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How Livingston Parish prepares for natural disasters by improving resiliency in the cloud

AWS Public Sector Blog

According to the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), as of October 11, 2022, the US has sustained 15 weather/climate disaster events, with losses exceeding $1 billion each, the deaths of 342 people, and significant economic effects on the areas impacted. Not just for our agency, but for the people that we serve.”.

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The Top 10 Local Government Conferences of 2022

zencity

It’s a new year, which means our team is here to share the local government conferences we’re most excited for in 2022. As we kick off 2022, we’re planning to attend dozens more city , county , and law enforcement conferences mapped out over 25 US states and three countries including the UK and Spain. IACP Technology Conference 2022.

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How NG911 Will Make Bases and Agencies Safer

GovLoop

An interview with Brian Anderson, Practice Leader for Public Safety at Avaya. On many military bases and agency campuses, local public safety agencies face obstacles in providing a fundamental service: responding to 911 calls. A call from a cellphone will go to a cell tower outside the campus, and from there to a PSAP.

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Announcing the 2023 Google Cloud Customer Award Winners in Government and Education

Google Public Sector

USPS is well-positioned to continue expanding and refining Informed Delivery while upholding the high-quality delivery service that the American public anticipates Winner: United States Air Force Research Lab (AFRL). In the past, research and communications were hampered by bureaucracy, outdated IT systems, and sluggish data transfers.

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Will 911 Survive Modernization?

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

Bill Schrier, a Public Safety Advisor with many years of experience in government information technology walks us through how 911 Centers function and 911 system plans for the future. T-Mobile provides 24x7x365 support, so they are ready to help you when communications are critical.

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Why government must heed real-time data management trends

Open Access Government - Technology News

Real-time data is the lynchpin for any progressive government , enabling it to improve efficiency, enhance operations and communications, provide improved services for citizens, uncover fraud and lower the risk of cyberattacks. A significant element is protecting data from unauthorised access, harm, and misuse.

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The Sisyphus Files – Repeated Issues in Performance Audits

Barrett & Greene

Consider the December 2022 audit of the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, which pointed out that the department did not “promptly or properly deactivate 17 terminated employees’ access” to the state’s criminal justice and accounting systems. There’s more.