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Agencies Embrace Modern Workspace Management for Distributed Workforces

State Tech Magazine

In Massachusetts, a new comprehensive workspace management program has streamlined the deployment of computing devices to state employees, removing IT staff from the process entirely. It has been key in supporting the commonwealth’s move to remote and hybrid work.

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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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Strong Asset Management Is a Must for Successful Continuous Monitoring

State Tech Magazine

In 2021, 66 percent of organizations were hit by a ransomware attack, up from 37 percent in 2020,” according to Sophos. Criminals took advantage of digital transformation and the move to remote work during the pandemic to launch attacks on all types of organizations, including state and local governments.

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University of British Columbia Cloud Innovation Centre: Governing an innovation hub using AWS management services

AWS Public Sector Blog

In January 2020, Amazon Web Services (AWS) inaugurated a Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC) at the University of British Columbia (UBC). High-level technical solution AWS recommends using AWS Control Tower as a foundational landing zone for managing multi-account environments with prescriptive controls.

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Smarter Government: Santa Monica Eases Citizen Interactions with City Hall

State Tech Magazine

When the pandemic shut down many government offices in March 2020, residents could no longer physically interact with government employees in many cities, including Santa Monica, Calif. The Santa Monica city manager turned to the municipality’s CIO for a solution to boost citizen services online.

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Demystifying the Role of Third-Party Assessment Organizations in StateRAMP

State Tech Magazine

For more than a decade, federal agencies have relied on the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) to clear cloud technology vendors through a security and risk assessment, thus qualifying them for federal contracts. Founded in 2020, StateRAMP is an organization that aims to do the same for state governments.

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How the City of Canton worked with Wi-Fiber to build a safer and more connected community

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2020, the City of Canton, Ohio set out to build a better, safer, and more connected community. In 2020, Canton’s chief of police, Jack Angelo, wanted to extend public safety monitoring city-wide, saying “Eventually our goal is to have most all of the city covered,” by using Wi-Fiber’s extensive broadband mesh network.