Missouri, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, have already seen municipal services and Web literacy benefit from the Gigabit Community Fund’s grants.
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Audit: DHS Employees Not Fooled by Phishing Scams
However, some employees are still leaving sensitive paper documents strewn about their cubicles.
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