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Modernizing government IT: 4 approaches to overcome legacy exit challenges

AWS Public Sector Blog

Governments worldwide dedicate a significant portion of their IT budget to maintaining legacy technology systems. These systems also became integral to managing aspects such as business processes, security protocols, and legislative changes, often without comprehensive documentation. billion) of its current IT spending.

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Introducing the Government Lens for the AWS Well-Architected Framework

AWS Public Sector Blog

It expands on the AWS Well-Architected Framework, providing detailed guidance and recommendations that account for the special set of legal, legislative, accountability, and trust requirements that governments have – and helps them deliver meaningful outcomes on AWS.

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Don’t Wait to Modernize: A Q&A on Preparing for The MGT Reform Act

Government Technology Insider

The bipartisan legislation, currently making its way through Congress, aims to reauthorize and strengthen the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF), which has enabled agencies to modernize legacy systems , enhance cybersecurity and improve service delivery to citizens, through 2031.

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How agencies can use enterprise risk management to implement new legislation

Partnership for Public Service

When deployed successfully as a formal part of the federal planning and budgeting process, ERM can help agencies identify, prioritize and respond to risks, often leading to more informed decisions and increased programmatic success. Employ a top-down and bottom-up approach. Build strong relationships with your inspector general.

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5 Ways That Agencies Are Ailing From Legacy Systems

GovLoop

“Agencies have had difficulty finding employees with such knowledge and may have to pay a premium for specialized staff or contractors,” according to a recent report on modernization from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). This is called technical debt. Case in point: The SSI application is 20- plus pages long, and in paper form. “It

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TOO MUCH DATA – TOO LITTLE TIME

Barrett & Greene

A notable one is an element of New York City legislation called the “How Many Stops Act”, which would require New York police officers to report on every single police street stop and investigative encounter, including demographic information about the person stopped and the reason for the encounter. I've been the victim of police abuse.

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Protecting Public Data and Trust with Azure Security and Microsoft Entra – A State DOJ Case

Microsoft Public Sector

Budgets and personnel resources are not easy to come by for mitigation efforts; thus, one avenue worth exploring is simplification and unification of data governance. Sensitive memo’s, discussions about new legislation, government research, video footage, and case files are stored and acted upon within Microsoft 365 applications.