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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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Smarter Government: Lodi, Calif., Improves the City’s Cyber Resilience

State Tech Magazine

After suffering a ransomware attack in 2019, Benjamin Buecher, IT manager for Lodi, Calif., and his team upgraded their cyberdefenses to include Rubrik Cloud Data Management. The robust backup and disaster recovery solution simplified the city’s IT environment.

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Bahrain’s cloud-first success story

AWS Public Sector Blog

With more than 85 percent of its governments workload now hosted in the cloud, Bahrains approach offers insights for other nations embarking on their own digital transformations. In 2017, the government introduced its Cloud First Policy, which acknowledged cloud computing as a key enabler for digital transformation.

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Open government procurement drives innovation using the cloud

AWS Public Sector Blog

It should be simple to build digital platforms that offer people reliable, clear ways to access government services such as healthcare, business registration, and welfare payments. DOS supported bespoke teams such as developers, researchers, designers, and delivery leaders to complement the in-house government team. billion ($1.65

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A Veterans’ Program Meant to Help Increase Access to Health Care May Struggle to Do So

GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

Improving veterans’ access to health care is a top priority for the Department of Veterans Affairs, which started the Veterans Community Care Program in 2019 to do just that. The program allows veterans to make appointments with local health care.

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Digital public infrastructure is high priority for governments worldwide

AWS Public Sector Blog

DPI is a country’s digital backbone, rapidly enabling modern and responsive government, increasing inclusion and economic participation, and stimulating innovation across all sectors. Consider a government agency that urgently needs to launch a new digital service.

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Announcing the winners of the inaugural Future of Government Awards: Celebrating digital transformation initiatives around the world

AWS Public Sector Blog

Today, Liam Maxwell, director of government transformation for Amazon Web Services (AWS), announced the winners of the first Future of Government Awards during a virtual ceremony. The Future of Government Awards recognize the people and projects leading public sector digital transformation around the world.