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Ransomware attacks threaten the NHS

Open Access Government - Technology News

Many reports talk about 100% growth of attacks during 2021. I think there is an interest in generally being open and sharing information, but also there are signs that legislation will come to make it required that people report attacks; that it becomes public domain. That may change. The NHS has got a lot of legacy systems.

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Whole-of-state cybersecurity: How to implement and build a sustainable program

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2021, US President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that created the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP). But now is the time for state and local government agencies to act quickly and think strategically about their approach to building a resilient WOS strategy.

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The White House’s Focus on Closing Costs: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The government agencies that dominate mortgage finance 16 currently require a credit report from each of the three major credit reporting bureaus, 17 known as a “tri-merge” report. 23 There has even been legislation proposed in Congress to legally require the tri-merge report, 24 overriding the FHFA’s proposed reform.

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Manufactured Housing Is a Good Source of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing - Except When It’s Not: Q&A on Eight Key Policy Topics (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

However, this can be hard to discern at times due to inflation and property values benefitting from continuing expenditures to maintain them, and especially during strongly price-appreciating markets (such as the pandemic-distorted years of 2020 and 2021); nevertheless, it is true over the long-term. 18] See the article from September 2018.

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How Local Governments Can Secure Funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal

Bang the Table

In November 2021, the United States House of Representatives and Senate passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal of new federal investment in America’s infrastructure. The Legislation Within the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal. Transportation and Bridge Funding.

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State of Mississippi’s Strategy for Moving Forward with the American Rescue Plan

Government Technology Insider

Last year, on March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law. Among other important measures this piece of legislation seeks to fund critical programs to drive economic recovery and to make the temporary fixes permanent through investment in modernization.