State & Local Government

Is the public-safety department model the future of municipal emergency service?

The undeniable fiscal constraints associated with local governance has challenged contemporary public administrators to achieve more with less. Budgets are stretched thin, and local government managers face increasingly complex service delivery demands from an electorate that loathes the idea of paying higher taxes. Traditionally solely a function of the police, contemporary public administrators are cognizant […]

FirstNet Authority board gets seven new members, Keisha Lance Bottoms appointed as chair

FirstNet Authority’s board today was overhauled with the appointment of seven new members—including former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms being named as chair—and the reappointment of four existing members by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. “I am pleased to appoint these experienced and highly qualified members to the FirstNet Authority Board to ensure this […]

Chinese military unit infiltrated Motorola Solutions computers in 2017, U.S. government claims

Members of a signals-intelligence unit of the Chinese military accessed Motorola Solutions’ computer network and downloaded more than 1,000 documents—including competitive intelligence about LMR manufacturer Hytera Communications—in 2017, according to a U.S. government indictment and other legal briefings. In 2017, Jia Wei was a member of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)—the military of the People’s […]

Feds probe China-linked attacks on US telecom networks

Federal authorities said they are investigating China-linked attacks on U.S. telecom networks in the wake of reports that hackers conducted a broad espionage campaign, targeting senior elected officials and candidates. “After the FBI identified specific malicious activity targeting the sector, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency immediately notified affected companies, rendered technical […]
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