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City of Minneapolis | September 03, 2016

The City of Minneapolis is remembering its 41st mayor, Al Hofstede, who passed away Saturday, Sept. 3 at the age of 75. Hofstede served two mayoral terms in the 1970s. He was 34 when first elected in 1974, making him Minneapolis’ youngest mayor. His public service also included four years representing Ward 3 on the Minneapolis City Council, and serving as the second chair of the Metropolitan Council. More recently he was president of North State Advisors, a Minneapolis consulting firm. He ...

Local Government Association | January 18, 2016

Responding to Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills, Sir Michael Wilshaw's comments on his ambitions for English education and the need for powerful political figures to have responsibility for the performance of local schools, Cllr Roy Perry, Chairman of the Local Government Association's Children and Young People Board, said: "Over 80 per cent of council maintained schools are currently rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted. Local auth...

Huawei | January 15, 2020

The U.S. government is nearing publication of a rule that would vastly expand its powers to block shipments of foreign-made goods to China’s Huawei, as it seeks to squeeze the blacklisted telecoms company, two sources said. The U.S. Commerce Department in May placed Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] on a trade blacklist, citing national security concerns. That allowed the U.S. government to restrict sales of U.S.-made goods to the company and a small number of items made abroad that cont...

oodaloop | January 14, 2020

Most weeks, it is far outside the normal job responsibilities for cybersecurity professionals to understand what the United States (or other governments) do to find or use computer vulnerabilities. Just stay patched and keep the board of directors happy. This is not one of those weeks. This week we learned that the National Security Agency disclosed to Microsoft that it had discovered a major vulnerability (dubbed CVE-2020-0601) in Windows 10. A Washington Post article, by veteran cyber journali...