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Boosting Emotional Intelligence-A Key to Improved Local Government Working Relationships

Public Administration Associates

In late spring, I had the honor and privilege of giving the opening keynote talk at the UW-Whitewater Local Government Leadership Workshop. The ten strategies I presented to the group of about 50 local government administrators from southern Wisconsin were the following: Pay Attention to Your Own Emotions First.

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Changes in the Ransomware Threat to State and Local Governments

State Tech Magazine

While the report found that attacks were down in 2022, ransomware targets still reported very large number of attacks compared to levels in 2018, 2019 and 2020. And with local governments usually dealing with limited resources, they’re often considered low-hanging fruit when it comes to cyberattacks.

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How Wi-Fi 7 Can Facilitate State and Local Government Operations

State Tech Magazine

and 5-GHz bands, it also works with the 6-GHz band, which wasnt available until after Wi-Fi 6s 2018 introduction. While Wi-Fi 7 can operate on the previously accessible 2.4- However, Wi-Fi 6E, the standard released in January 2020, offered access, says Kevin Robinson, CEO of the Wi-Fi Alliance.

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DCaaS Offers Cost-Efficiency, Control for Local Government Agencies

State Tech Magazine

In 2018, GovLoop reported that federal agencies have leveraged DCaaS to eliminate infrastructure management burdens and expedite IT modernization efforts. For nearly a decade, Data Center as a Service has helped federal agencies transition toward modernized IT environments.

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LocalGov Drupal on AWS serves as a digital transformation resource for local governments

AWS Public Sector Blog

Government organizations face challenges that include tight budgets and rapidly evolving citizen demands. In the UK, 44 local government bodies—called councils—use an open approach to share expertise and pool resources to transform their web publishing platforms using LocalGov Drupal.

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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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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

CLTs provide a community ownership approach to providing affordable housing, trying to balance the homeowner desire to build equity with the community and societal desire to maintain an affordable housing stock and the desire of local governments and other funders to sustain housing intervention funding. 3 (2018): 489-530.

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