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San Francisco tries tough love by tying welfare to drug rehab

GCN

Starting in January 2025, public assistance recipients who screen positive for addiction on a 10-question drug abuse test will be referred to treatment. Those who refuse or fail to show up for treatment will lose their benefits.

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Early Bird Agencies Have Begun Deploying Windows 11

FedTech Magazine

As associate CIO for enterprise infrastructure solutions at the Office of Personnel Management, Powers is leading the agency’s rollout of Microsoft Windows 11. The new operating system replaces Windows 10, which will reach end of life in October 2025. That’s how Joe Powers sees it.

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‘Super mayor’ goes viral amid salary ordinance controversy

GCN

Tiffany Henyard, the mayor and supervisor, of two suburbs in Illinois, spearheaded a bill reducing a potential successor’s salary if she loses her 2025 reelection bid. It’s the latest in a long line of alleged misdeeds by the charismatic and controversial political figure.

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Preparing for Power Outages in the Face of Solar Storms

FedTech Magazine

This 11-year cycle of the sun’s activity is expected to reach its peak in 2025, with solar flares and eruptions that can wreak havoc on Earth. The Federal Emergency Management Agency even has a handbook on what agencies should do in response to a solar weather event… Solar Cycle 25 is here.

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Next-Generation Climate Targets: A 5-Point Plan for NDCs

The City Fix

By early 2025, countries are due to unveil new national climate commitments under the Paris Agreement, known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs). These commitments form the foundation of international climate action, establishing emissions-reduction targets and other measures that countries promise.

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Why government must heed real-time data management trends

Open Access Government - Technology News

As data grows exponentially, however, four key trends will inform and impact the government’s control and usage of their data: Government data is exploding, which puts the onus on improved data management. Government data is maintained through protective security policies and risk management centrally and locally. Keeping data secure.

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End-to-End Artificial Intelligence Supports Federal Mission Sets

FedTech Magazine

Gartner, for example, predicts that by 2025, more than half of enterprise-managed data will be created and processed outside the data center or cloud. Data is moving increasingly toward the edge.

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