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Cooperative Purchasing: State Procurement Offices Prioritize Sustainability During Acquisitions

State Tech Magazine

Established in 2017 and reaffirmed recently by Gov. Minnesotas Office of Enterprise Sustainability works to reduce energy and asset waste among the states government agencies. Tim Walz, the office concentrates on supporting sustainability in six focus areas, one of which is procurement.

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Q&A: New Orleans CIO Kimberly LaGrue Discusses Cyber Resilience

State Tech Magazine

Mayor Mitch Landrieu appointed her as acting CIO in 2017, and Mayor LaToya Cantrell made her appointment to CIO permanent in 2018. Kimberly LaGrue is CIO of New Orleans and president of the Cities Today Institute North America Cities Leadership Forum on Digitalization. She began her IT career with New Orleans in telecommunications.

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U.S. Immigration Courts See a Significant and Growing Backlog

GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

This backlog has more than tripled since the start of fiscal year 2017. More than 2 million cases are pending in U.S. immigration courts. The effects of the backlog are significant and widespread. In particular, the backlog causes delays and poses.

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How State and Local IT Agencies Can Best Prepare for Natural Disasters

State Tech Magazine

Last year tied 2017 and 2011 for the third-highest number of billion-dollar disasters in the U.S., The National Centers for Environmental Information recently released the final update to its 2022 Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters report. with the cost of 18 weather events totaling more than $175 billion.

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Colorado Springs Continues Quest to Be ‘Smartest of Smart Cities’

State Tech Magazine

Since 2017, Colorado Springs, Colo., has pushed to adopt emerging technologies to become smarter, safer and more sustainable. Leading that charge is Colorado Springs’ Office of Innovation and Colorado Springs Utilities, which work with public and private organizations to implement smart utilities, solutions and services.

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How America’s Airports Defend Against Cyberthreats

State Tech Magazine

In 2017, the widely used Saber booking platform was hacked, leading to the crash of reservations for 20 airlines. aviation industry has been largely spared from major cyberattack thus far. No one expects it to stay that way. Recent incursions have focused on airline reservation systems.

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Cal Poly seeks to transform procurement process with generative AI-powered scope of work generation

AWS Public Sector Blog

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