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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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Future of Government Awards 2023 celebrate use of technology to transform people’s lives

AWS Public Sector Blog

Entries more than doubled from the inaugural 2022 edition, with 334 nominations from 63 countries across six continents. “A A core focus of the Future of Government Awards is the importance of open source,” said Joe Hooper, director of the UNDP Global Centre for Technology, Innovation, and Sustainable Development.

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What @sog_ced is reading online: October 2022

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. The School of Government property tax law expert, Chris McLaughlin, evaluates possible bias in property tax appeals. September 2022.

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Pittsburgh Learns How to Govern Its Data

GovLoop

The city was certified in March 2022. GovX is powered by a “proud team of data nerds” and guided by a fundamental belief that government can do amazing things for constituents when it knows how to properly use information. A version of this article appeared in our guide, “Innovations 2022: Conversations That Matter.

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Out with the old: Why traditional tech training methods need upgrading

Open Access Government - Technology News

According to data from the UK Government, in 2021/22, only 53.4% Between March 2021-2022, over 2 million tech vacancies were listed in the UK, more than any other sector. In 2019/20, the overwhelming majority (84.9%) of all learners starting an apprenticeship were white; this was even with a 12.3% In 2021/22, only 53.4%

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Celebrate National Women's Month With The State Budget Officers

Barrett & Greene

Consider the February NASBO webinar that featured an all-female panel including Oregon's Kate Nass, who served as NASBO president from 2020 to 2022; Colorado's Lauren Larson (this year's president) and Ohio's Kimberly Murnieks, who starts her term as president in July. But the world has changed -- and more than many might guess.

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Clinical technology: Short-termism or the golden thread?

Open Access Government - Technology News

In the UK, the first national chief nursing information officer (CNIO) was appointed in early 2019, three years after the first national CCIO was appointed. government/publications/a-plan-for-digital-health-and-social-care/a-plan-for-digital-health- and-social-care. appeared first on Open Access Government.

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