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StateRAMP to Offer State, Local Government Secure Vendor Pool https://t.co/eMYyD5ZzRR

State and local governments challenged with navigating the cybersecurity posture of the many vendors they do business with have a new resource to turn to. 

StateRAMP, made up of a consortiu…

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Wake County CIO Bill Greeves to Depart for Private Sector https://t.co/I26gbGBDoL

Local government IT veteran Bill Greeves plans to step down from his post as chief information and innovation officer of Wake County, N.C., at the end of the month to join international software…

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Startup, Nonprofit Team Up on Hybrid Public Meeting Software https://t.co/mdJGfXebTR

The ability to participate remotely in public meetings wasn’t unheard of before COVID-19, but nationwide lockdown orders mainstreamed the idea in a hurry. Even as local governments switched t…

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Federal Task Force Will Investigate Russia-Led Cyberattack https://t.co/U6CZ9mYIuz

In response to the recent SolarWinds cyberattack, the National Security Council launched a new task force to investigate which federal networks were compromised in the alleged Russian-led cyber…

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OpenGov Partners With Fyllo on Cannabis Regulation Software https://t.co/aW7XZ1p6fW

As of November, 11 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized cannabis for adults, while 34 have legalized it specifically for medical purposes. In either case, local governments in those sta…

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Granicus Hires Former Georgia CIO as Vice President https://t.co/FVNv4bXZgl

Granicus, which provides digital services and communications tools for state and local government, has hired former state CIO Patrick Moore as its vice president.

Moore served as CIO of Georgia from …

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Could a Supercomputer Help Fix L.A.’s Traffic Problems? https://t.co/FOjSTQ47lp

Big data continues to drive transportation planning and analysis as researchers crunch traffic counts from across one of the nation’s most car-centric metro regions. The efforts are helping to not…

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Most Popular Cybersecurity Blog Posts from 2020 https://t.co/a4sp4hIu2T

2020 was a year that most people would like to forget. And yet, perhaps in large part as a result of the global pandemic and the 2020 U.S. elections, cybersecurity stories were more popular than ever.

As…

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U.S. Capitol Breach Poses Information Security Risks https://t.co/GWa5nfdzmN

(TNS) — The pro-Trump mob at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday that stormed the Senate floor and Capitol rotunda may have breached more than just the building’s physical security.

Photos show rioters in…

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Massive Federal Hack Raises Questions About the Way Forward https://t.co/FAKTK5pBOz

In the wake of a riot and invasion of the U.S. Capitol, a panel of cybersecurity experts sat down to discuss another unprecedented incident facing the nation: the SolarWinds cyberattack that h…

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End-to-End Verifiability Key to Future Election Security https://t.co/wzBGn6sxne

In the days following the election, President Trump and his surrogates made allegations of widespread voter fraud, claiming this was the reason he lost his campaign for re-election. And Trump’s t…

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San Diego Announces First Chief Innovation Officer https://t.co/EVNNoCYCNI

San Diego, the nation’s eighth largest city by population, has its first-ever chief innovation officer in Kirby Brady, according to an announcement yesterday by Mayor Todd Gloria.

Brady, a native San …

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Anchorage Offers Unique Opportunity for Tech Innovation https://t.co/yis6ztKWHT

Brendan Babb has been the chief innovation officer in Anchorage, Alaska, for more than four years, coming to the city after being part of a local civic tech group. For the majority of his time the…

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Ixlayer Builds Software for “Last Mile” Vaccine Distribution https://t.co/K0Vezaow9L

COVID-19 is killing thousands of people a day in the U.S., but from the vantage point of six or eight months ago, some would say the hard part is over. Thanks to microbiologists working in re…

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Vaccine Rollout Pushes County Health Department Websites Offline https://t.co/1Z0jougozd

As the administration of COVID-19 vaccines advances, local health departments have hit technical road bumps as county vaccination sites continue to crash.

Florida counties, including Bro…

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Gov Tech Market Grows Amid Challenges of COVID-19 Pandemic https://t.co/9CDvTHlW4B

As with every facet of our coverage over the past year, our annual GT100 list has been affected and informed by the global pandemic. But similarly, the trends and issues Government Technology r…

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Passed Pandemic Relief Bill Supports .Gov Web Domains https://t.co/8ZWXV73Xfk

Congress passed a new pandemic relief bill just before the end of 2020, and buried within it was the DOTGOV Online Trust in Government Act, a bipartisan attempt to make it easier for government agen…

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Maryland DOT Partners on Trucking Analytics Project https://t.co/71ifLP7JmC

New detailed parking data from a welcome center in Maryland is allowing transportation planners to better understand how truckers are using these rest stops and develop improved management strategies.…

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Essential: The 2021 GovTech 100 https://t.co/XFGyG4T4Uk

From a distance, one might imagine a gruesome collision — the COVID-19 pandemic, unforeseeable and sudden, forced government to shut many of its doors while dealing with increased demand for services, massive budget hits…

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Startup OpenGrants Announces Unique Investment Offering https://t.co/xv9uTeTrtW

The grant search engine OpenGrants, which helps private and public agencies find and distribute funding, has launched a new fundraising effort in the form of a continuous securities offering, acco…