State Tech Magazine

DECEMBER 24, 2024

In fact, according to Sophos, almost a quarter of state and local government IT leaders report exploitation of unpatched vulnerabilities as the root cause of ransomware. Ignoring updates to software and operating systems that prevent exploitation of known security flaws can prove devastating both operationally and financially.

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GCN

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Despite challenges from budget cycles, regulations and outdated procurement processes, state and local government agencies urgently need cyber solutions that improve operations and cut costs, a recent report says.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The average (mean) cost for state and local government organizations to recover from a ransomware attack was $2.83 million reported in 2023. This is a sample of the data in the “State of Ransomware in State and Local Government 2024 report.” million in 2024, more than double the $1.21

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Pictured: The AWS 2023 Justice and Public Safety GovTech Accelerator cohort at Amazon’s HQ2 for Week Zero, a three-day onboarding event to kick off the accelerator. The program will culminate with the 2023 AWS GovTech Accelerator demo day at the State of GovTech conference on November 14.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JUNE 20, 2023

Teams Emergency Operations Center version 2, now available! We are excited to announce our latest update to the Teams Emergency Operations Center, Version 2! When this will happen: GA: Rollout will begin in early June 2023 and is expected to be complete by mid-June 2023. You may want to notify your users of this update.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

For state and local government agencies and their teams, the question is always, “How can we use technology to do something better than we did before?” With the essential resources that states provide, agencies that work to innovate and leverage data analytics to improve their services can save lives.

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GovPilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Are you someone who prefers to support organizations that operate based on values you align yourself with? Failure to highlight and promote your local government’s mission and values can result in less support and decreased community engagement if the public isn’t well informed.

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AccessE11

JANUARY 2, 2024

As we begin our new year, we can reflect on the important moments in the municipal government space with our municipal year in review. The world of local government is constantly changing. The most significant development in city governments is the application of generative AI.

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GovLoop

MAY 25, 2023

In February 2023, for example, the Defense Department’s inspector general found that “DoD personnel are downloading mobile applications to their DoD mobile devices that could pose operational and cybersecurity risks to DoD information and information systems.” In a January 2023 report, the U.S.

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GovPilot

JANUARY 27, 2023

If your government is operating from a rural location, there’s a serious chance that you internet and internet infrastructure is far from modernized. According to the USDA, 22% of rural areas (and 27% of tribal lands) continue to lack modern broadband service.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The AWS European Sovereign Cloud will be separate and independent from our existing Regions and its entire infrastructure and operations will be located within the European Union. FedNow® launched in June 2023, and is the Federal Reserve’s new system for instant payments. Watch the re:Invent 2023 public sector Innovation Talk.

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Partnership for Public Service

MAY 16, 2024

To celebrate the invaluable contributions of public servants, I embarked on a journey to delve into the experiences, challenges and triumphs of four people making a difference in local government and the federal workforce. Stay tuned to learn more about the others in a future blog post.

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Google Public Sector

JULY 7, 2023

Using innovation to support equitable access In April 2023, Dallas County began using Contact Center AI (CCAI) and Enterprise Translation Hub (ETH) to provide critical language services to constituents. This initiative was built on their existing foundation of innovation and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 22, 2024

As councils face increasing pressure to deliver efficient, secure services, many are turning to the cloud As local authorities seek to integrate digital systems into their day-to-day operations, many are making the shift from on-site systems to cloud-based platforms.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The undeniable fiscal constraints associated with local governance has challenged contemporary public administrators to achieve more with less. Budgets are stretched thin, and local government managers face increasingly complex service delivery demands from an electorate that loathes the idea of paying higher taxes.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

As a result, by embracing a multi-cloud strategy, government agencies must also be prepared to address a series of operational and security challenges. A major challenge: Managing workload identity Securing multi-cloud applications for state and local government entities presents a major challenge: managing workload identity.

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This is a common architecture we see throughout State and Local Government customers (figure 1). For the public sector, agencies (or companies) are typically managed centrally by the State, City, or County’s central IT team: Figure 1 The operations or central IT team manages the tenant on behalf of the hosted agencies.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Besides traffic management, digital twins can also be used in other areas of government operations, such as asset management and emergency response. Overall, the use of digital twins in public sector operations can streamline process efficiencies, reduce operational costs, and improve service delivery to citizens.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 18, 2023

A significant benefit of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) for North Carolina CED professionals is the availability of funding for investment in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure though the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRS). Where and how is that local government money being invested?

