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Today @CleanAirMoms and @EnvDefenseFund joined @GovernorShapiro to celebrate the plugging of the 100th orphaned well in PA. PA Moms are excited for this clean air win for our kids! #CutMethane

Ah, living in Pennsylvania...

@sboots Two of the goals of compliance automation are to convert the documentation into a machine readable (and verifiable) format, and to shift-left its management into the software development life cycle (as we have with quality assurance).

New blog post! 🏛️ “A bleak outlook for public sector tech” sboots.ca/2021/12/15/a-b… #GCdigital

Great line spoken at #2021cyburgh session on the Evolution of Enterprise and Personal Networks: "It's hard to secure the future while being regulated by the past." But I forgot to write down who said it for attribution when I use it. Can anyone help? @pghtech

I will be co-presenting "ATO ASAP - Automating Federal Compliance" with Mary Lazzeri at Cyburgh, May 25, 2021. Join us there! pghtech.org/events/2021Cyb… #cybersecurity #pittsburgh #PTCCyburgh

An honor to participate.

We have a plan for government cybersecurity and @Day1Project agrees: dayoneproject.org/post/complianc…

@konklone Traditional waterfall compliance is antithetical to security. Cultural changes like agile devsecops, ATO verification automation, live scanning and even acceptance of rolling releases will help. And zero trust is key.

11/ Agencies will say they "assume breach", but follow-through on zero trust / least privilege remains rare. For example: monitoring "sensors" should be constrained to have read-only access, through permissions enforced by independent components. But rarely happens.

1/ Unless the USG dramatically changes its approach to reviewing software, just doing more "vetting" of vendors will be 100% useless in catching issues like SolarWinds. Currently, it's all designed to raise the "floor" and avoid table-stakes stuff.

The Georgetown Univerity Law Center has created state-by-state guides explaining the laws barring unauthorized private militia groups and what to do if groups of armed individuals are near a polling place or voter registration drive. law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/…

Learn about National Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2020 by following @StaySafeOnline & @CISAgov staysafeonline.org & cisa.gov/ncsam #BeCyberSmart

"My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed." -Ruth Bader Ginsburg's dying wish, dictated to her granddaughter Only 46 more days till we elect POTUS #46. I'm beyond sad. npr.org/2020/09/18/100…

Is #government #telework here to stay? CivicActions' @joduinn shows how a California agency is tracking the ROI of #remoteteams in an #opendata dashboard. 👇 techwire.net/sponsored/Usin… Well done, @CalifDGS! cc @TechwireNet

Impressive turnout for the mass protest of the Hatch Act at the White House tonight.

In Pittsburgh, we have made it very easy to see how tax dollars are spent pittsburghpa.gov/omb/budget-tax… you can even enter your basic info and receive a “tax receipt” down to the penny.

Investor @investFFC calls for comprehensive rules that close emission loopholes and #CutMethane in Pennsylvania. Read more from their new op-ed in @PennCapitalStar: bit.ly/31yJxu5 @GovernorTomWolf @PennsylvaniaDEP #PAPolitics

Everyone deserves to have affordable, high-speed Internet. The Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act will make this a reality for people in the U.S. Tell your representatives and senators to vote yes. act.eff.org/action/tell-co…

“Our projects may be hard, but we know they’re worth doing.” @USDS report shows how user-focused government is improving lives. We're honored to be part of this work and committed to seeking out hard projects that help the most people! @dscoalition 👇 usds.gov/resources/USDS…

Come here @CivicActions (Karen and I) present "Transparent Code, Secure data" at #LibrePlanet2020 this morning at 10:40am EDT. Learn how to sell free software to the US Government, our bosses, and ourselves. Watch online at u.fsf.org/live

I'm co-presenting "Transparent code, secure data" at #LibrePlanet2020, the FSF's conference on free software and ethical technology, March 14-15 in Boston, and I hope you'll come check it out! See the schedule at u.fsf.org/304