Policy
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Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who took office in January, wants more public safety tools to protect stops and stations, and a better user experience. She has ordered officials to come up with a plan. -
Making sure that regular utility customers don’t get stuck bearing the burden of paying to run data centers is a main goal as state regulators consider the impacts of the energy-intensive facilities.
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Members of the House passed a bill requiring data centers to pay for increased costs associated with their energy demands. The proposed legislation now heads to the state Senate.
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The Federal Aviation Administration has given a small company in New York the green light to begin spraying crops with drones, and the company plans to begin offering a crop-spraying service in that state this spring.
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Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has called for government regulations on artificial intelligence, doing so with an opinion piece in the Financial Times that has left some experts in the space with questions.
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The so-called "Stop Social Media Censorship Act" would make companies liable for damages in civil lawsuits if they delete or censure religious speech or political speech, or use an algorithm to "disfavor or censure" such speech.
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Google is going to try to market itself as a privacy-first service, after announcing its drastic change in how it handles third-party cookies in its Chrome browser last week. Other web browsers have long embraced privacy.
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According to officials, the state is risking disruptions to operations with its legacy human resources system. Gov. Gina Raimondo has asked legislators to approve the funding to modernize the necessary systems.
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As states look to legal frameworks to deter the rising tide of cyberattacks against state and local governments, Maryland is seeking to criminalize the possession of the tools that make them possible.
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Cyberattacks, Internet shutdowns, online bullying, and other types of behavior threaten the rights of citizens. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who created the World Wide Web, offers a contract to regulate Internet norms.
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Federal cybersecurity pros will meet in central New York with state and local election officials to discuss the threat of cyberattacks on the 2020 elections and defensive measures to protect the integrity of elections.
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With each state using different election laws under the hyper-localized American system, the election security landscape remains complicated in the first general-election year since the Russian meddling efforts.
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The legislation is aimed at preventing insurance companies from using customers’ genetic information to change, deny or cancel policies. If passed, the state would be the first to have legislation of this kind.
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The new presidential primary system, run and paid for by the state, is expected to be logistically smoother. The new system also records party preference and provides that data to the chairs of each major political party.
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The proposal under consideration in Douglas County would remove the one-time 20% jump for cryptominers but keeps the 10% hikes for the next five years. A similar rate structure would apply to data centers.
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The California Consumer Privacy Act is widely considered to be the first in a tide of similar state laws. That means companies will need to figure out how to comply with multiple laws and still do business effectively.
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In conjunction with seven other counties, Westmoreland will use a $50,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission to study access to and interest in Internet connections throughout the region.
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Since 2016, more than a dozen rural communities in Massachusetts have gained high-speed Internet with state support. Mount Washington and Montgomery, with populations under 1,000, have unique stories to tell.
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Although the technology is in widespread use by federal, state and local governments, some lawmakers worry there is little transparency on how and why it is being used — or on security measures to protect sensitive data.
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Gov. Henry McMaster’s executive budget has the facility slated for the campus of USC Aiken, providing $15 million for construction of the innovative DreamPort Cybersecurity Collaborative center.
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Public concern about the health and safety ramifications of the next-generation communications technology was not enough to stop the unanimous approval of a new ordinance by city leaders.
