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Property Casual 360
New statistics released Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection reveal that the rate of digital border searches is on pace to quadruple since 2015. That means more and more travelers entering the U.S. are being asked to turn over their electronic devices to be analyzed.
The increase appears to have begun even before President Donald Trump’s promise to scrutinize incoming visitors with “extreme vetting” measures, some of which included stepping up digital surveillance.
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The city of Dallas has brought in help from Federal Communication Commission to assist in its investigation of a hacking incident late Friday night where all of the city’s 156 outdoor emergency sirens were set off and wailed for about an hour before authorities could take the system offline early Saturday.
The incident prompted the city’s 9-1-1 system to be flooded with phone calls.
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Emergency Management
Here's some welcome news for most Floridians: The upcoming hurricane season could be slightly below average.
In fact, we could see as few as four hurricanes.
An early forecast from scientists at Colorado State University's Tropical Meteorology Project concluded that a weak or moderate El Niño is likely by the height of the Atlantic hurricane season, along with cooling temperatures in the tropical Atlantic and the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Government Technology
Amid a deluge of hacking headlines and bad experiences with data crimes such as identity theft, most Americans now want government agencies to strengthen protections of their digital data, even if doing so means sacrificing conveniences, a new survey has found.
Accenture, a professional services and global management consulting company, conducted the study, which questioned about 3,500 U.S. citizens, and released the results this week.
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Nextgov
A cadre of shadowy criminal hackers seizes control of an energy plant. They give themselves administrator privileges and lock the genuine administrators out along with everyone else. Then, they threaten to trigger a major leak or explosion if the plant owners don’t pay up: $50 million in bitcoin.
The story sounds like a fantastical Hollywood plot. It’s basically a digital-age riff on the 1965 James Bond Film “Thunderball” and the 1997 spoof “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.”
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Washington Examiner
group of bipartisan lawmakers, including 13 from Florida, which suffered Zika outbreaks last year, wants Congress to create a fund to quickly fight diseases.
The group of 20 House members wants Congress to provide $300 million for a fund that responds swiftly to outbreaks. The request, sent in a letter to congressional appropriators, comes after Congress debated how much money to provide to fight the Zika virus last year.
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Emergency Management
Former Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s Team of Teams is an excellent book about leadership and the need to adapt to changing circumstances. In the book, he explains how the U.S. Special Operations Task Force in Iraq had to become a more nimble and networked organization to combat al-Qaida. Many of the lessons and strategies discussed are directly relatable to other disciplines, including emergency management.
The Associated Press via U.S. News & World Report
Firefighters are battling wildfires from the top of Florida near the Georgia line to Miami-Dade County in the south as the governor declared a state of emergency Tuesday.
Gov. Rick Scott said the proclamation will make it easier for state, regional and local agencies to "quickly work together to protect our families, visitors and communities" as authorities battle more than 100 wildfires around the state.
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Governing
Dallas has enjoyed enormous success in recent years. Texas’ third-largest city has seen the fastest job growth of any major metropolitan area in the country, as well as the second-fastest population growth. But despite its good fortune, Dallas has created a huge problem for itself — one so big that even bankruptcy isn’t off the table.
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