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How a ‘Vampire Hunter’s Set’ May Be Connected to Harrisburg’s Fiscal Crisis

A lengthy criminal complaint filed against former Mayor Stephen Reed includes 499 counts involving bribery, theft and the misuse of bond funds.

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House Panel Dents Budget for Cyber Tool That Scoped out OPM Breaches

Citing proposed pay raise costs and concerns about contracts for the EINSTEIN tool, lawmakers pass $5 million reduction.

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Defending the Digital Consumer

FTC Commissioner Julie Brill prepares for the day there is no Internet.

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States Battle Cities Over Minimum Wage

As more cities embrace local minimum wage ordinances, state legislatures are pushing back.

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Self-Driving Cars Pose a Big Revenue Problem for Local Governments

States and localities need to partner with automated carmakers—and quickly—to establish an alternative tax system, according to a new Brookings Institution report.

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Hackers Bust into Zoos, Mess with Trump and Threaten Syrian Humanitarian Watchdogs

Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.

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A Guide to Treating Internet Access Like Critical Infrastructure (Because It Is)

High-quality broadband networks are improving state and local economies and services where they’re embraced, per a recent Next Century Cities report.

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NSA joins GitHub, Shares Code for Cyber Tool

The agency is publishing the source code for its Systems Integrity Management Platform, which lets administrators make sure server clusters are compliant with security standards

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Tweeting About the New $10 Bill? Treasury’s Keeping Tabs on Your Tweets

The Treasury Department has started collecting and occasionally republishing the public's agency-related social media posts in order to gain a better handle on public sentiment.