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AWS selects 13 startups to innovate public safety solutions through the GovTech Accelerator

AWS Public Sector Blog

Courts and other public safety organizations are being targeted by a rising number of cyber events,” said Kim Majerus, vice president of global education and US state and local government at AWS. The AWS GovTech Accelerator was created to support the development of technologies that can address these challenges.

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Why Heirs’ Property is a Problem for Vacancy and Abandonment

Center for Community Progress

To address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated (VAD) properties, local governments must first identify what types of VAD properties exist in the community. When a property owner dies without a will or estate plan, state laws governing inheritance determine how the property is passed to family members legally entitled to it.

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Celebrating Legislative Wins to Combat Vacancy in Missouri and Alabama 

Center for Community Progress

Effective legislation is a vital piece of equipping state and local governments to effectively address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties (VAD). The City can then foreclose on these liens using a judicially supervised process, designed to protect property interests and produce insurable title.

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3 ways tax agencies can use AI on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

This robust technology has been coined as intelligent automation or hyper-automation , and it can work alongside humans to perform work or operate in the background without human supervision. The next steps will require an investment of time to teach the computer the language of tax, including tax laws and IRS requirements.

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County Legal Authority to Fund Non-Mandated Social Services Programs

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

State law requires each board of county commissioners to levy and collect taxes as necessary to meet the county’s allocated share of the cost of mandated social services programs. Counties may also levy property taxes for any purpose for which the county is authorized by law to appropriate money, subject to voter approval.