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Changes in the Ransomware Threat to State and Local Governments

State Tech Magazine

According to SonicWall’s 2023 Cyber Threat Report, ransomware has “been on a tear” for the past few years, growing 105 percent year over year in 2021. 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.

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October 2023 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter

Microsoft Public Sector

We are excited to announce that we are bringing Universal Print to government organizations with the general availability of Universal Print in GCC/GCC High. government organizations. Microsoft 365 Government Community Call Join Jay Leask and other members of the Government Community live on LinkedIn!

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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

As of 2023, about 72,000 North Carolina renters use vouchers to subsidize the cost of rent and utilities. Landlord participation in the voucher program has declined both nationally and in North Carolina from around 90% in 2018 to 80% in 2024. Unlike FMR, Zillow’s rent estimates are based on changes in asking rents.

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April 2023 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter

Microsoft Public Sector

Newsworthy Highlights What’s New in Microsoft Teams at Enterprise Connect 2023 SIP Gateway is now available for Government Community Cloud customers to enable core Teams calling functionality on legacy devices. Microsoft operates its US Federal business out of the GCC-H and Azure Government cloud.

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Announcing the 2022-2023 AWS IMAGINE Grant winners

AWS Public Sector Blog

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is systematizing its approach to change management and data governance by unifying its 44 systems into a data lake and creating a 360-degree profile of its constituent groups. The application cycle for next year’s AWS IMAGINE Grant will open in the spring of 2023. About the IMAGINE Grant.

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Automated Licensing Helps Wisconsin Get to Work

GovLoop

For example, in the first three quarters of this year, DSPS processed 38,827 applications, compared with 30,200 in all of 2018. In August 2023, DSPS announced a new publicly available dashboard that shows the average number of days it takes to review new applications, including review of any additional documentation.

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Travis County Makes Audits Less Taxing

GovLoop

Like many local agencies, the Auditor’s Office in Travis County, Texas, needed to do more with less: While a dynamic housing market increased the volume of property tax refunds by 25% annually since 2018, the office received no extra funding to complete its legally required audits.

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