Open Access Government - Technology News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Hackers will breach every government network eventually, and agencies that are underfunded and overconfident in their cyber defenses make successful attacks all-too-easy. That’s a problem for any organization, and certainly for government. No state or local entity should assume that it’s too small or innocuous to undergo a cyberattack.

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Barrett & Greene

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Thanksgiving is just a few days away and we thought this was an appropriate time to dig into some of the state and local government news we’ve covered over the last year, which we think give people reason to have hope for the future. We hope they’ll give a reason for cheer. And Happy Thanksgiving to all!

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 28, 2024

In 2019, the French government passed legislation transforming the healthcare system by establishing a digital health space (ENS). Germany has proposed its own national law, the Health Data Use Act (GDNG), to improve access to healthcare data. The electronic patient record (EHR) will serve as the central hub for healthcare data.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

MARCH 11, 2025

It is not only government that responds to disasters and the needs of disaster survivors and victims. He wrote successful legislation in Connecticut and created a Youth Cabinet in Missouri. Ben studied Political Science and Nonprofit Management and holds a law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

MARCH 18, 2025

It is not only government that responds to disasters and the needs of disaster survivors and victims. He wrote successful legislation in Connecticut and created a Youth Cabinet in Missouri. Ben studied Political Science and Nonprofit Management and holds a law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law.

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NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

APRIL 13, 2022

Under an intermediate scrutiny analysis, the court reasoned that the statute was a reasonable fit for an important government interest of reducing the devastating damage wrought by mass shootings. According to the Ninth Circuit in Bonta , California law allows owners of large-capacity magazines to modify them to accept 10 rounds or fewer.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In this podcast we do deep dive into the legislative process of the Congress of the United States. The role of committee chairpersons and their staff is explored, along with the way in which bills are introduced in Congress and move through the legislative process. The role of committee staff is discussed.

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Center for Community Progress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Effective legislation is a vital piece of equipping state and local governments to effectively address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties (VAD). This year, legislative sessions in Missouri and Alabama saw big wins to advance community revitalization. The legislation also allows most Missouri municipalities and St.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

To make hearings visible to the public, even when in-person attendance is limited, state and local governments are beginning to mandate many court proceedings be live streamed, often with a very short window to do so. Read more about AWS for state and local government: Working backwards from Vision Zero to improve road safety.

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Barrett & Greene

JULY 12, 2022

We're focusing on this today, thanks to a powerful new comptroller's review in New Jersey that points to the municipalities in that state's failure to comply with laws pertaining to leave, "leading to both actual waste and abuse of public funds, as well as substantial future liabilities for these municipalities.”.

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GCN

JUNE 13, 2024

New York lawmakers just passed legislation to ban the use of algorithm-driven feeds for minors without their parents’ permission, while Utah’s law is facing more legal action over its age verification requirements.

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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. Local governments usually designate someone from their planning office, demolition department, or code enforcement office to run the land bank in addition to their other responsibilities.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Delivery of healthcare solutions in the cloud When the ACA was signed into law, many states raced to help their residents find and enroll in health insurance. Discover how government agencies across the country use AWS to better serve constituents at the AWS Cloud for State and Local Governments hub.

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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. Ohio’s Traditional Land Bank Law. In 2006, the Ohio General Assembly passed this legislation. Next-Generation Ohio Land Banks.

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 17, 2022

Eisenberg , associate professor of law at the University of South Carolina School of Law, discusses the unique challenges and approaches to addressing vacancy in rural communities. Vacant properties are, by and large, a local government issue, and urban and rural local governments are fundamentally different in size.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Legislation to govern AI and data practices is emerging in the European Union and Colorado in addition to GDPR provision under Article 22, promising a proactive approach compared to the unregulated growth of social media in the early 2000s. However, it remains unclear how these laws will be interpreted in court.

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Partnership for Public Service

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The meeting was part of a larger effort by the Partnership and Deloitte—first initiated in 2015—to bring together stakeholders from across government to discuss challenges and best practices in institutionalizing ERM. Employ a top-down and bottom-up approach. Is it working as you designed it to be, and do we need to make course corrections?’”

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NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

A survey conducted in Minneapolis, Minnesota, indicated that barely half of the residential rental listings surveyed were affordable for persons receiving vouchers from the federal government's "Section 8" program, and only about a quarter of those affordable properties were willing to accept such vouchers. Fletcher Props., 2d 410 (Minn.

