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Madhu Gottumukkala, South Dakota's Bureau of Information and Technology commissioner, has been named deputy director of CISA. southdakotasearchlight.com/briefs/south...

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Texas is the latest state to create its own #DOGE office. Political posturing or needed reform? statescoop.com/texas-doge-t...

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“is my calculator horny?“ our tech columnist asks. “i entered 5318008 into it and turned it upside down. what i saw surprised me”

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My wild take: medical interventions that eliminate diseases are good. Let's keep doing that

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The feud continues. I didn't publish Allen's full statement because the insults seemed a bit gratuitous, but it's interesting when what should be a boring conversation about technology devolves into this: statescoop.com/alabama-eric...

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A key observation fom the new Verizon data breach report, via @mattkapko.com: cyberscoop.com/verizon-data...

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“Some officials say U.S. citizens who criticize administration policies could be charged with crimes, based on the notion that they're aiding terrorists and criminals.”

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NTIA just gave states a 90-day extension on their final BEAD proposals. Commerce isn't saying yet when it will change the program with more LEO satellite, less DEI. Via @keelyquinlan.bsky.social : statescoop.com/states-get-9...

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New from me (my 1st story at Cybersecurity Dive!): CISA's Secure by Design initiative is in limbo following the resignations of its two leaders. www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-se... Observers predicted SBD will have trouble making progress, and some in industry are looking forward to changes.

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I know things seem bad now, but when we're all in the gulag we'll look back on these days and laugh

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The Trump administration is flouting due process, potentially ending democracy in the U.S. as we know it, and meanwhile NYT writers are bloviating about the symbolism of a coat, as if Melania Trump is thinking of anything but what will match her shoes.

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Blockchain, the technology that just won't die: statescoop.com/new-york-blo...

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Hitler’s rise to power shows how a country with a functional, if flawed, democratic machinery handed absolute power over to someone whom the conservative political class regarded as a chaotic clown with a violent following.

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Texas Republicans want to test the state's wastewater for evidence of birth control pills, abortion medication, pregnancy hormones, and hormones associated with gender affirming care. What could go wrong?! jessica.substack.com/p/texas-want...

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Things are technically great right now

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File this in the growing category of "would be funny if not so sad"

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It sounds like an old discussion, but there are bills being proposed and county dollars being spent: Can blockchain tech improve election integrity? New from me: statescoop.com/new-york-blo...

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I FOIA'd a bunch of states for their AI records, contracts, memos, etc. a couple months ago and Florida's technology department is claiming it does not have a single document on file related to or mentioning artificial intelligence. 🤔🤔

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The most horrific so far

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Congratulations to all the reporters and editors at @scoopnewsgroup.bsky.social who won Azbee awards today, especially my team, @keelyquinlan.bsky.social, Sophia Fox-Sowell and me! Some good reporting here worth checking out:

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With the federal government "rowing in the wrong direction" on election security, Mark Lindeman of Verified Voting says that post-election audits are one of the most important tools left to defend against misinformation campaigns. Listen to the latest Priorities: statescoop.com/radio/why-el...

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Free stuff is overrated anyway. By @mattbracken.bsky.social and Sophia Fox-Sowell: fedscoop.com/trump-admini...

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Integrating more community feedback into policy changes is a common wish list item for state and local government leaders. Bowling Green, Kentucky, says a recent AI project helped do that. Via @keelyquinlan.bsky.social: statescoop.com/bowling-gree...

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New, from me: statescoop.com/conservative...

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The SAVE Act could end online voter registration, and that might be part of the point. via @keelyquinlan.bsky.social: statescoop.com/save-act-cha...

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I know lists are mostly created so people can argue about them, but this one is especially strange. California gets low marks for innovation because it has high taxes? And blockchain, of all things, is one of the grading items? www.cta.tech/innovation-s...

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NEW: Andrew Cuomo used ChatGPT to help write the housing plan he released this weekend, which included several nonsensical passages. The plan even cites to ChatGPT on a section about the Rent Guidelines Board. hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo...

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Even before Lutnick unveils whatever BEAD will be next, the push toward satellite is feeling very real in the states. Via @keelyquinlan.bsky.social: statescoop.com/fiber-broadb...

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The town I live in distributes a free magazine that features a different wholesome family each month. This month had this picture of the dad:

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Yesterday I interviewed Carlos Kizzee, at the Center for Internet Security, about the future of the MS-ISAC, which recently got a hefty funding cut. He says CISA's claim that its services are redundant with its own are "not necessarily true." Here's the interview: statescoop.com/radio/ms-isa...

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One day after news that the federal government had frozen the digital equity grants program (no surprise there), California announced today that it was opening applications for that very program: statescoop.com/california-d...

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Hi I'm Johnny Knoxville, and this is the 104% Tariff

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Some of the effects of DOGE cuts are big and obvious, but it's largely a story of attrition. A $10 million cut at the Center for Internet Security introduced stress and uncertainty for state and local cybersecurity organizations nationwide: statescoop.com/ms-isac-fund...

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The MS-ISAC has told its members it will continue providing all cybersecurity services after the federal cuts, but its executive committee is still deciding on a long-term plan: statescoop.com/ms-isac-fund...

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Lihue, Kauai

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