Category: State & Local

June 18, 2019

When the Maryland Department of Human Services decided in 2017 to move the systems it uses to run the state’s benefit programs to a cloud platform, it could have gone with a “lift and shift” strategy, literally copying the files […]

June 13, 2019

Lawmakers in Nevada on Wednesday sent their fourth piece of legislation concerning blockchain technology to Gov. Steve Sisolak in the past two weeks. The latest measure, Senate Bill 161, would provide businesses testing new uses of the distributed-ledger technology with […]

June 3, 2019

A foreign hacker has been running a phishing campaign that uses phony versions of local government websites in the United States, targeting small and medium-sized businesses in those communities to steal personal credentials, cybersecurity firm Lookout told StateScoop. In the […]

May 31, 2019

Louisiana became the next state likely to pass a “heartbeat bill” this week, aiming to ban abortion as soon as a “fetal heartbeat” is detected. This provision amounts to a near total ban on abortion, as such activity can be […]

May 30, 2019

Colorado election officials will develop tools to improve access for voters with disabilities to the state’s vote-by-mail system, following a bill signed into law this week by Gov. Jared Polis. Under the new law, the Colorado secretary of state’s office […]

May 16, 2019

Three Democratic members of Congress have reintroduced the Smart Cities and Communities Act, which would authorize $1.1 billion in federal support over five years for local technology initiatives. Rep. Suzan DelBene from Washington, a co-sponsor, said in a press release […]

May 14, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO — California is embarking on a new era of privacy on the internet, and Xavier Becerra can’t stop thinking about the failed debut of Obamacare. Back in 2013, Becerra, then a Democratic congressman from Los Angeles, watched as […]

April 15, 2019

If you haven’t pulled your tax return together and sent it into the IRS by now, you’re just about out of time. Monday, April 15, is Tax Day for most Americans. Due to Patriots’ Day holidays on Monday in Maine […]

April 1, 2019

Lamenting outdated computer systems and manual processes, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has called for new funding to update the city police department’s information technology. New budget allocations would provide $80 million in new funding for the Los Angeles Police […]

February 14, 2019

President Donald Trump late Wednesday demanded California return the $3.5 billion it received from the federal government for a “disaster” high-speed rail project. “California has been forced to cancel the massive bullet train project after having spent and wasted many […]