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Brooke Edwards Staggs

Journalism has led Brooke Edwards Staggs to a manhunt in Las Vegas, a political rally in Union Square and a fishing village in Accra. With a masters degree in journalism from New York University, she's covered government, technology and just about everything else for a variety of publications across the country.

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High-profile breaches have shifted cyberconcerns from being the responsibility of siloed security teams to a top priority of government leaders. The vendor community routinely reaches out to government officials to sell the latest solutions, offering software aimed at blocking ransomware or deceiving bad actors. But it can be tough for public agencies to prioritize and decide which solutions merit an investment.
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California hopes to lead the way to better government decisions using data.
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In the new agile approach, projects are completed in smaller “sprints.” Teams are regularly turning out usable products, so those early iterations can be continually assessed and adjusted as needed.
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California has long used the traditional “waterfall” method for IT projects: a project is completed in sequences before teams can move on to the next phase. But that has left California with a legacy of projects that have busted their budgets and taken years to complete, with technology and needs changing before anyone can use the end product.
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Projects like BreEZe and CROS rack up negative headlines, while California pegs its hopes on a new procurement process.
CalCloud recently celebrated its one-year anniversary. The calendar turned quietly this summer, though — at least at first. In fact, it was tough in that first year to get state leaders, workers and vendors to say much about California’s first foray into its enterprise private cloud.
The $78 million center will replace the 64-year-old Discovery Museum Science and Space Center, with a facility eight times larger and powered by renewable energy. It will include a planetarium, outdoor archeological dig, discovery labs and classrooms, a café and whatever else supporters can dream up.
Self-serve digital advertising platforms might give local party candidates and causes a last-minute advantage at the polls.