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Arctic Wolf CISO Outlines Election Security Measures

State Tech Magazine

With election security a top concern, Arctic Wolf commissioned the Center for Digital Government to survey over 130 state and local government leaders about their perceived state of readiness. Spoiler alert: They don’t feel ready. STATETECH: Why did Arctic Wolf undertake this survey?

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How Politics Wastes Tax Dollars in Tax Incentives

Barrett & Greene

Over the course of the last few months, we’ve been digging deeply into the world of tax incentives given by states and local governments to help encourage economic development. An educated workforce, for one, is something that takes years to accumulate, and rarely can a single elected official lay claim to its development.

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How State and Local Government Can Bolster Election Security

GovLoop

They need to build a voter registration database, secure the voting machines, and then tally votes accurately — all in the face of potential disruptions from malicious actors, foreign and domestic. A Changing Landscape The threat landscape around elections has evolved in recent years, with increasing risks to security and privacy.

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Why hide from data?

Barrett & Greene

The simple political reality of this was conveyed to us many year ago by the long-time mayor of Indianapolis William Hudnut, who said (and we’re paraphrasing here, as it’s hard to find notes from the early 1990s): “The real measure of my success is clear when people vote.”.

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Urban planning when things are going well: DC, 2014 (The Office of Planning under Harriet Tregoning)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

At the same time planners (and elected officials) are supposed to be helping the citizens. Since 2003 the city has been growing--even with the recent hiccup of the recession + a slowing and braking on urban growth because of some shrinkage of the activity of federal government, especially in terms of leased office space and personnel.

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‘A Starting Point’ co-founders Chris Evans, Mark Kassen and Joe Kiani honored with our 2024 Spirit of Service Award

Partnership for Public Service

“A Starting Point” is a civic engagement platform designed to facilitate bipartisan communication and connection between the public and elected officials. Kiani highlighted the importance of youth engagement in politics, stating, “Five million young people didn’t vote who could vote.

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Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: A damning, 72-page report the agency authored portrays a housing authority in disarray and at risk of defaulting on its agreement with the federal government. Council votes for $8 billion Medicaid contracts, housing overhaul ," Post ). The employees are considered DC Government employees. But he didn't.

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