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The evolution of fraud and the importance of continuous professional development and learning

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Continuous professional development is about more than staying relevant; its about staying effective, ethical, and lawful in a field that demands constant adaptation. Staying current on case law: Whats illegal isnt just defined by legislation; court decisions shape it. It is chameleon-like and behaves like a bubble.

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4 Tips for State and Local Government Leaders to Get Started on Threads

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Social media has significantly changed the communication landscape, bringing government leaders closer to the people they serve and building trust between them. Almost overnight, Threads , the new social network competitor to Twitter launched by Meta and Instagram, has reached a critical mass of users. Something different?

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Calls for stronger cybersecurity policies for TikTok on government devices

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With no plans to prohibit individual MPs from using TikTok – which many MPs use as a form of social media, including cabinet minister Grant Shapps and backbench MP Ben Bradley – senior parliamentarians have requested calls for the installation or use of TikTok on government devices to be completely banned.

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Reflections from the MCCA Winter Meeting

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Among other things, the assembled chiefs stressed the importance of transparency and accountability when it comes to incidents of police use of force. The chiefs discussed community engagement, intelligence-led policing, and collaboration with other law enforcement agencies as strategies for addressing this trend.

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Tackling public sector fraud with AI tools

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Recent examples illustrate how fraudsters have deceived victims by convincingly imitating family members, work colleagues, customers, suppliers, law enforcement agencies, government employees, and tax officials via emails, social media messages, phone calls, and video calls. particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic.

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An Opportunity, not a Threat: Leveraging Increased Police Scrutiny for Reflection and Improvement?

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Law enforcement hiring, training, discipline, and culture were all being called into question; accountability, transparency, and oversight were demanded; the term “Defund the Police” quickly entered the vernacular. A 2020 poll showed that Americans’ confidence in the police has dropped to a record low.

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The AI trends that should be the ‘apple of enterprise’s eye’ in 2023

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Gartner predicts that by 2025, generative AI will account for an estimated 10% of all data generated and 30% of all marketing messaging from major brands. AI trends can also depend on whether the ethical and copyright issues associated with such AI use will be addressed by new laws in the coming years. billion globally by 2030.