Government Technology Insider

MARCH 27, 2025

Highlighting findings from NASCIO 2024 Mid-Year Conference and a study on AI implementation, this article looks at the opportunities and challenges AI presents for government leaders. Here we explore the AI challenges state and local agencies face and six best practices to guide government AI adoption strategies.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 25, 2023

On 25th May 2018, the EU implemented the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); Robin Campbell-Burt discusses what’s changed 5 years later On 25th May, the EU implemented the General Data Protection Regulation – shortened to GDPR – which ultimately changed the way we deal with data.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 2, 2024

Data sovereignty refers to a concept where individuals, organizations, or governments have control over their own data and infrastructure, ensuring independence, privacy, and security. This can be helpful for complying with data residency regulations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 28, 2024

In April 2024, the European Parliament adopted the proposed EHDS Regulation. EU member state projects EU Member States will each have their own projects and regulations, which will contribute to the implementation of the EHDS. The electronic patient record (EHR) will serve as the central hub for healthcare data.

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NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

2d 351 (2024), the United States Supreme Court, in an unusual nearly unanimous 8-1 decision, upheld a 1994 federal criminal law, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8), against a challenge that the law violated the Second Amendment. Rahimi , 144 S. 1889, 219 L. United States v. Rahimi , 61 F.4th 4th 443, 461 (5th Cir. The Supreme Court disagreed.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Each year across the United States, new government policies take effect that impact the lives of millions of people, however, those policies are only as good as the data that informs them. When it comes to writing law, 60 percent accuracy for the data doesnt cut it, stated, Thurston Powers, AI engineer at the Mercatus Center.

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GCN

MAY 21, 2024

The law attempts to mitigate algorithmic discrimination in AI systems that make consequential decisions related to hiring, banking and housing.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 10, 2023

Public officials and employees for electoral candidates, political committees, and political action committees (PACs) must publicly disclose their campaign finances in accordance with different state campaign finance disclosure laws. In just nine months, the Civix Ethics API was born.

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GCN

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Many of the laws passed in 2023 against social media platforms have been challenged in court. But states appear undeterred as they continue weighing ways to curb social media’s effects on young people.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

There are hundreds of US federal government departments and agencies. The majority are subject to Federal Records Act (FRA) and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) regulations that require them to collect, store, and manage federal records that are created, received, and used in daily operations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 25, 2024

For example, two renowned German medical facilities, Fachklinikum Mainschleife and Max Grundig Klinik , needed to modernize their IT infrastructure to comply with stringent regulatory requirements outlined in the country’s Law for Accelerating the Digitalization of Healthcare (DigiG). Architecture Figure 1.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The MDC deployment process consists of six stages: Order submission Site assessment validation and site preparation Order approval Delivery Installation and commissioning Government security accreditation Figure 1. Government security accreditation – If accreditation is required, obtain the ATO and/or ATC from your AO.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 27, 2024

City and county governments are often key buyers of landscape equipment and supplies, says Keith McGinty , director of bids and government accounts at SiteOne Landscape Supply , a firm that sells soil maintenance products, irrigation, lighting, nursery products, tools, equipment, safety items and hardscapes in addition to landscape supplies.

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

For the first article in the series, please refer to History of Microsoft Cloud Service Offerings leading to the US Sovereign Cloud for Government. FedRAMP enables government agencies to accelerate the adoption of cloud services with confidence, knowing they meet high security standards and comply with federal regulations.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Continuous professional development is about more than staying relevant; its about staying effective, ethical, and lawful in a field that demands constant adaptation. Staying current on case law: Whats illegal isnt just defined by legislation; court decisions shape it. Sign up for alerts to stay informed. International.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Whether you’re in education, government, nonprofit or the private sector, procurement can be a powerful tool for maximizing savings, streamlining operations, and ensuring compliance. Using a cooperative purchasing program ensures compliance with state and federal laws while reducing the risks associated with supplier management.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

This shift in ownership and governance is underpinned by the principle of data as a product (DaaP), where data is treated as a valuable, high-quality asset, just like any physical product an organization offers. Data governance: Robust data governance policies and procedures are crucial for HIPAA compliance.

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Microsoft Public Sector

APRIL 11, 2024

Department of Defense (DoD) contractors and the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) by supporting the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) requirements for the Microsoft 365 Government (GCC High) cloud service offering. Government statutory or regulatory requirements. (m) Department of Justice (DoJ), the U.S.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 27, 2025

Identifying Your Modernization Objectives Streamlining processes, updating old technology, keeping up with best practices, and meeting mandates and compliance regulations the drivers for modernization are plentiful. Buttoning Up Your Data Management Data management in government can feel like a moving target. 13 at 2 p.m. 20 at 2 p.m.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

The deployment and results SOMA is a leading technology partner providing critical response and operating software solutions for law enforcement, first responder, and government agencies. AWS GovCloud (US) is an AWS Region designed to host sensitive data, regulated workloads, and address the most stringent U.S.

