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The Rising Threat of Domestic Terrorism in the U.S. and Federal Efforts to Combat It

GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

A 2018 attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue left. Domestic terrorism is on the rise. Several attacks have been widely reported in the last few years. For example, in May 2022, a racially-motivated individual shot and killed 10 people in Buffalo, New York.

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Updating Government Auditing Standards—The 2024 Yellow Book

GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

Today, we issue a new revision of the Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards , also known as the “Yellow Book,” which supersedes the 2018 revision of the standards. Attention auditors! The Yellow Book is the book of standards and guidance.

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Calculating Success Rates for the Housing Choice Voucher Program using HUD Administrative Data

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The study, “ Success Rates in the Housing Choice Voucher Program: 2018-2022 ,” by the NYU Furman Center’s Ingrid Gould Ellen, Katherine O’Regan, and Sarah Strochak, estimates success rates for recipients of housing choice vouchers nationally and by local public housing agencies between 2018-2022.

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Canadian Centre for Cybersecurity’s Assemblyline brings powerful malware analysis to AWS Marketplace

AWS Public Sector Blog

Lire cet article en français The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre) , a part of the Communications Security Establishment Canada , was established in 2018 under Canada’s National Cyber Security Strategy. The Cyber Centre is the nation’s centralized source for expert cybersecurity advice, services, and support.

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4 Lessons on Increasing Transport Mitigation Ambition in China

The City Fix

Abating China’s transport sector greenhouse gas emissions, which accounted for about 11% of the world’s transport emissions in 2018, is key to meeting both national and global climate goals. In 2021, China updated its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), outlining ambitious.

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How cities can use transport data to reduce pollution and increase safety

AWS Public Sector Blog

Improving air quality through co-creation In 2018, the Mayor of London set an ambitious goal : 80 percent of the 31 million daily trips in the city should be made on foot, by bicycle, or public transport by 2041. By the end of 2022, 63 percent of journeys fulfilled these criteria.

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Episode 47: Preview of 2018 AGA- Grant Thornton CFO Survey

FedHeads

The FedHeads welcome Ann Ebberts, CEO of the Association of Government Accountants, and Jim Taylor, Managing Director at Grant Thornton Public Sector to discuss what insights can be gathered from our latest CFO survey.