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

State Tech Magazine

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

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How the State and Local Government Marketplace for Drones Is Changing

State Tech Magazine

State and local governments face a complicated landscape for drones this year. Drone sales to states and localities are up, according to reports, but agencies are shifting how they spend that money. Department of Defense and its contractors.

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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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AI PCs: Everything State and Local Agencies Need To Know

State Tech Magazine

In 2020 and 2021, many state and local government agencies invested in new PC fleets to accommodate pandemic-induced remote working conditions. We were just starting to get on Teams and Zoom all day long, Jen Larson, general manager for the commercial clients segment at Intel, tells StateTech.

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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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What Are DMZ Networks, and How Do They Help State and Local Governments?

State Tech Magazine

Some state and local governments never established demilitarized zone networks because they didn’t consider home offices a threat when they shifted to remote work after the COVID-19 outbreak, security experts say. What is a DMZ network?

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Voices: The Role of Mobile Printers Grows in Local Government and Public Safety

State Tech Magazine

billion in 2020, according to Emergen Research. Mobile printers — paired with flexible, simultaneous Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity — are frequently used in local government, particularly in public safety, law enforcement and voting.