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Cybercrime is on the rise, is your business prepared?

Open Access Government - Technology News

Reports of ransomware attacks increased over 3000% from 171,000 in 2019/20 to more than 5.5 All connected devices run network services, which communicate with other devices and online services. They often include weak points such as admin accounts with insecure passwords or come without multi-factor authentication enabled.

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Manatee County Sheriff’s Office transforms performance management to improve service

American City & Country

Between 2019 and 2023, there was a 40% increase in the number of job openings for police officers. The goal: to bring accountability and consistency to the performance management process, boosting morale and improving retention over the long term. At the same time, the number of applications per job decreased by 39%.

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Building trust in government: A data-driven imperative

Partnership for Public Service

Among other findings, several alarming trends emerged in our work: Only 34% of respondents believe the federal government is accountable, while a significant 62% do not; and merely 21% agree that the federal government is transparent, with a strong majority, 70% disagreeing.

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Enhancing multidisciplinary collaboration in digital pathology with cloud-based PACS

AWS Public Sector Blog

In a joint research initiative with INFINITT, SMC piloted a cloud-native picture archiving and communication system (PACS) in its pathology department in 2019. Any urgent findings are communicated over the phone with the primary team doctors. Pathologists sit in a separate building away from the main hospital block.

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How to Give Back in the New Year

GovLoop

If you want to go further, getting some friends or coworkers involved not only increases the impact, but can keep you accountable to your volunteering schedule as well. If you’re a communications professional, for example, you could help a local soup kitchen with their outreach or create promotional materials for a blood drive.

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The Sisyphus Files – Repeated Issues in Performance Audits

Barrett & Greene

Consider the December 2022 audit of the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, which pointed out that the department did not “promptly or properly deactivate 17 terminated employees’ access” to the state’s criminal justice and accounting systems.

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July 2023 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter

Microsoft Public Sector

As Microsoft Teams is the primary tool for communication and collaboration, customers are looking to improve productivity by integrating their business processes directly into Microsoft Teams via third-party party (3P) applications or line-of-business (LOB)/homegrown application integrations.