State water officials briefed the Stamford Planning Commission on how groundwater and surface water form a single system, sources of contamination, and mapping and planning tools towns can use to protect drinking water supplies.

Signal, SecureDrop and Tails OS each defend a distinct threat surface. MVT device forensics confirm integrity before any contact resumes.

Legislators and press leaders seek to establish a shield law in Idaho for journalists.

Staff reported a communications contract to clean up wiring and reduce monthly bills, plans to add Internet and cameras at Grimes and SCADA access, and trustees discussed cybersecurity threats to utility systems; small CDC source-protection grants (~$10,000) were highlighted as a possible funding source for cameras or fencing.

The state's high court heard argument on whether Alabama's reporter's shield protects only a source's identity (name) or also information that would reasonably identify a confidential source. Counsel for the Times urged a standard protecting information that reasonably identifies a source; the plaintiff's counsel emphasized the need to learn what the newspaper knew before publication.

In a certified-question hearing, the court considered whether Alabama's shield statute protects information that would reasonably identify a confidential source and whether it covers publications appearing both in print and online. The court discussed standards such as "reasonably likely" and in-camera review and took the matter under submission.

SecureDrop is an open-source whistleblower submission system that media organizations can install to securely accept documents from anonymous sources. It was originally coded by the late Aaron Swartz and is now managed by Freedom of the Press Foundation.