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 15, 2023

State laws gives land banks their unique powers. Land banking programs, on the other hand, exist in states that don’t have state-enabling legislation, which limits their powers and utility. Community priorities and state laws determine what land banks can do with properties. The post What is a land bank?

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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. A new Connecticut law , in particular, zeros in on agency AI dependence. Among other objectives, the working group will make recommendations for additional AI legislation.

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Center for Community Progress

JULY 3, 2024

Spearheaded by Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), this bipartisan legislation underscores our commitment to addressing systemic vacancy and property deterioration using the tools available at all levels of government.

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Barrett & Greene

JULY 19, 2022

I have spent a good part of my legislative career pointing out this link between animal cruelty and future violent behavior towards people. When I was in the Connecticut legislature, I had some success passing legislation that addresses the issue. Known as “Desmond’s Law” it was enacted in October of 2016.

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GovPilot

JULY 20, 2023

On June 27th, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 101 into law, passing the $310.8 The legislation is set to allocate billions of dollars towards broadband internet investment, social services improvements, and beyond. billion budget just in time for the new 2023-24 fiscal year.

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Center for Community Progress

MARCH 16, 2023

Like in many states, a mix of ineffective laws, partisan divisions, and the allure of maintaining the status quo made reforming this local process difficult. Then, I heard that New York was exploring legislation to allow municipalities and counties to create land banks. What the heck is a land bank ?”

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 9, 2022

CLTs provide a community ownership approach to providing affordable housing, trying to balance the homeowner desire to build equity with the community and societal desire to maintain an affordable housing stock and the desire of local governments and other funders to sustain housing intervention funding. Why are CLTs a useful tool?

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GovLoop

APRIL 21, 2023

Government agencies have masses of personally identifiable information (PII), such as Social Security numbers, health records and financial details, at their disposal, and they need effective ways to gather, manage, store and secure it. Government Regulation The federal government has some laws related to sector-specific data privacy.

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Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 17, 2023

Land banks in Michigan are a flexible tool with unique powers granted to them in state law to return vacant properties to productive use as new homes, businesses, or greenspace through demolition, rehabilitation, and maintenance.

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GovLoop

APRIL 29, 2024

Recognizing that legislators and executive leaders have little appetite for sweeping modernization plans, many agencies are opting for a more targeted approach, focusing on initiatives that deliver tangible benefits. 2 – CAPTURING MORE REVENUE Legislators often question what return on investment modernization projects will deliver.

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Public Policy Blog

AUGUST 1, 2013

Federalism, the contrarily named power-sharing agreement between the central [national] government and the state governments has been debated in various forms in courts through our country. It’s a key principal of law based on the Constitution that every federal court has the ability to determine its own jurisdiction.

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Partnership for Public Service

JULY 16, 2024

When Congress passes and the President signs major legislation, federal agencies must translate it into practical action to ensure its goals are realized. Our work to date The Partnership for Public Service has developed resources – detailed below – to help leaders implement these laws for maximum impact.

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Barrett & Greene

MARCH 8, 2023

State auditors should have unfettered access to confidential records to ensure that state agencies are following their policies and procedures and state and federal law. Office of Management and Budget require that auditors adhere to Government Auditing Standards, including those standards pertaining to independence.

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The Lowe Down

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Arguments erupted over the role of local government regulations, from mask mandates to dining capacity limits, on shaping business activities. Shannon Entropy measures the amount of information stored in legislation text. In practice, legislators often use conditionals to create “carve-outs” in state code. p-value).

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Policy Chats

MARCH 11, 2024

Kennedy School of Government. She currently serves as Chair of the California Latino Legislative Caucus, leading a record-breaking 35 legislative members, which also includes a historic number of 21 Latinas. Kennedy School of Government.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 11, 2023

So a local preservation law is needed, to be able to counter such threats. They pass a law and property owners, not the city, have to pay for it. But most media coverage of preservation never covers this. So I was surprised to see it recognized in a recent article. At the same time, for a city, preservation is pretty cheap.

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Death and Taxes

MARCH 30, 2021

PS – If you are subscribed to multiple School of Government email lists, you may receive this message more than once today. SUPPORT the UNC SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT. This year the School of Government celebrates 90 years in service to that mission. Lawrence Distinguished Professor of Public Law and Government.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Every one of us interacts with our government in some way — and these experiences shape our perception of public sector organizations as potential employers. “We The customer experience that government provides today will affect its workforce challenges tomorrow, she said. And agencies can’t afford to get workforce management wrong.

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