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Lessons from 2023 VAD Academy: Systemic Racism is a Root Cause of Vacant Properties

Center for Community Progress

Over the course of two days, participants of the 2023 VAD Academy learned everything from the basics of what causes vacancy and abandonment and the foundations of community revitalization to advanced legal, policy, and practice tools that can help neighborhoods turn vacant spaces into vibrant places.

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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.” In a January 2023 report, the U.S. Specters of a Cyber War On Feb.

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5 public sector technology predictions for 2023

AWS Public Sector Blog

As we begin 2023, the Amazon Web Services (AWS) worldwide public sector (WWPS) team wanted to share a few of our predictions for public sector technology this year. In South Korea, cafeterias implementing ZWZH reduced overall food waste by an average of 30%, while on-plate food waste was reduced by up to 42%.

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How will the UK Cyber Essentials Scheme change in April 2023?

Open Access Government - Technology News

Take social media as an example – where we were referring to using such platforms in hours per month in 2010, the average user today now spends 2 hours and 27 minutes of their day on them. Digitalisation has played no small part in this changing dynamic. Today, more data is online, meaning more data is vulnerable.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Three | Planning for Climate Change

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But not much has been addressed since the plan was released in 2010! The Park is implementing a wayfinding and interpretation signage system, so we have an opportunity to do some watershed interpretation. Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) High water levels in Salt Lake City's Sugar House Park on Wednesday, April 26, 2023.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Enter the FHFA The FHFA implemented specific reforms in past years to keep the FHLBs from straying even further from their mission and towards profit. Interestingly, most of them can be implemented by the FHFA itself as the System’s regulator. billion of losses by just four of the FHLBs in 2009 and 2010. See [link]. [21]

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Archangel: The future of telecare service providers is now

Open Access Government - Technology News

Telecare service providers have faced challenges in prioritising a transformation project, implementing digital solutions, or integrating new hardware. The sooner we begin the investment/implementation of these strategies, the better it will be for all” says Tom. Decisions need to be made to safeguard service users.