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Texas Lawmaker Looks to Invalidate Municipal Laws That 'Erode Consumer Choice'
Watch out Austin and Dallas: Local single-use plastic bag rules that irk the new governor are “restricting the flow of commerce,” according to a state representative.
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When IRS Tech Projects Start to Slip, Congress is the Last to Know
A few key tech projects at IRS are running over budget and behind schedule, and lawmakers are being left out of the loop, GAO said.
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Check Out These Powerful New Inflatable Swift Water Rescue Boats
First responders in the Sacramento area now have some new high-tech watercraft for mutual aid rescue operations.
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Hackers Cut In Line for Burning Man Tickets, Hack Back Against Lenovo and Scam Illinois Cops
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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New York State’s New 90-Day Email Purge Policy Raises Big Questions Over Transparency
Lawmakers in Albany grill state CIO Maggie Miller, who affirms the Cuomo administration’s controversial guidelines: It’s “consistent with accepted practice.”
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White House Cyber Force Has a $140,000 Opening
Our cyber defenders are always on guard. Take that, China.
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GAO: Pentagon's IT Planning is Too Sluggish
GAO's third examination of the Defense Department's major IT programs found some projects spent an average of five years, two months and $452 million before establishing cost and schedules.
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Anthem Health Care Hack Snared Federal Employees Who Weren’t Anthem Customers
But who knows how many?
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Arizona ‘City’ With Escaped Llamas Isn’t Actually a Municipality
Sun City doesn’t have a mayor and there’s no local government. But there’s a Sheriff’s Posse and plenty of residents in orange safety vests.
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Chattanooga, Tenn., and Wilson, N.C., Celebrate FCC’s Municipal Broadband Ruling
The two cities had petitioned commissioners to block state red tape that limits expansion of high-speed networks built by local governments.
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CIA’s New Big Data Hub Will be Hosted in the Cloud
CIA Chief Information Officer Doug Wolfe confirmed Wednesday the intelligence agency will start using Cloudera’s Enterprise Data Hub platform by April.
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Local Fire Departments Prepare for Possible Impacts From DHS Showdown in Congress
Federal grant programs could be disrupted by a shutdown and in some cases, that could impact payment of firefighter salaries.
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What 'Cloud' Really Stands For? House Mulls Over Pentagon IT Programs
Acting Defense Department Terry Halvorsen urged lawmakers to prioritize efforts to update military IT, such the Joint Information Environment, a concept for a militarywide data sharing system.
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How One County Government Diverts Food Waste to Generate Revenue
“[F]ood scrap collection demonstrates that simple ideas can produce big results,” says one county executive in Maryland.
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Will Albuquerque’s Police Problems Arrest Its Economic Aspirations?
New Mexico’s largest city wants to boost its innovation environment. But will negative headlines deter the mayor’s entrepreneurial ambitions?
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How San Diego Plans to Assess the Condition of Nearly 2,800 Miles of City Streets
Mayor Kevin Faulconer wants to fix his city’s streets. But first, the city has to figure out which ones need the most immediate attention.
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Attention, CIOs: Start Planning for FITARA Now
The Office of Management and Budget is still writing guidelines to more fully flesh out federal IT reform legislation.
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Where You Can Legally Smoke Marijuana in the Nation's Capital
Despite opposition from Congress, the District of Columbia will let residents smoke pot in their homes, but not on the street.
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