Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 19, 2024

The AI Act primarily targets high-risk AI systems like algorithmic credit rating tools and medical software, imposing stringent requirements to ensure fairness, transparency, and accountability. This legislation sets a precedent globally, aiming to shape ethical AI practices while ensuring Europe remains a leader in technological innovation.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Adopt Comprehensive Cyber Legislation The UK can take valuable lessons from the EU’s NIS2 Directive, a comprehensive framework designed to secure national infrastructure by setting mandatory security standards for organisations. To meet these challenges head-on, the new government must prioritise cyber resilience.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

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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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

Mechanisms to help businesses and organisations identify and managed risks for the design and implementation of AI solutions are being introduced globally, including a variety of international standards ( ISO 42001 , ISO 23894 , and NIST RMF ), legislation ( EU AI Act ), and localised standards and frameworks such as the NSW AI Assurance Framework.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

To minimize the risk of dangerous IT-related interruptions to operations, the European Union (EU) introduced new cybersecurity legislation NIS 2 Directive in 2023. The legislation is planned to be enacted in Germany, which already has strict regulatory standards for clinics with 30,000 inpatient cases per year or more than 50 employees.

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 6, 2022

However, to fully understand how this legislation came to pass, and why it is helpful contextually to review the history of land banking and tax foreclosure in Ohio. In the 1970s, Ohio had passed what can be viewed as traditional land bank legislation, which authorized municipalities, counties, and townships to create land banks.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Land banks are a powerful tool to address vacant properties in rural communities, and West Virginia passed land bank enabling legislation in 2014. To account for these limitations, we’re seeing land banks step in as the property developer. CP: You played a key role in advocating for West Virginia’s land bank-enabling legislation.

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Partnership for Public Service

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

On July 11, the Partnership and Deloitte held a working session, “ERM to Drive Programmatic Success,” featuring Deidre Harrison, acting controller at the Office of Management and Budget, and Bob Westbrooks, executive director of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee. Employ a top-down and bottom-up approach.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

First, the implementation timeline is rather long, as key recommendations are significantly dependent upon Congress passing legislation – and it must be assumed that such passage will require, at a minimum, at least several years. I find these recommendations lacking for four main reasons.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

California swiftly embraced the ACA and became the first state in the nation to enact legislation to set up a health insurance exchange and soon after, in partnership with the state’s Medicaid agency, established the California Healthcare Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention System (CalHEERS).

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 16, 2024

However, with online crime totalling $8tn globally, the system seems broken In the UK, fraud is the most experienced crime, accounting for 40% of all crimes. It’s pleasing to see the Government strengthening regulations around cold calling and adding legislation such as the Online Safety Bill. The Internet offers many advantages.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 12, 2022

The framework agreement enables GC customers to leverage AWS by requesting an account from Shared Services Canada’s (GC’s central IT organization) Cloud Brokerage. Once they receive the account, they’re responsible for implementing security controls as required by GC policy. Running government workloads securely at the edge.

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GovLoop

APRIL 22, 2024

“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). Case in point: The SSI application is 20- plus pages long, and in paper form. “It

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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.

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Barrett & Greene

JANUARY 29, 2024

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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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Countries seeking to establish AI governance frameworks Most countries still need AI legislation in place. AI governance efforts must account for the needs of all countries, not just the technologically advanced nations undertaking regulatory actions now. First, global rulemaking processes need to be inclusive and equitable.

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Government Technology Insider

DECEMBER 11, 2024

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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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 4, 2024

The GSEs were authorized by congressional legislation to perform a very specific set of activities, primarily focused on providing loans to consumers or businesses for a designated purpose, and mostly related to real estate and housing. the legislation establishing them). A few of the recommendations require legislation by Congress. [4]

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Policy & Politics Journal blog

MARCH 5, 2024

We are delighted to announce this year’s prizes for award winning papers published in Policy & Politics in 2023. The Bleddyn Davies Prize, which acknowledges scholarship of the very highest standard by an early career academic, is awarded to joint winners: … Continue reading →

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Barrett & Greene

MARCH 8, 2023

Government Accountability Office and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, auditors must be independent and have the ability to obtain sufficient, appropriate audit evidence to achieve audit objectives. Kaschak, New Jersey State Auditor Tina Kim, New York Deputy Comptroller for State Government Accountability Beth A.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MARCH 4, 2025

