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State and Local Governments Migrate to Microsoft Windows 11

State Tech Magazine

But if you wait until the support deadline hits in 2025 and you try to do it all in one year, it’s going to be a massive crisis. “This is one of those classic things where, if you take care of business in a timely manner, it will never be a crisis,” Fuller says. So, we made the decision to get started as early as possible.”

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State and Local Governments Must Develop a Multilayered Approach to Ransomware

State Tech Magazine

By 2025, ransomware attacks are projected to cost businesses up to $10.5 Not because ransomware has peaked — far from it — but because people now seem to realize hackers have found an attack type so lucrative that they’re going to keep using it again and again. trillion per year in combined lost revenue, brand impact and missed opportunities.

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How to Ace a Windows 11 Migration

State Tech Magazine

The clock is ticking toward Microsoft Windows 10’s end of life in October 2025. While it’s not yet a five-alarm fire, the deadline is something that requires government IT leaders’ attention — and the sooner, the better. Is your state or local government agency prepared for a Windows 11 migration?

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Recent Trends in Real Estate Development (Spring 2024)

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

These posts are meant to inform local governments about current conditions facing private developers and real estate development projects in their communities. But in their most recent forecast, Fannie Mae now expects interest rates to remain above 6% through the end of 2025.

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Property Tax Exemptions for Community & Economic Development

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Local governments may not create their own custom exemptions; they all need to play by the uniform, statewide rules created by the General Assembly. For example, eligibility for exemptions from property taxes levied for the 2024-2025 tax year was determined by the ownership and use of property as of January 1, 2024.

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A tech pipeline for rural communities: West Virginia joins AWS Tech Alliance

AWS Public Sector Blog

The West Virginia Tech Alliance will directly connect more than 750 learners to cloud employers throughout the 2024-2025 academic year. The Tech Alliance will work with a wide range of organizations in the public and private sector to create – and keep – good paying and high growth jobs in West Virginia.

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Accelerating digital transformation to revitalize local economy and improve lives in Japan

AWS Public Sector Blog

As a provider of cloud services for the Government Cloud since 2021, we have collaborated with our partners to support public sector customers in Japan to use the cloud to rapidly experiment at a lower cost and with increased flexibility, and accelerate innovation. Accelerating innovation through collaboration with local governments.