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Building zero trust for the Department of Defense: Insights from Les Call, Director of the DoD CIO ZT PfMO

AWS Public Sector Blog

Renzo Rodriguez, managing director of US Federal Solutions Architecture at Amazon Web Services (AWS), sat down with Les Call, director of the Department of Defense CIO Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office, in a recent episode of Mission Innovation, powered by AWS , to explore the challenges and strategies of implementing zero trust within the DoD.

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Cleveland’s new strategic plan focuses on making city government work better

American City & Country

The mayor’s purpose that day was to introduce his new 10-year operational strategic plan to an audience of some 500 employees—a plan intended to modernize the way government works, make services more accessible, empower the city workforce and improve the city’s financial outlook.

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Strategic Planning: A Beginner’s 5-Step Guide

Grant Consulting Services, LLC

Does your organization have a strategic plan? Strategic planning is a very important step in building a successful organization, no matter its size. So, what is a strategic plan, and how do you make one? What Is A Strategic Plan? Is it still in line with your mission and vision?

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Generating program-defining insights in seconds for child, adult, senior, and military services

AWS Public Sector Blog

From data silos to strategic insights in seconds with AWS. The principal challenge Easterseals faced before implementing AWS solutions was siloed data. Working through the grant application process helped us map out our data management strategy and crystalize strategic plans for the organization.

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DHS Brings New Discipline to Cyber Planning

GovLoop

The UCMM framework has been a key in aligning recovery actions from the SolarWinds Incident and guiding implementation of critical cybersecurity capabilities and above guidance requests,” the report states. To support risk-based decision-making, DHS is aligning future IT budget requests with the DHS UCMM framework,” the plan states. “We

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A Look at AI-Enhanced Cybersecurity

GovLoop

However, it could also easily become a large target for nation-state attackers, who have begun turning their attention to critical infrastructure. That doesn’t mean the switch to hybrid isn’t worth exploring, however – it just means a strategic plan must be put in place to prepare for such threats.

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The Challenge of Performance Management in Community Development

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Performance management systems help operationalize organizational strategic plans by tracking progress toward meeting expectations and making subsequent decisions to continuously improve performance. Over the last few decades, these systems have become ubiquitous in almost every aspect of local government management.