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zencity

JULY 12, 2023

Social media has significantly changed the communication landscape, bringing government leaders closer to the people they serve and building trust between them. Here are four things every state and local government leader needs to know about Threads to be a successful early mover: Register your username(s) right away.

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The Lowe Down

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Regulations carving out a path for new businesses? Arguments erupted over the role of local government regulations, from mask mandates to dining capacity limits, on shaping business activities. The sheer number of regulations facing entrepreneurs may create substantial barriers to entry, preventing some from starting a business.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 5, 2025

Regulatory and Legal Risks: Healthcare organisations failing to protect against deepfake threats risk non-compliance with regulations such as HIPAA (U.S.), GDPR (Europe), and other data protection laws, leading to significant legal and financial penalties.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 9, 2023

This could lead to significant impact on vital business areas such as supply chains and manufacturing processes, and even allow threat actors to redirect financial payments and compromise highly sensitive and potentially heavily regulated data. This piece was written and provided by JP Perez-Etchegoyen, CTO of Onapsis.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

From government agencies to public health organisations, the need for robust data protection measures has never been more critical. This is where 3M Bright Screen Privacy Filters for Laptops come into play, offering a simple yet effective solution to enhance on-screen privacy and ensure compliance with data protection regulations.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 28, 2024

The disclosure also revealed how data hosted in Microsoft’s public cloud infrastructure is regularly transferred and processed overseas; a process inherent to its public cloud architecture, which causes problems for any UK government users with regulatory limitations around offshoring UK data. What is data?

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Microsoft Public Sector

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This article focuses on the candidate reference architectures for identity to accommodate Multi-Tenant Organizations (MTO), and specifically those that have a deployment in the US Sovereign Cloud with Microsoft 365 US Government (GCC High) and Azure Government. Most DIB straddle commercial clouds alongside the government clouds.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Regulators bare their teeth with substantial fines. And in recent years, regulators including the ICO and the DPC of Ireland have issued multi-million-pound (or euro) fines. The post An increase in cyber attack fines highlights firms’ need to tighten security appeared first on Open Access Government. References. [1]

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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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Government Technology Insider

JUNE 13, 2024

State and local government agencies quickly have begun to include artificial intelligence (AI) and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in IT modernization plans. Here we explore the AI challenges state and local agencies face and six best practices to guide government AI adoption strategies.

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Microsoft Public Sector

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

For years, existing privacy regulations like the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) have been paving the path for how g overnment organizations prioritize privacy. State Breach Notification Laws to make it easier to get started with policy deployment.

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GovLoop

AUGUST 11, 2022

But within government agencies — which aggregate vast troves of our personally identifiable information (PII) — the management of our private data can be confused, outmoded and insecure, making it tough for agencies to comply with security mandates and exposing each of us to financial and other calamities.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Flexibility – With microservices, changes and updates can be made to individual components without affecting the entire system, making it easier to adapt the system to new laws, regulations, or business requirements. Reliability – If one microservice fails, it does not bring down the entire system.

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Policy Chats

AUGUST 14, 2020

He joined the law firm of Richard Watson Gershon in 1977 and opened up the firm's San Francisco office in 1998. He joined the law firm of Richard Watson Gershon in 1977 and opened up the firm's San Francisco office in 1998. Stepanicich: Mr. Stepanicich is the City Attorney for Mill Valley and Fairfield.

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Policy Chats

AUGUST 14, 2020

He joined the law firm of Richard Watson Gershon in 1977 and opened up the firm's San Francisco office in 1998. He joined the law firm of Richard Watson Gershon in 1977 and opened up the firm's San Francisco office in 1998. Stepanicich: Mr. Stepanicich is the City Attorney for Mill Valley and Fairfield.

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Policy Chats

AUGUST 14, 2020

He joined the law firm of Richard Watson Gershon in 1977 and opened up the firm's San Francisco office in 1998. Mr. Stepanicich on the topic of rules and regulations that are enforceable during these unprecedented times. “We He joined the law firm of Richard Watson Gershon in 1977 and opened up the firm's San Francisco office in 1998.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Officials in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, know that sometimes racial discrimination is fostered by language buried deep within laws and regulations that escape people’s notice. To read more about how governments are embracing change, download the guide. Get the guide. Image by Leonardo Marchini from Pixabay. Favorite.

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