Wyoming’s New Cybersecurity Proposal; Virginia’s New Massive Solar Project
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Also: Frenso prepared to get tough on code enforcement.
Here’s some of what we’ve been reading today …
CHEYENNE, Wyoming: Cybersecurity is a top concern for state government IT professionals—and if it isn’t, it really should be. In Wyoming, state lawmakers are considering legislation that would “enforce and maintain a policy regarding the collection, access, security and use of data,” according to the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Having uniform standards is important and the proposed legislation calls for the examination of extending the rules and guidelines to Wyoming’s local governments as well. [Wyoming Tribune Eagle]
ACCOMACK COUNTY, Virginia: In this county on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced earlier this week that the state had granted the final permit needed for a massive solar energy project, the second largest on the East Coast. Construction will start later this year, As DelmarvaNow reports. “Today we are single-handedly quadrupling the amount of solar power produced here in Virginia, just by this one step,” the governor said. [DelmarvaNow]
CHICAGO, Illinois: An estimated 36 million American adults lack basic skills in literacy, numeracy and problem solving, skills needed to secure employment. In a new report from the Joyce Foundation, three states, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin, show successes in new education and skills development strategies for adult learner.
According to the foundation:
At the heart of the strategies are “bridge” programs linking adults in literacy GED programs to college-level occupational programs providing counseling and support services, and that teach basic skills as they apply to specific occupations. Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin more than doubled the number of bridge programs at community and technical colleges and other adult learning settings between 2012 and 2014, and more than doubled the number of adult learners served by the programs, to 10,345.
FRESNO, California: Fresno is getting tough on code enforcement and negligent property owners are have been put on notice. With a set of new code enforcement amendments poised to be adopted by members of the City Council, Fresno is getting ready to take action. As the Fresno Bee reports:
[City Manager Bruce] Rudd said he will meet with Code Enforcement Division Manager Del Estabrooke and staff this week to discuss the new vacant blighted building law. More than 1,000 vacant single-family residences recently were identified as violating the law. Rudd said landlords have been warned many times that a day of reckoning is coming. He said some landlords are fixing their properties. He said others have yet to act.
Some landlords could faces fines of $250 per day for violations. [Fresno Bee]
CENTRAL FALLS, Rhode Island: The mayor of this city in Rhode Island joined 17 other municipal leaders this week asking the White House to send Syrian refugees to their communities. [The Associated Press via Providence Journal]
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