American City & Country

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In the past, cities and counties were not a prime target for ransomware attacks, says Rahul Mahna , a partner who leads the Outsourced IT Services team at Eisner Advisory Group LLC. The company is a licensed independent CPA firm providing tax and business consulting services to their clients, which includes governments. Mahna has more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity and information technology.

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Policy & Politics Journal blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

by Evangelia Petridou, Jörgen Sparf and Per Becker Being an entrepreneur takes effort. It requires energy and presupposes the willingness to stick one’s neck out to bring about innovation.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Showing vulnerability can build connections and trust. One place to start: create a ‘to be’ list rather than a ‘to do’ list.

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Department of Defense’s holistic approach to cybersecurity and building resilience hinges on data security and recovery, fortifying the defense industrial base (DIB), and securing its networks along with the nation’s supply chain. DOD aims to protect its mission-critical systems and achieve its objectives with greater efficiency by following a comprehensive strategy centered around the zero-trust framework.

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Maintaining parks and recreation facilities efficiently is no easy task, especially when faced with scheduling issues, aging infrastructure, and inconsistent inspections. Join us for this insightful webinar where we explore the most common challenges departments like yours are facing and how digital tools like CityReporter can help you streamline operations, ensure safety, and make better use of your resources.

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GovPilot

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In today’s rapidly evolving societal landscape, local governments are continually pressed to deliver public services that are deeply responsive to the unique needs of their communities.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Firefighters are society’s first line of defense against natural disasters. When catastrophes like wildfires, floods or earthquakes ensue, these professionals aren’t just tasked with preventing the disaster from spreading; they’re also responsible for keeping community members safe from harm and maintaining order under high-stress situations. As climate change wreaks havoc on the planet, both the impact and frequency of severe weather events are growing by the day.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Ten years ago, when the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) became one of the first agencies to elevate customer experience (CX) to top priority, leaders created a path toward better serving veterans and their families through improved communications, easier access to information and a focus on restoring veterans’ trust in the agency. In doing so, it also created a path for other agencies to improve the experiences of their own customers.

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Grants4Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

As we approach 2025 and the anticipated changes that a new federal administration will bring, nonprofit leaders, grant writers, and fundraisers must be proactive to safeguard and sustain their funding sources. While we cannot predict exactly what will happen, we do know that preparation is critical. In the face of such uncertainty, it is more important now, than ever, to be as strategic and organized as possible.

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The Intelligence Community just signed and will soon release a data reference architecture intended to help its 18 elements connect siloed data across their distributed ecosystem, according to Chief Data Officer Lori Wade. A data and artificial intelligence (AI) summit slated for January will kick off the IC’s efforts to implement the reference architecture, which will involve stress testing it with mission sprints alongside partners such as the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, Wade said.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Financial institutions can unlock the productivity of their software engineering teams to significantly boost tech innovation without increasing IT budgets.

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Government

GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Yesterday, Americans voted for members of the 119th Congress and a new president. Representatives and senators will be sworn in on Friday, January 3. As they take office, our nation faces many significant challenges—including those that threaten.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Machine learning and deep learning, which are subsets of artificial intelligence, have been used for intrusion detection as far back as the early 2000s. Even then, it was clear that AI could improve mean time to detection. Anything that can operate at machine speed can spot something of interest in torrents of data faster than a person can. While it’s fair to say that AI is not new to cybersecurity, it’s also true that we can now do more with AI to improve cybersecurity than ever before.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Climate change is a global issue, but its localized impacts can vary significantly across different regions. While some areas are experiencing extreme drought, others are witnessing devastating flash floods. These extreme events, and water quantity and quality issues more broadly, are pressing concerns in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region, further aggravated by the uncertain impacts of climate change.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Products from private brands are appealing to consumers in new ways. Retailers can follow this well-tested recipe to improve their private-brand offerings and gain market share.

