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A Snapshot of Government-wide Contracting for FY 2021 (Interactive Dashboard)

GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

In Fiscal Year 2021, the federal government spent about $637 billion on contracts, a decrease of $54 billion from FY 2020. However, FY 2021 COVID-19-related spending increased from $35 billion to $52 billion, with drugs and biologicals comprising the.

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

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In fact, PHAs typically spend the entirety of their voucher funds by basing the number of vouchers they can issue to account for the estimated share of recipients who won’t successfully use their vouchers. In 2021, success rates declined sharply to 58 percent, and then remained depressed in 2022, standing at 57 percent.

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Smart, safe and sustainable cycling: how AI-powered insights will encourage the next generation

Open Access Government - Technology News

The total value of the UK bicycle market was estimated to be around 47% higher in 2021 than in 2019, and the latest DfT Road Traffic Estimates suggest that cycle traffic in 2021 was 15.7% Over the last two years the UK has seen a cycling ‘boom’. higher than pre-pandemic levels in 2019. Inspiring the next generation.

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Library Marketer Shares Her Ingenious Trick for Making Sure Her Community Sees Her Social Media Posts

Super Library Marketing

I look at our social media accounts as an avenue for advertising, so most of our posts are program and event promotion and photos, and promotion of our eMedia and materials.” I sent out the first issue of the Weekly Roundup on April 4, 2020,” explains Becky. “It’s This gave me the idea for the Weekly Roundup.”

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How to shore up data protection beyond cyber security policies and standards

Open Access Government - Technology News

Aberdeenshire Council had 243 data breaches between 2020 and 2022. A case in point appears to be Aberdeenshire Council, which revealed in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request that some 243 breaches occurred between January 2020 and March 2022 – with that figure representing an upward trend.

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Combating cyber-enabled fraud: Sapphire’s proactive cyber security approach

Open Access Government - Technology News

However, with online crime totalling $8tn globally, the system seems broken In the UK, fraud is the most experienced crime, accounting for 40% of all crimes. The Internet offers many advantages. Shockingly, 80% of reported fraud is enabled through online means, with many cyber-enabled frauds remaining unreported.

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Four Years After the Pandemic, Work-From-Home Trends Reshape Residential Choices and Real Estate

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Four years after the pandemic began in March 2020, much of daily life has returned to normal; mask mandates have been lifted, people gather in large numbers for concerts and conferences, and the unemployment rate has returned to pre-pandemic levels. Davis, 2021. This is mirrored in local data for North Carolina. 2] Akan et al.