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Justice is Crafting a Body Camera Catalog for Local Police Forces

Data protection and privacy controls are scattered throughout the seven-page list of characteristics that will be included in the guide.

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Some NIH Facilities On Lockdown Because of Friday Shooting

Federal Protective Service employee is a suspect in fatal Maryland shootings.

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VA Hires Part of HealthCare.gov 'Rescue Team' to Run Vets.gov

The new VA site is supposed to be a single sign-on portal hosting all online veteran services.

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Attention CIOs, Stay on Top of FITARA Even During Presidential Transition

OMB plans to issue new IT budget planning guidance that would “focus on empowering agency CIOs.”

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State IT Accessibility Is Improving, But Here’s How It Can Get Even Better

Procurement reforms, innovation teams and testing policies are a few recommendations from experts at NASCIO’s midyear conference in Baltimore.

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Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley Has a New Smart Cities Gig

O’Malley will oversee an advisory committee for the MetroLab Network.

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Labor Department Launches New Jobs Site for Vets

Veterans.gov -- separate from Vets.gov -- puts agencies’ employment resources in one place.

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Vermont’s $20,000 Price for Releasing Emails; Hockey Team’s Move Burns County Taxpayers

Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Two tough options for NYC subway closure; Seattle’s female council members face misogynistic attacks on arena vote; and Idaho’s public land sales.

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You Can Help the National Park Service Study Coyote Poop in L.A.

Scientists want to know what the animals are eating while surrounded by lots of concrete, cars, and people.

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Twitter Tips from the Education Dept: Don't Try to be 'the Cool Mom'

FAFSA’s team is known for its social engagement and its ability to leverage prominent hashtags, like yesterday’s #Maythe4thbewithyou.

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NSA Plan to Trash Employee Complaint Files Raises Concerns for Some

The move comes amid a legal battle about the potential improper disposal of whistleblower evidence.

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Missouri County’s Big Spending on Birthday Cards; No Pay Raise for N.C. State Workers

Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Wichita’s vulnerable sewage pipe; Maine city’s solar plant plan; and L.A. County’s parks tax proposal.

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Safety of Workers in New York City Commercial Waste Operations Questioned

“We have people that are losing limbs, losing fingers, dying,” says the chairman of the New York City Council’s Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste.

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Immigration: Down in Farm Country, Up in Some Cities

Many high-tech centers, like Seattle, are seeing more immigration than they did 10 years ago. At the same time, a drop in immigration to rural agricultural counties has led to critical farm labor shortages.

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New Poll: Government Isn’t Doing Enough to Fight the Opioid Epidemic

Americans agree that substance abuse is one of the most serious threats to the nation’s health and government efforts to address the problem thus far have been inadequate.

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Quantum Computers Will Break Today’s Cyber Protections, Scientists Say

True quantum computers don't exist yet, but cryptography needs to evolve for when they do, according to NIST scientists.

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Performance Management vs. Data Analytics: An Interview With Mike Flowers

New York City’s first chief analytics officer: “Don’t lose the service delivery forest for the quantification tree.”