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security released guidance to help K–12 educators protect children and teens from online child sexual exploitation and abuse. Tools include classroom materials and advice — in the form of training videos, coloring pages and word searches, worksheets, infographics, posters and take-home information for parents — on spotting and stopping CSEA.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Elevating the citizen experience is a key goal for state and local agencies as they face pressure to modernize digital services for constituents and improve working conditions for employees. Often, the contact center acts as the front line, where citizens and government employees interact directly. Agencies all over the country are catching on to this.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Understanding your network traffic is key to improving your security posture. Network traffic analysis tools are one way to dive into network findings and events. Malcolm is a powerful, open source network traffic analysis tool suite created by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to aid public and private sector customers in improving their network security monitoring and incident response.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

When generative AI tools do the heavy lifting, companies can optimize their product portfolios faster and more effectively.

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Local Government

NLC (National League of Cities)

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Authored by Tate Linden, the Co-Executive Director of Strategy at Railtowns.org, an organization dedicated to improving rail safety and accessibility by finding the fixes and funding for critical infrastructure improvements Historically, the U.S. has invested heavily in roads over rail. In 2019, the U.S. allocated only 11% of our total transportation infrastructure investment to rail.

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Policy Chats

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In this episode, John Thomas Flynn, Former CIO for the States of California and Massachusetts talks with the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about government's current challenges regarding technology implementation and utilization. This is the second episode in our 11-part series, Technology vs. Government, featuring former California State Assemblymember Lloyd Levine.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Public procurement—the process where public authorities like government departments or local councils purchase goods or services from companies—is a vital economic driver in Europe, accounting for more than 13 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP). However, the data surrounding these procurement processes has traditionally been fragmented and difficult to access.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you’re looking for a quick win.

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Defense and intelligence agencies are working to ensure they have the networks in place to handle artificial intelligence (AI), because that’s the biggest impediment to deploying the emerging technology. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency transports more data globally than any other U.S. agency, so its network needs to scale to keep pace with advances in computer vision, said Navy Vice Adm.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Print 0 46 false false false EN-GB X-NONE AR-SA In the autumn of 1972 I visited a town called Puerto Lumbreras, located in the Province of Murcia in southeastern Spain. It had just been affected by a major flash flood, the effect of a gota fria meteorological phenomenon of the kind that so devastated Valencia in October 2024. The Rambla de Nogalte stream, which runs through the centre of town, was a mass of churned-up mud.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Throughout 2023, the students from Redback Racing at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) wove together their many disciplines of engineering prowess to create their latest cars: RB23 and RB21-D. After developing and going live with their real-time telemetry system on Amazon Web Services (AWS) , the team has placed as the highest-ranking Australian squad in the electric vehicle (EV) division of the Australasia Formula SAE competition, placing second overall.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

A new operating model can help the global commercial and defense shipbuilding industry address bottlenecks and ramp up production as demand continues to soar.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

At the state and local level, adopting AI remains only one of a long list of IT priorities. Even when AI is near the top, data and systems often need updates to prepare for it. Scot Barker, Chief Innovation Officer for Burlington, Vermont, carefully considers each AI application before using it. “I really have to dive into how I implement new technology on a limited budget,” he said. “There’s not a lot of room for me to say ‘It will be cool to explore this.'”

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NLC (National League of Cities)

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The National League of Cities (NLC) has launched a national Aviation Advisory Forum on Air Mobility and Drone Integration to bring together cities, towns and villages as drones and air taxis expand operations in the U.S.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The UK’s market for AI assurance is set to experience significant growth, with projections indicating a six-fold increase by 2035, potentially creating more than £6.5 billion in value This rise in demand comes after AI played a key role in the government’s plans to transform public services and boost economic productivity. Making AI trustworthy Ensuring public trust in AI technologies, ensuring they are fair, and transparent, and safeguarding privacy is at the forefront of this growth.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Research shows that organizations in the region have been quick to adopt generative AI, but very few are yet seeing much benefit. Those that are demonstrate what it takes.

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