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Mapping the Cyber Threat Landscape

GovLoop

A recent study by Tenable Research found that many organizations were falling victim to attacks that exploited well-known vulnerabilities, including some dating to 2017. The federal government has increased efforts to improve the security of the software supply chain. But recent media reports suggest the deadline might be elusive.

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Post columnist Colbert King says the DC Council needs to do more oversight

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

One of the comments on the article made a point about a local "Government Accountability Office" function. More of that, please." He makes the point that the Council probably needs more staff to be able to do so. The auditor, former Councilmember Kathy Patterson, has done a lot of good reporting.

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How to Address Homelessness: Reflections from Research

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

2019 ; Collinson and Reed, 2017 ). Consequently, the authors maintain that state and federal policymakers must provide institutions with the resources necessary to design effective discharging planning, and furthermore hold them to account should they fail to do so. Providing Emergency Shelter.

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Rampant management failure #2: DC area Metrorail (Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But it is also a management failure of local government. Admittedly, oversight-wise, WMATA has a hard slog, as the State of Virginia, State of Maryland, and DC are "co-owners" now alongside the federal government. The director then, Mark R. They all have to agree on major decisions.

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Updating the best practice elements of revitalization to include elements 7 and 8 | Transformational Projects Action Planning at a large scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

While the concept was spurred by my writings on the Purple Line light rail system coming to suburban Maryland, -- " (Big Hairy) Projects Action Plan(s) as an element of Comprehensive/Master Plans ," 2017 but also best practice programs I've across and not always written about. commitment and time. commitment and time.

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One Working Capital Management Strategic Tool: Interfund Transfers

Death and Taxes

cash, accounts receivable, and inventory) and current liabilities (e.g., accounts payable and notes payable) to ensure smooth operations. We test this hypothesis using a sample of all 159 counties in the state of Georgia from 2010 through 2017 and find this to be indeed the case. By Michelle Lofton and Mikhail Ivonchyk.

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Improve road safety by analyzing traffic patterns with no-code ML using Amazon SageMaker Canvas

AWS Public Sector Blog

Prerequisites For this solution, make sure you have completed the following prerequisites: Access to an AWS account with appropriate permissions to access below services using the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role. Download the transportation dataset to your local machine. Access to an Amazon SageMaker Canvas subscription.