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Agencies Saved Billions by Cutting Low-Priority IT Projects. But What Did They Do With the Savings?
Many agencies aren’t properly tracking how they’re using the cost savings to fund innovative new projects.
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Obama and White House Tech Advisers Tweet Support for Clock-Making Teen
Ahmed Mohamed now has an invitation to the White House.
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Wisconsin Churches vs. Cemetery Lobbying Fight; N.C. Budget Scuttles Light Rail Project
Also: Ohio Supreme Court OKs charter school management company ‘fraud’ and a Kentucky mayor’s ‘bathroom stall’ media tweet?
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Top Obama Administration Officials Push Congress on Wildfire Funding Changes
Legislative debate over the costs of wildland firefighting could have implications at the state level.
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Counties Pressure Congress to Provide More Certainty With Federal Payments for Tax-Exempt Public Lands
A $452 million federal program meant to compensate local governments for lost property tax revenue is set to expire at the end of September.
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Watchdog: DHS Still Struggles with Cyber Response
The agency still struggles to coordinate its cyber-response activities and lacks an automated information-sharing tool to share cyber threat data.
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Newark Mayor’s ‘Urban Marshall Plan’ Idea; Iowa Rethinks Roadside Mowing
Also: Providence mayor’s house under protection and late prisoners in New Orleans.
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Contractors Say Proposed Hack Reporting Rules Aren’t Strict Enough
'This is exactly the interpretive, decentralized behavior that has produced the current state of network security vulnerabilities.'
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8 Tough Questions for the New CIO of the Library of Congress
As the library's first permanent CIO in three years, Bernard A. Barton Jr has a wide array of plans for helping it flourish in the digital age.
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OPM’s IT Security Overhaul Remains Under Scrutiny
In a new report made public today, the agency’s internal watchdog blasts the agency for dismissing the findings of an emergency report issued earlier this summer.
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In Every State, Gains in Income Trail Growth in Economy
The state-level look shows that some of the biggest gaps are in prospering energy states like North Dakota and Wyoming.
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Can Social Media Tracking Make Medication Safer?
FDA is considering analyzing social media data to learn more about product safety.
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So Much Official Passive Aggressiveness in New York; Utah’s Booming Booze Business
Also: California city faces stiff water fines and Richmond’s municipal woes.
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FBI and DHS Warn of Security Risks from the Internet of Things
Wearables, thermostats and insulin dispensers and other everyday objects are not hack proof.
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Hackers Spy on UK for ISIS, Eavesdrop on Cal State Sex Assault Class, and Hijack Energy Dept. Systems
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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As Feds Feel Heat Over Colorado Toxic Mine Mess, Tourist Towns Seek Superfund Solution
Local official: “We’re thinking big here; we’re not thinking small, because this is a problem that America has, period.”
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After Same-Sex Marriage Ruling, States Reconsider Domestic Partner Benefits
These benefits may be more vulnerable within state and local government, where competition over employees isn’t as fierce as in the private sector and where leaders have been under pressure to keep finances in check since the recession.
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World Trade Center Materials Have Been Memorialized in All 50 States
Through a Port Authority program, thousands of pieces of World Trade Center steel have been turned into memorials throughout the United States.
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NOAA Tries ‘Oddball’ Approach to Harnessing Big Data
NOAA wants environmental data as easy to access as sports scores.
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