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President’s Budget Would Axe NIST Program Meant to Help Small Businesses with Cybersecurity
Other agencies and departments would receive significant funding increases for cyber.
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We Shouldn’t Wait for a Crisis like Coronavirus to Fund Public Health
COMMENTARY | During emergencies, state and local agencies will be lauded for their efforts and suddenly flush with funding. But then the money disappears. It’s time to break that cycle.
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Most Millennial State and Local Government Workers Satisfied With Jobs, Survey Finds
The mission-driven aspects of public sector work could help explain the results, the group that released the research says.
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A State Could Require Schools to Play the National Anthem Weekly
An Alabama lawmaker said he decided to sponsor a bill after noticing that schools did not play the anthem at all sporting events.
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Justice Department Attributes Equifax Hack to Chinese Military Officers
Officials highlight the theft of intellectual property, in addition to personal information.
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Amazon Seeks Trump Testimony About Pentagon’s JEDI Cloud Contract
Amazon Web Services also wants to hear from Defense Secretary Mark Esper and asked for White House communications in its case against the Defense Department.
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States Take the Reins in Resilience Planning
Governors say states are taking steps to assure their long-term resiliency in the face of worsening climate change—and in the absence of sweeping federal action.
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Containing the Coronavirus
In King County, Washington, the public health department is relying on temporary staff hired for measles and hepatitis A outbreaks to help investigate a confirmed case of coronavirus.
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House Passes Bill to Codify—and Improve—GSA's Cloud Security Program
The FedRAMP Authorization Act includes $100 million in additional funding and a requirement to automate the process and force agencies to reuse ATOs.
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Ban or Regulate Kratom? State Lawmakers Weigh Approaches to Herbal Supplement
The American Kratom Association is lobbying lawmakers to adopt regulations that set ground rules for the supplement, which the FDA advises people not to consume, instead of joining six states that ban it as a controlled substance.
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CBP Is Upgrading to a New Facial Recognition Algorithm in March
The agency also signed an agreement with NIST to test the algorithm and its operational environment for accuracy and potential biases.
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State Proposal to Mandate Pay for Worker Shift Changes Draws Fire
The California Chamber of Commerce this week branded the bill a “job killer.” But prior research suggests scheduling uncertainty is hard on service sector employees.
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Veterans Affairs Launches Its First 5G-Enabled Hospital
Secretary Robert Wilkie said it was the first in the nation and one of the first in the world.
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How Fines and Fees Reform Became a Priority for Cities Across the Country
Dozens of cities are changing how they collect fines and fees. How did this movement grow?
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Seeking to Deter Would-Be Social Media Stars, Legislator Wants to Crack Down on Ice Cream Licking
A bill in Arizona would make it illegal for people to lick ice cream and return it to the store shelf, a response to a video that went viral last summer.
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Proposed Federal Rule Will Undercut State Lending Protections, AGs Warn
The attorneys general are concerned about a strategy that high-cost lenders can use to get around state interest rate caps.
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Recycling Labels Don’t Reflect Reality for Local Governments
A local government official says the federal government could help by setting standards that make clear what plastics are recyclable.
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CIA Issues Draft Solicitation for Next Step in Multibillion-Dollar Cloud Journey
The intelligence community will opt for multiple cloud service providers for its planned Commercial Cloud Enterprise contract.
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Beyond Buzzwords and Dashboards: Effective Approaches to Performance Management
In a new book, Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene assess the state of efforts to improve state and local government operations.
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