Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

They often include weak points such as admin accounts with insecure passwords or come without multi-factor authentication enabled. User accounts are now required for multiple device access and internet- based services. Every active user account facilitates access to sensitive business information. Secure Configuration.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 30, 2024

DHS highlighted UCMM in its “Integrated Strategy for High-Risk Management,” a biannual update to the Government Accountability Office. But in fiscal 2022, the department’s Management Directorate used UCMM to prioritize overdue POA&Ms and successfully closed about 64% of them, according to the OIG.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

95% of cybersecurity issues can be traced to Human error, states the World Economic Forum Global Risk Report 2022. 97% of people around the globe cannot identify a phishing email, and 74% would download a potentially malicious file because they lack the cybersecurity awareness to spot and prevent it. Most users have a business email.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

However, as HolonIQ reports in its 2024 Global Education Outlook , funding sources slowed across the board in 2023, dropping 59% from 2022 levels. The sector received huge investment from venture capital, private equity firms, and IPOs (initial public offerings) on the back of the rise in hybrid learning.

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 19, 2022

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | August and September 2022. Updated September 27, 2022: We have updated the content below to show as intended. We previously shared that the SharePoint app bar can be temporarily disabled until September 30th, 2022 (MC343428 March '22). Microsoft 365 Government Adoption Resources.

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GovLoop

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Building our own case management system will provide more transparency, more accountability, and more access and a cheaper cost,” said Holthoff, who has worked in court IT for 30 years. “No In Arkansas district courts, the “failure to appear” rate can be high — more than 45,000 people no-showed in 2022.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

In a March 2022 survey of 147 state and local government leaders by the Center for Digital Government , more than half of respondents said they plan to procure citizen-facing applications and storage and backup infrastructure in the next one to two years. With cloud, the model is different. Preapproval can help accelerate procurement.

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GovLoop

MAY 5, 2023

Although system intrusion, usually by well-organized cybercrime networks or state actors, has become much more frequent in the past two years, mistakes such as falling for a phishing attack, misconfiguring resources, sending data to the wrong recipient and losing devices account for most employee-caused breaches. And finally, make it fun.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JANUARY 23, 2023

Newsworthy Highlights What’s New in Microsoft Teams | December 2022 These features currently available to Microsoft’s commercial customers in multi-tenant cloud environments are now rolling out to our customers in US Government Community Cloud (GCC), US Government Community Cloud High (GCC-High), and/or United States Department of Defense (DoD).

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Microsoft Public Sector

AUGUST 11, 2022

Beyond mitigating static vulnerabilities via periodic assessments, you can actively monitor your SQL instance with Microsoft Defender’s Advanced Threat Protection capabilities for persistent threats causing havoc in your account. Protecting Public Data and Trust with Azure Security and Microsoft Entra – A State DOJ Case.

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Partnership for Public Service

APRIL 19, 2023

This transparency will help reinforce accountability under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, which places limits on how long someone can serve in an acting capacity in a vacant position subject to confirmation by the Senate. The law also requires identification of individuals who temporarily serve in vacant positions.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 9, 2024

Building our own case management system will provide more transparency, more accountability, and more access and a cheaper cost,” said Holthoff, who has worked in court IT for 30 years. “No In Arkansas district courts, the “failure to appear” rate can be high — more than 45,000 people no-showed in 2022.

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Microsoft Public Sector

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Instead, users will see two buttons: Download files as you open them and Download all files now. After this change, users who have Files On-Demand enabled will see two buttons: · Download files as you open them : This is the default and recommended behavior. Files created on the device are available offline by default.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In spring 2022, the National Association of Counties (NACo) partnered with SecurityScorecard, a cybersecurity ratings company, to help county governments monitor and improve cybersecurity risk. ” To see more about how agencies are implementing cybersecurity, download the guide. Where and how do you provide data? Get the guide.

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GovLoop

APRIL 21, 2023

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , commonly known as HIPAA, protects health care and health insurance personal data. At the state level, California enacted the first state privacy law in 2018 and, via ballot initiative, established a more comprehensive version in 2022.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 13, 2023

Taka Ariga, the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Chief Data Scientist and Director of its Innovation Lab, has many thoughts on these topics. He believes that sharing information is actually an opportunity for improvement, as long as agencies respect Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and other privacy constraints.

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Microsoft Public Sector

APRIL 11, 2024

The latest annual assessment was completed between February and June 2022. Periodic anti-virus scans of the file system (at least weekly) Real-time anti-virus scans of files as they are downloaded, opened, or executed. Kratos tested this control in the latest assessment completed in June 2022.

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GovLoop

MAY 17, 2023

In spring 2022, the National Association of Counties (NACo) partnered with SecurityScorecard, a cybersecurity ratings company, to help county governments monitor and improve cybersecurity risk. ” To see more about how agencies are implementing cybersecurity, download the guide. Where and how do you provide data?

