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Mapping the Cyber Threat Landscape

GovLoop

A recent study by Tenable Research found that many organizations were falling victim to attacks that exploited well-known vulnerabilities, including some dating to 2017. The federal government has increased efforts to improve the security of the software supply chain. Just the sheer volume of remaining work can be daunting.

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Remote workers: When do they count for local economic development incentives?

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

And for local governments engaged in business location incentive negotiations with private employers, the prospect of remote or hybrid workers must now be explicitly addressed. Local government elected officials and all attorneys have sworn an oath to uphold the state constitution, which is the supreme law of the land.

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One Working Capital Management Strategic Tool: Interfund Transfers

Death and Taxes

We test this hypothesis using a sample of all 159 counties in the state of Georgia from 2010 through 2017 and find this to be indeed the case. Governments with full-time chief financial officers are more likely to access this strategy, but it can be beneficial for different sized local governments, regardless of managerial capacity.

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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

According to Twitter and other news sources (" WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative ," DC News Now) WMATA the operator of regional subway and bus services, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, are going to start working together. I note that GGW just wrote about this this week.

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Updating the best practice elements of revitalization to include elements 7 and 8 | Transformational Projects Action Planning at a large scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

While the concept was spurred by my writings on the Purple Line light rail system coming to suburban Maryland, -- " (Big Hairy) Projects Action Plan(s) as an element of Comprehensive/Master Plans ," 2017 but also best practice programs I've across and not always written about. The Design Method The updated list. commitment and time.

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Building resilience: Using technology to prepare for, respond to, and recover from the unexpected

AWS Public Sector Blog

I saw first-hand how communities are impacted by these types of events while living in Haiti in 2010,” shared Andrés Meira, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Grillo. This work will also help the government anticipate future risks. At the time, some 300,000 people were injured , and 1.5