New Jersey has launched a volunteer cybersecurity initiative, the Civilian Cyber Resilience Corps, to help enhance its ability to prevent and recover from cyberattacks, the state's Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness said Wednesday. The effort will use experienced cybersecurity and IT professionals for surge capacity and specialized expertise in incident response, as well as for vulnerability assessment, target hardening and cybersecurity training, it said.
More than 570 colocation and hyperscale self-built data center projects are in the works in the U.S. and are expected to add more than 100 gigawatts of capacity, ResearchAndMarkets.com reported Wednesday. Virginia, Texas, Arizona, Illinois, Nevada, Georgia and Ohio account for more than 70% of the upcoming capacity in the market, the report said.
Indiana schools would have to adopt a policy that would ban students from using or possessing wireless communication devices during the school day under HB-1034, introduced Monday by state Reps. Jake Teshka (R) and Julie McGuire (R). The bill would also require that any teacher-directed use of wireless communications devices for educational purposes be done only on school-supplied devices and that the state Education Department issue model policy language and implementation guidance. The bill was referred to the House Education Committee.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) issued a subpoena to California Wi-Fi router maker TP-Link Systems as part of a consumer protection investigation of the company’s relationship with China and handling of consumer data, said a release Tuesday.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) said Monday that he signed into law HB-23, which creates a program for escaped convict alerts. It also indemnifies participating broadcasters and cable systems from being liable for any losses or damages from airing or not airing the alerts.
Comments are due Dec. 17 on Anacoco Capital Partners' proposed acquisition of TelAlaska companies Interior Telephone, Mukluk Telephone, TelAlaska Long Distance and Eyecom, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska said last week. Under the deal, Anacoco would buy Fastwyre Broadband, a subsidiary of ABC Parent, which holds and manages the TelAlaska companies, the commission said.
A Michigan judge sentenced John Burkman and Jacob Wohl to one year of probation after they pleaded no contest to charges that they orchestrated a series of robocalls aimed at suppressing turnout from predominantly Black voters in Detroit in the 2020 general election. Judge Margaret Van Houten of the 3rd Circuit Court in Wayne County imposed the sentences, said a news release Monday.
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Friday nominated Nebraska Commissioner Tim Schram as the representative of state telecom regulators on the Universal Service Administrative Co. board. Schram is chair of NARUC’s Committee on Telecommunications.
New Jersey would tax commercial data collectors who gather information about state residents, with a portion of the receipts going to cover crisis intervention services and crisis care coordination service costs for people using the state's 988 Suicide Prevention and Behavioral Health Crisis hotline, under a bill introduced Monday by Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D). SB-4908 would tax data collectors based on the number of New Jersey consumers whose data is collected each month, and $60 million of the tax revenue would be dedicated to 988 response services.
Verizon's plans to cut about 13,000 jobs (see 2511200054) will affect only management in California, not union-represented employees there, company representatives told California Public Utilities Commission President Alice Reynolds. In a CPUC ex parte filing posted Monday, Verizon said the workforce reduction won't affect its obligations or performance under settlement agreements in its pending acquisition of Frontier Communications.