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Mapping the Cyber Threat Landscape

GovLoop

In February 2023, for example, the Defense Department’s inspector general found that “DoD personnel are downloading mobile applications to their DoD mobile devices that could pose operational and cybersecurity risks to DoD information and information systems.” Just the sheer volume of remaining work can be daunting.

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One Working Capital Management Strategic Tool: Interfund Transfers

Death and Taxes

accounts payable and notes payable) to ensure smooth operations. The purpose is to maintain cash flows for liquidity to meet short-term operating expenses and obligations. 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.

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

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

2017) (“Local government property cannot be conveyed to a private party without adequate consideration, for to do so would constitute an improper gift of public property or the granting of a subsidy contrary to state constitutional constraints.”). 304 (2010). Those clauses reflect the national rule to this day. Reynolds, Jr.,

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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. If it wasn't forthcoming, only then cut service.

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Open government procurement drives innovation using the cloud

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2010, 80 percent of government IT work was undertaken by 18 suppliers. It operates with a regulatory framework based on transparency, efficiency, accessibility, and nondiscrimination. The simplified procurement process worked for tech and focused on outcomes, so the government became a knowledgeable buyer of technology.

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The basic lesson of intensification that government officials and activists don't understand: intensification happens first in high value areas, not low value areas

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Also see " The nature of high value ("strong") residential real estate markets ," 2017. And why in some places, proximity to transit has little value premium, so creating transit oriented development is very difficult, time intensive, and requires subsidy (" From the files: transit planning in Baltimore ," originally written 2010).

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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.