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Wildfires Burning Through Cash as Fast as Forest; Shell Oil Quits Arctic Seas
Also: Delaware brings private sector advisors in on budget planning and a Justice Department case that’s really not at all about polygamy in Utah.
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Hackers Stay at Hilton & Trick Lunch Lady into Exposing Students, While Workers Lose Child Mental Health Records
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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Kansas Gets Ready to Dump Young Voters From Suspended List; Oregon’s Scary Bridge Report
Also: Religious loophole for Vermont parents and an "outdoor refreshment" zone for Toledo?
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What Big Data Means for Human Subjects in Federal Research
A group of agencies is trying to update the consent process for human test subjects in federal research.
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Colorado Battle Over Local Control of Oil and Gas Drilling Far From Over
Does state law preempt local attempts to regulate fracking?
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Video: NASA Heads Under the Ice
A team from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory was on thin ice (literally) when testing a new rover.
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Pentagon Small Biz Office Didn’t Know About Cyber Training
Even as the Pentagon was imposing data breach regulations on the $55.5 billion sector, the office essentially had other priorities than advocating information security awareness.
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If the Intelligence Community Can Do Cloud, Why Can’t The Rest of Government?
Many agencies today are still using cloud computing similar to 2010, one official says.
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Smoking Ban Repeal Vote in Wyoming; Unpaid Water Bills Protest in Detroit Enclave
Leaders in this Oregon county really don’t want marijuana.
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Government Shutdown? Some Federal IT Systems Would be Unplugged, Websites Go Offline
Federal agencies were ordered to power down nonessential IT systems during the 2013 shutdown.
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Energy Department CTO Stepping Down, Joining the Private Sector
Pete Tseronis plans to leave by Nov. 1, 2015.
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Can a National Park Save Northern Maine?
Debate over the North Woods Park proposal has raised federalism issues.
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Stats Shot: 381 U.S. Metro Areas, Ranked by Their 2014 GDP
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released the figures on Wednesday.
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Tax Collectors Want 'Selfies' to Prove You Are Who You Say You Are
States receive federal funds to verify the smartphone self-portraits of citizens, as a means of preventing refund fraud.
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Agencies Harnessing Data to Make Your Visit to a Government Office More Bearable
Feedback USA is a system of kiosks that allow citizens to rate their experience visiting field offices and other agency locations.
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Only 1 in 7 of the Pentagon’s Emails is Legit
Out of 700 million emails sent to Pentagon account monthly, about 98 million are actually "good emails,” an official says.
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Washington Still Funding Charter Schools for Now; Sun Pharma Wants No Part of Arkansas Executions
Also: Jersey City transgender employees win expanded benefits and damning data on racial profiling piles up in Connecticut.
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OPM Says 5 Times More Federal Employees Had Fingerprint Data Stolen in Hack Than First Believed
The number of federal personnel whose fingerprint data was stolen in the hack has increased from approximately 1.1 million people to 5.6 million.
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Download Our Route Fifty-ICMA E-Book: ‘What’s Next in Local Government?’
Headed to Seattle for ICMA’s annual conference? Read our special report.
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