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Changes in the Ransomware Threat to State and Local Governments

State Tech Magazine

While the report found that attacks were down in 2022, ransomware targets still reported very large number of attacks compared to levels in 2018, 2019 and 2020. And with local governments usually dealing with limited resources, they’re often considered low-hanging fruit when it comes to cyberattacks.

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What @sog_ced is reading online: May 2022

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

This trend discussed in a 2018 post by DFI colleague Frank Muraca: unc.live/37TJaQy. DFI in the news: Experts from the School’s Development Finance Initiative to offer affordable housing webinar for local government leaders, with follow-up discussions led by regional councils of government. April 2022.

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Share So Others Might Learn

GovLoop

In March 2022, the FBI issued a warning that ransomware attacks were straining local governments and public services. Nationwide, numerous city and county offices, police departments, schools, and other local agencies had reported suffering data breaches and service disruptions. This was not news.

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Announcing customer and guest speakers for Max Peterson’s Leadership Session at re:Invent 2022

AWS Public Sector Blog

At re:Invent 2022 , dive deep on the transformative power of the cloud. Read more about these guest speakers and register for re:Invent 2022 today. Register for AWS re:Invent 2022 today. Dr. Peggy Whitson, astronaut and director of human space flight at Axiom Space, and Matthew C.

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How changes to Fair Market Rent affects access to affordable housing for extremely low-income renters

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Landlord participation in the voucher program has declined both nationally and in North Carolina from around 90% in 2018 to 80% in 2024. Local governments can also play a role in ensuring that Fair Market Rents accurately reflect the prices that low-income renters see in the market.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

CLTs provide a community ownership approach to providing affordable housing, trying to balance the homeowner desire to build equity with the community and societal desire to maintain an affordable housing stock and the desire of local governments and other funders to sustain housing intervention funding.

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Defining deviance down: Disorder and cities in 2022

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Council to decriminalize fare evasion in 2018. This is an issue in the UK, because 10+ years of austerity have crush public agencies and local governments--some have lost as much as 2/3 of their budget, at the cost of public libraries, health care, maintenance of streets, sidewalks, parks, etc.

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