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How Can Political Conflict in Adversarial Policy Networks Promote their Coordination?

Policy & Politics Journal blog

by Jeongyoon Lee and David Lee Policy actors often clash during policy processes, especially in contentious areas like climate change, gun control, and healthcare reform. These actorsincluding government agencies, private companies, and interest groupsfrequently vie for influence, and political rivalries… Continue reading →

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State Agencies Coordinate Individual Solutions for Zero-Trust Teamwork

State Tech Magazine

Several years ago, cyberattackers from a hostile nation-state made their way onto the network of a North Dakota K–12 school district, but they didn’t infect the district with malware or ransomware.

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NASCIO 2024 Midyear: Maryland CIO Katie Savage Seeks Greater IT Coordination

State Tech Magazine

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore appointed Katie Savage as the state CIO in January 2023. Previously, Savage served as director of the Defense Digital Service. She began her career as an urban planner, producing an open data portal for the city of Chicago prior to going to lead the City Tech Collaborative, a public-private partnership.

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Using Amazon Timestream and Amazon Location Service to detect transportation route deviations and anomalies

AWS Public Sector Blog

Most commonly, GPS coordinates are used to track vehicle location and transportation route. GPS coordinates often have anomalies that can contaminate location reporting. The Lambda function reads the route files stored in Amazon S3 and extract the coordinates needed to create a geofence.

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Leveraging Libraries to End the Digital Divide

State Tech Magazine

With the first installment of federal deployment and digital equity planning funds in hand, more than a dozen states have kicked off coordinated efforts with federal, state and local leaders in pursuit of internet for all. State technology leaders have a multibillion-dollar opportunity right now to end the digital divide as we know it.

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States Take Different Approaches to Establishing Broadband Offices

State Tech Magazine

Some states coordinate broadband from the governor’s office or across agencies. But how they manage those programs varies widely. Some states place their broadband office inside a business or economic agency, while others house it within their technology agency.

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Keys to Countering Cyberattacks Against State and Local Agencies

State Tech Magazine

That means everything from ensuring operational technology (OT) is readily upgradeable and interoperable to coordinating information sharing across the public and private sectors. Critical infrastructure has become a major target for cyberattackers.