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States Can Start Planning How to Best Spend Upcoming Cybersecurity Grants

State Tech Magazine

In the near future, the Biden Administration will issue guidance for state grants under the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). trillion act provides $2 billion in funding for cybersecurity grants, half of which will materialize as a grant program for state governments.

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State and Local Governments Must Develop a Multilayered Approach to Ransomware

State Tech Magazine

By 2025, ransomware attacks are projected to cost businesses up to $10.5 And in a 2021 survey, two-thirds of CISOs said they felt their organizations were at risk of falling victim to a successful… trillion per year in combined lost revenue, brand impact and missed opportunities.

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Microsoft 365 Government price updates - into effect March 1st 2023

Microsoft Public Sector

On August 2021 we announced an update to our pricing for Microsoft 365 (which applies to all commercial customers: Enterprise, US Government, and Business). In the case of Microsoft 365 Government, due to local regulations, the price update was planned in a phased manner.

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Why government must heed real-time data management trends

Open Access Government - Technology News

Real-time data is the lynchpin for any progressive government , enabling it to improve efficiency, enhance operations and communications, provide improved services for citizens, uncover fraud and lower the risk of cyberattacks. The government benefits from receiving and processing data in real-time.

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Why the Resolution on Guaranteeing Virtual Participation in ALA Governance?

Librarian.net

With SRRT Councilor Tara Brady, I sponsored a resolution about making ALA governance available virtually. Equity issue (one of ALA’s Four Strategic Directions , also in parity with membership meetings – also coming up as one of three of ALA’s core values) allowing more types of people to be involved in ALA governance.

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Continuing the pace of government innovation with the cloud in Asia Pacific and Japan

AWS Public Sector Blog

The unprecedented disruption the world faced during the past two years forced governments to rewrite the rulebook on how they serve their citizens. Enabled by cloud technology, digitized government agencies became better equipped to offer citizen and healthcare services, which helped improve and even save lives.

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AWS selected for U.S. Department of Defense Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2021, the U.S. government with cloud-based IT solutions, AWS has a proven track record of helping the DoD deploy cloud services to respond to the needs of the mission. government data classifications, including Unclassified, Secret, and Top Secret. Government’s most sensitive workloads.

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