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Infrastructure
Combining GCN and Route Fifty: A note to our readers
We are merging our publications to better serve the state and local government community.
Infrastructure
We’re back! Our grand return to live events
GCN and Route Fifty will hit the road with a new free event series to explore how cities across the country are building their future today.
Cybersecurity
Maryland Health Department hit with ransomware
For more than two weeks, COVID surveillance data wasn't released publicly, and many day-to-day operational services are still unavailable.
Infrastructure
Wyoming health IT modernization nears completion
The modules of the Wyoming Integrated Next Generation System were procured separately to ensure best-of-breed solutions.
Digital Government
GIS enlisted for equity and social justice analysis
Esri's Social Equity Analysis tool allows equity analysts to combine smart maps and community data to assess local conditions, evaluate decision-making scenarios and measure progress toward equity goals.
Cybersecurity
Virginia legislature hit with ransomware
An attack on Virginia’s legislative branch has shut down computer systems and websites for the state’s legislative agencies and commissions.
Emerging Tech
NASA testing space-to-Earth optical communications
The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration will validate sending and receiving high-resolution images and videos from geosynchronous orbit to ground stations in California and Hawaii.
Infrastructure
AWS launches Top-Secret West region
The new cloud region, more than 1,000 miles from AWS Top-Secret East, will give customers in the defense, intelligence and national security communities access to multi-region architectures for increased resiliency and availability.
Infrastructure
Cloud.gov explores authentication service
The General Services Administration is creating an authentication service for Cloud.gov and other agency customers.
Cybersecurity
TSA calls for public transportation info sharing center
The Transportation Security Administration wants to stand up an Information Sharing and Analysis Center that would provide security incident reporting, threat-monitoring and information sharing for mass transit and passenger rail service operators.
Cybersecurity
CISA issues enterprise mobile security checklist
The Enterprise Mobility Management system checklist outlines steps for device management, authentication, app and network security as well as defending enterprise systems from mobile devices.
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Emerging Tech
Scientists test GPS-free navigation
To calculate position without GPS, a team of researchers are using cosmic-ray muons -- subatomic particles can not only pass through the air, but also through rock, buildings and underground.
Infrastructure
Pod security for 5G cloud infrastructure
CISA and NSA have issued guidance on strengthening Pod isolation by limiting permissions on deployed containers and implementing real-time threat detection.
Cybersecurity
NJ offers in-person ID verification for online services
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development is rolling out a new service that allows individuals -- even those without a mobile phone or dedicated internet access – to verify their identity at retail locations.
Digital Government
NC town builds IoT center of excellence
In partnership with SAS Institute and Sematech, Cary will build a Center of Excellence dedicated to facilitating the development and deployment of edge-to-cloud internet-of-things solutions to local challenges that other municipalities can replicate.
Cybersecurity
New York needs to get ahead of cyberattacks, audit finds
The unit dedicated to ensuring the cybersecurity of New York state agencies, local governments and public authorities is behind the curve, a new audit finds.
Digital Government
IRS’ bot shop streamlines IT services
Through early adoption of artificial intelligence and robotic process automation, UNS has strategically targeted IT support issues with RPA, specifically ones that require substantial resources.
Infrastructure
DOD smooths funding path for entrepreneurs
The Defense SBIR/STTR Innovation Portal makes it easier for entrepreneurs to present great ideas to the Defense Department.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Risk Portal consolidates LA’s vulnerability data
The solution consolidates vulnerability scan results from multiple sources and compiles an easy-to-read cyber risk score for each IT asset and department that is sent monthly to department executives and IT directors.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity war room kept election secure
In Arizona, the Maricopa County Office of Enterprise Technology set up an election war room to coordinate response to both cyber and physical threats targeting county information systems.