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Although system intrusion, usually by well-organized cybercrime networks or state actors, has become much more frequent in the past two years, mistakes such as falling for a phishing attack, misconfiguring resources, sending data to the wrong recipient and losing devices account for most employee-caused breaches. And finally, make it fun.

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GovLoop

MARCH 27, 2023

In testifying before Congress in May 2022, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) noted that many of the early projects TMF funded had not, at that time, delivered on their intended savings — in part, because the original cost estimates were off the mark. Unfortunately, that can be tricky.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 4, 2023

A 2022 joint study from the White House and the European Commission recognizes the benefits of AI, but also the need for workforce adjustment. They work with agency partners to assess AI tools regarding bias mitigation, fairness, transparency, accountability and privacy. Getting used to AI can be an uncertain journey.

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Peak Proposals

MARCH 23, 2022

March 23, 2022 Style guides are reference documents that writers and editors use to ensure consistency within and across publications or materials. The template is in the form of a PDF download. In our earlier post on creating a style sheet, we included a style sheet template.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 24, 2023

Say Goodbye to Spreadsheets Traditional approaches to budgeting include incremental increases and accounting for line items. To read more about how agencies are anticipating future needs, download it here. What’s missing is a way to understand whether a service can be delivered more effectively or efficiently.

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iGrantWriters

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of this NRA at [link] and [link] respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element.

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The CIO Council

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Both government and personal information are at risk, including government and personal user account information, contacts, and application data. Click here to download a copy of the FMG-developed International Travel Guidance for Government Mobile Devices. Use of mobile devices during foreign travel often intensifies this risk.

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Microsoft Public Sector

APRIL 20, 2023

From admin mode, check for updates using the Windows Settings app: Windows 11 22H2 or Windows 10 22H2 (depending on what’s supported for your devices) should be offered and should download and install. This provides a familiar experience to internal users and makes external user join a seamless experience. Rollout for Android has completed.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JULY 20, 2023

What you need to do to prepare: If you have users configured with phone numbers with the extensions, to prevent calls not being matched to the intended user, please ensure that dialed numbers from Teams users and incoming PSTN calls are formatted to exactly match the full phone number configured on the user accounts.

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CRA Today

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Copyright © 2022 by CRA Today LLC. (No Class equity enables students to open their own “bank account,” through which they practice earning classroom dollars, saving, and spending in a safe environment. Copyright © 2022 by CRA Today LLC. (No Why do basic transaction accounts matter? No claim to original U.S.

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Microsoft Public Sector

DECEMBER 20, 2022

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | November 2022. We will be retiring the Reports landing page from the Microsoft Purview compliance portal by the end of December 2022. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We expect this to begin rolling out in early December 2022. When this will happen: December 7, 2022.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JUNE 20, 2023

To change your location from Teams, simply click on your profile on the top right corner of the Teams window, view your account settings menu and change your work location for that day. For example, after a few hours in the office, you decide to finish up your work from home. You can also update your location from any device with Teams.

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Microsoft Public Sector

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Only Calling and Walkie Talkie apps are supported when the Android mobile application is signed into an account with Teams Shared Device license. To access other apps on Teams Android mobile including chats and channels, please assign eligible licenses to the account and remove the Teams Shared Device License.

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Microsoft Public Sector

MAY 22, 2023

The enhanced search capability also accounts for minor typing errors, providing users with accurate results even when small mistakes are made during the search process. As previously communicated in October 2021 and June 2022 , we have specific licensing and payment requirements for the metered APIs.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JULY 19, 2022

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | June 2022 - Government. Updated June 27, 2022: We have updated the content below to show as intended. When this will happen: We will begin rolling out early June and expect general availability of this feature by mid-September 2022. Fill out our quick poll to help shape our products!

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Microsoft Public Sector

JUNE 22, 2022

Updated May 05, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Updated May 05, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Updated May 24, 2022: We have updated the roll out timeline below. Updated May 27, 2022: We have updated the content below for clarity. Learn More: · Apply and customize site templates.

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Microsoft Public Sector

AUGUST 21, 2023

From admin mode, check for updates using the Windows Settings app: Windows 11 22H2 or Windows 10 22H2 (depending on what’s supported for your devices) should be offered and should download and install. Government accounts will not automatically be onboarded to the Inventory and Apps Health features within the Apps admin center.

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Microsoft Public Sector

MARCH 17, 2023

What you need to do to prepare: If you have users configured with phone numbers with the extensions, to prevent calls not being matched to the intended user, please ensure that dialed numbers from Teams users and incoming PSTN calls are formatted to exactly match the full phone number configured on the user accounts.

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Microsoft Public Sector

AUGUST 23, 2022

What’s New in Microsoft Teams for Government | July 2022. Updated July 26, 2022: We have updated this message to show as intended. When this will happen: Targeted Release: Rollout is expected to start in end-July and complete by early-August 2022. Updated July 11, 2022: We have updated the content below with additional details.

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