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Emergency Management
After Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his brother, Dzhokhar, detonated bombs that killed three people at the 2013 Boston Marathon, details about the FBI’s previous monitoring of the two prompted criticism of the agency.
When Omar Mateen took out his rage on 49 souls at an Orlando, Florida, nightclub earlier this year, there were again questions about why he was flying under the radar after having been investigated by the FBI.
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Route Fifty
In California, homelessness isn't just an issue in Los Angeles, San Francisco and other urban centers. It impacts all of the Golden State's 58 counties, from Siskiyou in the north to Imperial in south.
A recently posted video from the California State Association of Counties details why collaboration is key among intergovernmental and other social service and community stakeholders in order to effectively address and respond to homelessness.
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Property Casual 360
New data from property information and analytics company CoreLogic, finds that an earthquake along the San Andreas Fault could impact both Northern and South California simultaneously.
Once thought an impossibility, a statewide earthquake could result in 126 percent more property damage, increasing the risks from 1.6 million homes to more than 3.5 million for a magnitude 8.0 or higher earthquake along the fault.
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Government Technology
When it comes to taking cellphones out of the hands of Texas drivers, Rep. Tom Craddick is operating on the maxim that if at first you don’t succeed, file again. And again. And again.
For the fourth consecutive legislative session, Craddick, R-Midland, has filed a bill banning use of texting while driving. Craddick again named the bill for Alex Brown, a 17-year-old who was killed when she crashed her truck as she carried on up to four different texting conversations at the time of the crash.
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NextGov
The government’s security adviser sounded an alarm today about the proliferation of untrustworthy and insecure technology in systems that digitally connect everything from refrigerators and cameras to dams and railways.
NIST Fellow Ron Ross called the cyber threats facing government and business “as severe as threats of terrorism or the threats we experienced during the Cold War.”
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Government Executive
Veterans Day had its start as Armistice Day, marking the end of World War I hostilities. The holiday serves as an occasion to both honor those who have served in our armed forces and to ask whether we, as a nation, are doing right by them.
In recent years, that question has been directed most urgently at Veterans Affairs hospitals.
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FutureStructure
Much has been made about the future of cities and what the 21st century city will look like. Government officials are quick to reference their ideals for smart technology creating more efficient governance and more livable conditions, but how do we tell the difference between cities that do it for press releases and news coverage against those using the tools in a constructive, cost-efficient way?
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Governing
The unpleasant reality for many struggling postindustrial cities and regions is that there isn’t an obvious turnaround in sight. For some whose lives are tied up in these communities, that’s a truth they simply cannot confront, instead turning to politician after politician promising magic-bullet solutions. For others, that’s a reason to give up hope and just write these communities off.
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