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Questions Simmer in Oregon Over Legality of Local Marijuana Taxes
Measure 91 prohibits local taxes on recreational weed, but that’s not stopping some cities and counties from trying to assert home rule.
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Hackers Take on Amazon’s Twitch Gaming Service, Con Car Accident Victims and Cause ‘Deep Shido’ for Judo Club
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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Maryland College Team Wins International Cyber Policy Hackathon
At the end of a two-day cyber policy hackathon, the team from the University of Maryland University College was awarded the top prize for addressing a massive cyberattack on a fictional country.
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Data-Centric Jobs Already Flourish in the Federal Government
All told, there are some 1.6 million government workers (including state and local) in positions where data is “central to the job,” according to a recent Commerce Department report.
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Human Trust Overpowered High-Tech Security in German Air Plane Crash
Experts say the downing of Germanwings flight 9525 seems like the classic case of the insider threat -- which belies easy tech fixes.
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Portland’s Pressing Civic Issues Are Bigger Than the Design of Airport Carpet
Among other issues in the City of Roses: An upcoming vote on Uber’s reintroduction and ‘Ban the Box’ discussions.
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Tech Alone Can’t Solve Government’s Customer Experience Clunkers
Still, the biggest challenge to the government improving its customer experience still lies with people, not tech, experts say.
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Cyber Social Network Launches
A new website fusing elements of Facebook and LinkedIn aims to help cybersecurity workers hone their skills and employers get a bead on new talent.
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5 Tips for Data Management from Federal Leaders
A few federal data leaders shared their thoughts at a recent panel on financial regulation.
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New Pew Data: Most States Are Still Not Out of the Revenue Hole
Twenty of 25 lagging states have GOP governors, legislatures or both.
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The Smartest Hackers in the Room (Hint: They're Not the Humans)
The $2 million “Cyber Grand Challenge” pits hacker-fighting software against malicious code programmed by Pentagon personnel.
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Industry Sells Congress on Internet of Things
During a House Subcommittee on Energy and Commerce meeting, lawmakers considered how the Internet of Things could move beyond consumer products.
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New CIO Talks Federal IT Reform: Making FITARA Stick is Job No. 1
Since Tony Scott joined the administration last month, he’s been on a whirlwind tour, meeting CIOs and other agency officials, congressional backers of the law and outside groups to get their take on implementing IT reform.
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Why State and Local Law Enforcement Should Be Part of the MLAT Reform Process
In a guest article, Bryan Cunningham points out the MLAT problem will get worse as cloud storage providers increasingly globalize data storage.
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Does the Customer Know Best When it Comes to Federal Services?
After the HealthCare.gov implosion, the federal government learned the hard way the importance of customer experience.
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Oregon Works to Fix Flaw in Bill Meant to Entice Google Fiber
State legislation thought to be a ‘win-win’ wasn’t quite a win-win for Google.
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New Federal CIO’s Mission: ‘Landing the Plane’
Tony Scott says he’s focusing on finishing the job envisioned by his predecessors, not wiping the slate clean and starting anew.
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Agencies Waited Nearly a Month and a Half to Fix High-Threat Vulnerabilities
Initial "anti-phishing" and malware defense reports show the mean time for dealing with "high findings" flagged by vulnerability scans was 42 days.
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What Pizza, Lawnmowers and Veterans Cemeteries Have in Common
Lessons in serving customers better.
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