The legislation authorizes funding for EDA programs through fiscal year 2029 contingent on the availability of Congressional appropriations. Allows for consideration of the extent to which projects awarded Public Works grants mitigate the impacts of extreme weather events, support outdoor recreation, and promote blue economy activities.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In 2023 so far, at least 27 states and territories have pursued more than 80 bills related to AI, including legislation to study, restrict or prohibit its use. Among other objectives, the working group will make recommendations for additional AI legislation. A new Connecticut law , in particular, zeros in on agency AI dependence.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 1, 2024

By addressing fraud, the government can demonstrate their commitment to transparency, accountability, and good governance, thereby preserving public trust. By enforcing laws against fraud and holding perpetrators accountable, governments uphold the principles of justice, fairness, and equality before the law. International.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

As a result, we have a stalemate: job roles that require specific experience on tools and applications that are not often available within a learning environment or low salaries that organisations believe will account for the additional training, coaching and mentoring required until an individual is actively competent within their role.

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Government Technology Insider

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Recently, Maine became the 13 th state , plus the District of Columbia, to adopt legislation guaranteeing paid family and medical leave for residents. And with a wave of interest in supporting workers’ rights, it won’t be the last state or territory to adopt universal paid leave legislation.

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Government Technology Insider

MAY 21, 2024

In an interview with Government Technology Insider, Tom Wiri , Senior Account Executive at Tricentis, discussed some of the common challenges state CIOs face when trying to push out modernized applications. Modernization is a big initiative, but manual app testing is always the bottleneck,” Wiri said.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 31, 2024

AWS continually monitors the evolving privacy regulatory and legislative landscape to identify changes and determine what tools our customers might need to meet their compliance needs. AWS will review DTO fee waiver requests at the account level. Customers don’t need to close their accounts or change their relationship with AWS.

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GovLoop

JULY 11, 2023

Legislators want to see ARPA funds spread evenly across Montana. As much as it promotes transparency by showing the public the geographic distribution of grants, it also allows Coleman and her team to test various funding scenarios, which supports internal accountability. We’re a very dispersed state,” Coleman said.

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NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

JULY 30, 2024

In addition, Hartley argued that the Board failed to take into account the required factors set out in Virginia Code §§ 15.2-2283 Further, a Board’s “failure to consider the statutory factors on the record does not render a legislative decision arbitrary and capricious as a matter of law.” 2283 and 15.2-2284 2283 and 15.2-2284.

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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. Congress has considered, but not enacted, broader privacy legislation. Government Regulation The federal government has some laws related to sector-specific data privacy.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 11, 2021

New state legislation could also facilitate conversions. Any reduction in the number of hotel rooms must account for the economic effects of losing those jobs, as well as the political support for protecting those jobs. However, this process can be slow, costly, and uncertain.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 21, 2022

Plastic was the most common material recorded, accounting for 63.1% It's definitely a transformational approach, one that hadn't occurred to me before. -- " Planet Patrolling: A citizen science brand audit of anthropogenic litter in the context of national legislation and international policy ," Journal of Hazardous Materials (2022).

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Partnership for Public Service

MARCH 22, 2023

Read our blog posts, “ Seating third parties at the risk table “ and “ How agencies can use enterprise risk management to implement new legislation ,” for recaps of the previous two working sessions in this series. Tracy Davis Bradley , executive director for the Office of Integrity and Compliance of the Veterans Health Administration.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 11, 2024

In response to that growing criticism plus how much has changed in markets, legislation, and regulation during the 90-plus years of the FHLBanks’ existence, its regulator – the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) – announced in 2022 that it would undertake a review of the entire System.

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Partnership for Public Service

AUGUST 4, 2022

Ma, a former senior advisor to Ishimaru, now serves as the EEOC’s director of the Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs. Ma also described how those serving at the EEOC must always remember that behind each claim, there is a real-life person seeking justice and accountability. Putting a face to each claim received.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 28, 2024

Between 2010 and 2020, 68 percent of new multifamily buildings used various forms of a 421-a exemption , accounting for 116,000 of the 171,000 housing units completed in multifamily buildings that decade. A significant portion of New York City’s newly built housing has relied upon a 421-a exemption.

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 17, 2022

Thus, a realistic, creative discussion of rural property vacancy should take these conditions into account. In most states, land banks also require enabling state legislation to be created. However, state legislation on intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) may be a potential legal barrier to rural communities.

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