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States Step In to Help Traumatized Veterans
State officials say they are trying to bridge what they see as gaps in mental health services provided by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
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Because of Technology, Future Presidents Might Have to be Groomed from Birth
Increasingly-connected technologies will capture all of our missteps and store them forever, one expert says.
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A Scalable, More Secure State Elections Website
Once plagued with traffic problems, Virginia election night reporting now relies on a hosted, cloud-based storage solution.
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Hackers Prey On Hospital ICU Restroom, Disrobe Members of Celeb-Nudie Site and Defraud Archdiocese Staff
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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As Denver Hits Transit High, D.C. Digests Its Metro ‘Death Spiral’
New rail lines spark excitement out west, but some aging systems back east are in big trouble.
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Lawmakers Want Training for Hackers Who Play China and Iran in War Games
Each geographic combatant command worldwide would have to pen agreements with Defense Secretary Ash Carter to use these "cyber opposition forces," under the new proposal.
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Foes and Friends on the Arizona Border
State officials seek a balance between fighting crime and boosting Mexican tourism.
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White House Wants Techies to Delve Into Police Data
The program intends to make police data more transparent to the public.
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IARPA Wants a Hand-Held Laser Gun That Can Detect Chemicals 100 Feet Away
Current technologies for detecting narcotics, explosives and other dangerous chemicals requires physical contact.
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Is the Pentagon’s Innovation Unit Too Cozy with Silicon Valley?
Lawmakers are concerned by the "pinpoint focus on one geographic region" in the Defense Department's innovation efforts.
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Homeland Security Wants to Standardize Requirements in ‘Cyber’ Jobs
There’s federal effort to use the same definitions and qualifications for jobs involving cybersecurity across the government.
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Making Data-Driven Government Fundamental and Sustainable in City Halls
As the What Works Cities program, funded by the Bloomberg Philanthropies, celebrates its first year, municipal leaders and experts are looking at ways to make the results of their data efforts “so essential that nobody can take it away.”
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‘No Good Options’ to Solve Kansas Budget Mess; Alaska Eyes Changes to Its Permanent Fund
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Dutch-American city isn’t rolling up the ‘Welkom’ mat; Uber’s big penalty in Pennsylvania; and California’s ‘Skunk Train’ cleans homeless camps.
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Lawmakers Want Updates on Pentagon’s Security Clearance Overhaul
That’s one of the requirements written into the House version of the Defense Authorization Act.
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How States Can Improve Cyber Threat Intelligence Sharing With the Feds
Virginia has taken a number of steps to boost interoperability with federal agencies: consolidating network infrastructure, investing in fusion centers and filling its cyber workforce gap with community college grads.
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The Cell Phone-Monitoring Agency You’ve Never Heard Of
The DHS subcomponent tracked cell calls during the San Bernardino attack last December.
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Ex-Hacker: If You Get Hacked, Sue Somebody
The days of software companies having built-in legal “liability protections” are about to come to an end, one expert says.
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Where Are the Cities With the Worst Air Quality in the U.S.?
A new report from the American Lung Association notes that while pollution has decreased in recent decades, millions of people are still breathing dirty air.
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