State & Local

Defying the FCC, New York's governor has signed an executive order on net neutrality

The Washington Post: New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo delivers his 2018 executive state budget proposal on Jan. 16, 2018. (Hans Pennink/AP) The state of New York became the second state to put itself on a collision course with federal officials as its governor, Andrew M. Cuomo, signed an executive order Wednesday designed to flout the Federal Communications Commission's recent decision to repeal its net neutrality rules. The order escalates a deeply polarized battle over the future of the Web and highlights the role states play as they seek to respond to major deregulatory decisions coming out of Washington. Cuomo's order comes two days after Montana's governor, Steve Bullock, signed his own executive order in a bid to circumvent the FCC. Neither measure directly reinstates the FCC's net neutrality rules, which were passed in 2015 and banned Internet providers such as AT&T and Verizon from blocking or slowing down websites and apps. Instead, the orders require state officials to purchase Internet service only from broadband companies that abide by the principles of net neutrality. Net neutrality is the concept that all websites, small and large, should be treated equally by Internet providers and should not be arbitrarily sped up or slowed down — particularly in exchange for money. Although New York was not the first to adopt such procurement rules, Cuomo's decision is significant because the state is among the country's most populous.

Read article

Top Stories

• Future-proofing smart cities with open standards
• 5 States Challenged the Federal Contractor Wage Increase and Lost
• States should follow feds in Chinese tech bans
• A new initiative seeks to help small cities access infrastructure funding
• Governments view open source as critical for enhancing digital services, experts say
• More States Move to Ban TikTok from Government Devices
• Cyber, digital services, workforce primary focus for state CIOs in 2023
• Virginia has a data center problem
• Efficient public safety demands evolving tech
• Digitized services drive citizen satisfaction
• State chief information officers are handling much more than just tech
• States target mainframes in legacy system modernization
• How one city’s IT team keeps up with rapid growth
• How one agency’s cloud migration smoothed the path for others
• NASCIO: States must ‘hyper-focus’ on IT modernization
• Louisiana Becomes First State to Receive Internet for All Grants

Whitepapers & Special Reports

2023 Data Storage Trends

The Benefits of IT Modernization for Federal Agencies

Data Protection in 2023 and Beyond

The Benefits of HCI for Federal Agencies

2023 Data Storage Trends

View Point: Storage On-Demand

AI and HPC for Government Enhance Public Service and Security with Artificial Intelligence Powered by High Performance Computing Systems

The State of Cybersecurity