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The Benefits of Automation for Constituent Identity Verification

Government Technology Insider

When constituent services and benefit programs moved their application processes online, they were made far more accessible to malicious actors – we found this out during the COVID-19 pandemic. This results in many cases requiring a mix of automated and manual reviews of constituent applications. That’s something we need to change.

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A comprehensive cloud security approach for state and local governments

Google Public Sector

While the digitization of government services and operations has helped enhance the constituent experience, it has also increased the cyber threat surface for governments of all sizes. In 2020, 79 ransomware attacks hit government organizations, amounting to nearly $19 billion in downtime and recovery costs 1.

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Social Media Gives an Oklahoma Agency Its Voice

GovLoop

An interview with Kelly Adams, Communication and Education Supervisor, and Smokey Solis, Communication and Education Specialist, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation In 2020, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation adopted a unique — and often delightfully irreverent — approach to its use of social media.

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Automate document processing with Document AI for government

Google Public Sector

Agency leaders can use Document AI to help process paper and images at scale to better deliver services to their constituents. Document AI applicability across functions Since its launch in 2020, Document AI has seen wide adoption by government agencies including the State of Hawaii.

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Supply Skepticism Revisited: What New Research Shows About the Impact of Supply on Affordability

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

But as concerns about gentrification and displacement in urban areas have become more widespread, supply skepticism has expanded from the traditional anti-development constituencies to renters and social advocates fighting for equitable neighborhood planning. “The need is endless and the supply is limited.”

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A Multi-Pronged Approach to Combatting Unemployment Insurance Fraud Helps States Fight Back

Government Technology Insider

The issue only worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic; in September 2022, the U.S. billion since March 2020. Unemployment insurance (UI) is a program that has proven to be especially vulnerable and an easy target for fraud. Department of Labor reported fraud estimates of about $45.6

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Georgia DHS establishes a cloud strategy through a multiyear modernization journey

AWS Public Sector Blog

At re:Invent 2022, Sreeji Vijayan, chief information officer of the Georgia DHS, spoke about the Georgia DHS’s migration journey with AWS. Establish an AWS foundation In 2020, the Georgia DHS began to plan and consolidate environments and selected AMS from AWS to provide the necessary cloud framework for migration.