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Google Public Sector

MARCH 3, 2023

On February 22, 2023, I ventured to Dearborn, Michigan to meet with the city’s mayor Abdullah Hammoud and local citizens. Moving forward, residents will be able to operate and process critical requests faster and online - such as applying for permits and licenses.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Instead of each entity performing their own assessment, the state can leverage a single authorization to operate (ATO). StateRAMP is organized as a 501c(6) nonprofit and is governed by a board of directors. StateRAMP assumes that state and local government data will likely be at the Moderate impact level.

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GovLoop

JUNE 21, 2023

Cybersecurity for state and local governments is just as important as efforts at the federal level, and frequently, they lack the resources, technical know-how, and situational awareness to secure their systems, or respond in the event of an attack,” said former Sen. In February 2022, New York Gov.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

We anticipate that 2023 will see an increase in public sector organizations seeking end-to-end solutions versus an interest in building blocks. With Solution Spark , public sector partners can develop open source AWS solutions to support customers across state and local government, federal government, healthcare, and education.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Save costs and improve operations, efficiency, and resiliency CalHEERS is a complex solution. The original on-premises system was designed for peak usage, which meant that for most of the year, it ate up unnecessary operational costs. Every year, the team has improved operations, simplified the system, and enhanced the user experience.

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 16, 2024

for its annual Google Public Sector Summit, an event focusing on the “art of the possible” in AI, cybersecurity, and data analysis for government customers. In 2023, we gathered the government technology community to explore and share best practices on how to get started with AI.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

In turn, these insights have directly benefited the Navy Yard in their planning and daily operations. As of February 2023, 25 smart devices have been installed and are collecting data, processing at the edge, and feeding results and insights to the AWS Cloud.

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zencity

MAY 3, 2023

2023 has already proven an incredibly impactful year at Zencity. We’ve welcomed numerous new partner communities across the world, rolled out cutting-edge new features, including the first-ever use case of ChatGPT in local government , and re-launched as the best full-service community engagement platform available for government today.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

On June 7-8, 2023, Amazon Web Services (AWS) will again host the AWS Summit Washington, DC at the Walter E. Download the session guides for technical builder or business leader , federal government , nonprofit , state and local government , healthcare , education , or aerospace and satellite.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

In March 2023, Management Information Systems Quarterly published an article highlighting how the Commonwealth of Virginia harnessed the power of data to save lives before, during, and after the pandemic. Rivero, now an executive government advisor at AWS, has experience making data work for government.

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Google Public Sector

APRIL 10, 2023

However, the massive spike in caller volume and heavy strain on operations during the height of the COVID pandemic has driven government agencies to reimagine its call center experience. Google Cloud’s Contact Center AI (CCAI) and Apigee API Management are used together to modernize and improve government call center operations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Tech Alliance aims to bring together a coalition of employers, government agencies, workforce development organisations, and education leaders to address the skills gap in college and university curricula, and better prepare learners for entry-level tech careers.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

The project kicked off in February 2021 and the new web and cloud-based offender management system (OMS) went live in May 2023. The new OMS is improving operational efficiencies, for example, lessening the time to intake and assign an individual, and reducing IT infrastructure and maintenance.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Digital transformation represents such a fundamental shift in the way government entities operate, deliver services and engage with citizens,” said Nadia Hansen, Digital Transformation Executive with Salesforce, a constituent relationship management company that gives agencies a 360-degree view of their customers.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

With cloud as the new operational foundation, governments can fully embrace innovation to revolutionize constituent services and operational effectiveness. In 2019, Amazon set a goal to match all of the electricity used across it global operation with 100 percent renewable energy by 2030.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Photograph: David Rowe/Alamy Under Conservative control of the UK from 2010-2024, local governments were severely crushed by actions of the central government, austerity and other cuts, and further mandates meant that local governments faced up to a 2/3 drop in revenues.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

AWS Snowblade meets US Military Ruggedization Standards, enabling defense customers to run their operations and manage demanding workloads in edge locations that can be subject to extreme operating conditions. federal, state, or local government security and compliance requirements. Learn more about AWS Snowblade.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 31, 2023

Mostly, a master plan only covers what the government controls or operates, and usually ignores for profit services, and often, franchised services. 32 bus at Hudson Mall on Route 440 in Jersey City, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. In Jersey City, A&C Transit, which operates 4 heavily used lines, announced it is shutting down.

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