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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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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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4 global skills trends shaping workforce development

AWS Public Sector Blog

This is a guest post by Kevin Mills, head of government partnerships at Coursera. In June 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Coursera launched the annual Global Skills Report , an in-depth look at the state of skills globally. For a deeper understanding of these trends, download the Global Skills Report 2022.

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Tax incentive programs underfund schools

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

A 2021 review of 2,498 financial statements from schools across 27 states revealed that in 2019 at least $2.4 In Kansas City, for example, nearly $1,700 per student was redirected in 2022 from poorer public schools, while between $500 and $900 was taken from wealthier schools. That city is hardly an anomaly.

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Smart, safe and sustainable cycling: how AI-powered insights will encourage the next generation

Open Access Government - Technology News

The total value of the UK bicycle market was estimated to be around 47% higher in 2021 than in 2019, and the latest DfT Road Traffic Estimates suggest that cycle traffic in 2021 was 15.7% higher than pre-pandemic levels in 2019. Cycling levels grew following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, with new highs recorded in spring 2022.

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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

Google Public Sector

When Google Public Sector was announced in June 2022, it was a sign of Google’s strong commitment in serving the needs of U.S. federal, state, and local governments, and education institutions. Dr. Heather Wilson From 2017 to 2019, Dr. Heather Wilson served as Secretary of the U.S. public sector customers.

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Mitigating the risk of council technology investments

Open Access Government - Technology News

According to the Local Government Association, nearly one in five councils. Compounding the problems arising from a lack of government funding and demands on day-to-day spending is the fact that many councils don’t have modern IT solutions that enable informed budgeting decisions.