The importance of safeguarding the hardware, software and systems relied on by the Department of Defense (DoD) needs no explanation. Like state and local governments, the DoD relies on a diverse array ...

Disclosure: This Special Content was produced by the Center for Digital Government. CDG and Governing are both divisions of e.Republic. At the federal level there has been a lot of buzz this year ...

What is Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and why should state and local governments care about it? In August 2020, I interviewed cybersecurity expert Taiye Lambo in a blog called ...

The national debt recently surpassed $38 trillion, but America’s debt crisis isn’t limited to the federal government. Less well known is that, nationwide, state and local governments now hold more ...

The 2021 immigration surge resulted in a $9.2 billion net cost for state and local governments in 2023. While immigrants paid $10.1 billion in taxes, service costs, primarily education and shelter, ...

As the Department of Government Efficiency went from federal department to department, it tended to view any data collection not clearly mandated by Congress as something that could be cut, says Amy O ...

Congress has given the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program a double reprieve this month, but state and local officials say they’re still waiting for real certainty — and real money. As part of ...