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1st Election Security Conference in the US. Where. Who. What. How to Pay for Election Cybersecurity.

Location: West Virginia

Invitees: 55 election clerks representing all counties in West Virginia

Speakers training West Virginia Election Clerks: WV Secretary of State & the Department of Homeland Security

Topic: Cyber security of elections and how to pay for election cybersecurity, which is mostly federal funds

WBOY | WV is the nation’s first state to host the ‘Election Security Conferece’ 

 

State Data Encryption by the Numbers in Illinois

WSRP | Gov. Rauner signs bill to officially recognize DoIT 

Regulatory TREND. 10 Requirements for a Initial Coin Offering in NJ

New Jersey Financial Services Commission has 10 requirements for Jersey ICO issuers:

  • Be incorporated as a Jersey company.
  • Receive consent under the COBO from JFSC before any action is taken (the consent process is detailed further in the Guidance Note).
  • Comply with JFSC’s Sound Business Practice Policy.
  • Apply relevant anti-money laundering and other such requirements to ICO purchasers.
  • Appoint and maintain a trust company business (“TCSP”).
  • Appoint and maintain a Jersey resident director.

    • …

Lege TREND. Cost of a Populous State Election Security Bill

The fund allocations from California’s 2018 election security legislation:

  • Federal Funds: $34.5 million
  • 57.9%, $20 million, goes to voter implementation at the county level
  • 11.58%, $4 million goes to VoteCal statewide system updates
  • 13.16%, $4.45 million goes to county voter cyber security
  • 8.69%, $3 million, goes to cybersecurity training for counties
  • 4.53%, $1.56 million, polling place accessibility
  • 2.98%, $1.03 million, personnel costs
  • 1.16%, $400,000, election auditing

KCRA…

Lege TREND. Anatomy of an Election Data Security Veto

State: Illinois

Vetoed legislation: SB 2273 (IL | 2018)  limiting Illinois to participating in 1 interstate voter database system

3 Reasons given for the veto:

  • combat voter fraud by “participation in programs that allow cross-referencing voter information from various states to identify where individuals are and are not eligible to vote”
  • limiting Illinois to one voter fraud program creates inefficiencies and gaps in knowledge
  • limiting the number of the programs for IL to use is not the…

Regulatory TREND. 5 Activities Requiring BITLICENSE in NY

NY Department of Financial Services requires a bitLicense for any of the following acitivities:

  • Virtual currency transmission
  • Storing, holding, or maintaining custody or control of virtual currency on behalf of others
  • Buying and selling virtual currency as a customer business
  • Performing exchange services as a customer business
  • Controlling, administering, or issuing a virtual currency
     

BitLegal | The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), grants a virtual currency (VC) license…

Lege Trend. States Regulating BOTS. Especially BOTS attacking Bill Author Legislation.

State: California

The legislation: SB 1001 (CA | 2018)

What would the bill do? Require automated social media accounts (BOTS) to identify themselves as bots

What’s an example of BOT use? The California Seantor filed a bill on bail reform and hundreds of ots attacked with social media posts like ” “Unconstitutional bail reform doesn’t work and is racist.”

Supporters:

Opponents:

  • Electronic Frontier Foundation

Somewhere in the middle:

  • Allen…

Local Government TREND. Hiring CIOs and CDOs

Chief Information Officers and Chief Data Officers are on the rise for local governments.

What does a Chief Data Officer do? In Cook County, IL the job description is:

  • “organizational governance and policy directives around data usage,”

  • ensuring proper accessibility standards for data

  • evidence-based decision making

  • innovative projects 

  • oversee a communications technology team

  •  holding a leadership position on a Data Governance Council charged with “applying the precepts…