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Is Using VPN a Good Way to Provide Cybersecurity?

Disaster Zone blog

Survey shows people use employers VPN at home.

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Montenegro and cyberattacks: all NATO states should be prepared

Open Access Government - Technology News

Keiron Holyome, VP UKI, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa at BlackBerry discusses cyberattacks and the public sector. How are cyberattacks evolving? And how significant is the threat of cyber warfare? “Cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated and severe, as shown in our latest 2022 Threat Report. Threat actors now possess the tools once thought to be solely the domain of nation-state attackers, allowing them to carry out more frequent, skilful and targeted attacks.

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Social commerce: The future of how consumers interact with brands

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Browsing and shopping directly on social media platforms is a core feature of e-commerce in China. Now, this dynamic new way of buying is poised for rapid growth in the United States.

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How Madison, WI is Using Alternative Fuels to Achieve Lower Carbon Targets

NLC (National League of Cities)

Communities of all sizes are implementing goals to improve the environment. The majority of these goals are focused on transportation, as this sector is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Last April, Madison’s mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway introduced the Climate Forward plan for the city, which outlines the actions the city […] Source.

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The Ultimate Playground Inspection Handbook

Dive into the world of playground safety with this complimentary guide. It offers a detailed exploration of essential practices to ensure the utmost safety for children. Delve into inspection techniques, from assessing equipment conditions to evaluating surfacing materials. Gain insights into maintenance strategies to keep playgrounds in top-notch condition year-round.

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FITARA Scorecards Spur Agencies to Faster, More Efficient IT Modernization

FedTech Magazine

To see the impact of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, all you need to do is look at the numbers — and the letters. FITARA’s semiannual assessment ranks agencies on how well they meet the requirements outlined in the law, including data center optimization, enhancing CIO authority, cybersecurity and more. When 24 agencies were first assessed on the FITARA report card in 2015, only seven received a grade of C or higher.

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Automate document processing with Document AI for government

Google Public Sector

The Challenge Many government agencies remained overwhelmed with paper, even as the pandemic drove digitization and modernization. As a result, government agencies continue to look for better ways to streamline manual processes that overwhelm their workers and take focus from higher value initiatives. Modernization helps agencies better serve citizens, improve benefit delivery speed, and resolve technical debt accumulated in legacy systems, but today’s fragmented toolset does not meet governmen

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Strong Asset Management Is a Must for Successful Continuous Monitoring

State Tech Magazine

Cybercrime is growing at a disturbing rate, with incidents of malware, ransomware and data breach attacks continuing to rise. Criminals took advantage of digital transformation and the move to remote work during the pandemic to launch attacks on all types of organizations, including state and local governments. In 2021, 66 percent of organizations were hit by a ransomware attack, up from 37 percent in 2020,” according to Sophos.

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Building sustainability into operations

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

The path discrete manufacturing companies have taken to make their operations carbon neutral has important lessons for any business pursuing the dual mission of profitability and sustainability.

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Government’s role is to ‘seed the field’ of semiconductor workforce, experts say

GCN

A panel discussed how government, industry and academia are each uniquely positioned to contribute to the semiconductor industry and how they can work together to fill in the gaps.

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How does Gen Z see its place in the working world? With trepidation

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Americans 18 to 24 years old report high rates of mental-health challenges, impediments to effective work, and worries about the future, our latest American Opportunity Survey shows.

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7 Signs Your Local Government ERP Is Holding You Back: A Guide for Small Municipalities

Local governments and municipalities serving populations under 200,000 face distinctive challenges in delivering efficient and effective services to their communities. To overcome these challenges, many rely on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems tailored to their specific needs. Not all ERP systems are created equal, and some may hinder progress rather than support it.

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Drug data center takes on opioid crisis

GCN

The Southeast Regional Drug Data Research Center will streamline data sharing across federal and state agencies and enable multidisciplinary research to respond to the opioid epidemic.

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??Announcing a New Podcast Exclusively for Library Marketers! Full Details In This Video

Super Library Marketing

The Library Marketing???????? Show, Episode 163: I’ll share some exciting news for anyone who wants to learn more about library promotions from the top minds in the business. There is a new podcast in the world all about library marketing. It’s hosted by a library marketer. And it’s called Library Marketing for Library Marketers! I’ll give you all the details.

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How to build a unicorn: Lessons from venture capitalists and start-ups

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

New data highlights five things incumbent businesses could learn from venture capitalists and unicorns.

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As the Next Round of COVID Boosters Become Widely Available and Flu Season Begins, What Do We Know about Adult Vaccination Rates?

GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

With new COVID-19 boosters rolling out and flu season just around the corner, vaccinations are top-of-mind for many Americans. In today’s WatchBlog post, we’re rolling up our sleeves to take a look at adult vaccination rates for routine vaccines.

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Sustainable Facility Maintenance Management for Small Local Governments

Unlock the potential of sustainable facility management! This guide empowers small local governments to lead with climate-resilient infrastructure, energy efficiency, waste reduction, and more. Elevate your community's resilience, reduce costs, and embrace eco-friendly practices. Discover the role of facility maintenance teams in green cleaning, sustainability analyses, and infrastructure upgrades.

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An Earthquake Impacting Home Insurance in Florida Following Hurricane Ian

Disaster Zone blog

The housing market boom in Florida could be over.

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New York Joins Forces Against Cyber Threats

GovLoop

The need for cybersecurity is here to stay and will only continue to evolve in scope and necessity as the digital age advances. To meet that challenge, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced in July 2022 the formation of the Joint Security Operations Center (JSOC) to “serve as the nerve center for joint local, state and federal cyber efforts, including data collection, response efforts and information sharing.”.

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More Omicron Variants, Possibly More Trouble Ahead

Disaster Zone blog

The virus continues to evolve.

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Help Your Employees Get Their Mojo Back

GovLoop

There are a lot of myths regarding employee demotivation – that a demotivated employee lacks ability, that teams do not desire to improve, and that “good” employees do not become demotivated. The truth is a lot simpler. To understand, we need to think about the difference between being demotivated and unmotivated. Managers often use the two words interchangeably, but they are very different terms, said Lisa Jammer, Director of People and Culture in the Texas Department of Information Resources,

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ASPA TIMES Magazine: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

PA TIMES Magazine is a publication of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), a not-for-profit corporation. This edition focused on diversity, equity and inclusion in public administration, including guest columns, insights for the field and interviews with city government DEI officers about their work at the local level.

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Push vs. Pull Logistics System is an Issue

Disaster Zone blog

When not based on requests, it is a problem

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See Yourself in Cyber – Protect Yourself from Phishing

The CIO Council

A pipeline is shut down for a week, resulting in delays in delivery of 20 billion gallons of oil. A large meat supplier halts operations at nine processing plants, causing shortages on supermarket shelves. 100 terabytes of intellectual property are stolen from a major media company. Besides being devastating to the affected businesses, shareholders, and their customers, what do these all have in common?

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Will we have an emergency manager personnel shortage in the future?

Disaster Zone blog

Fewer people are attending college.

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Google looks to simplify mainframe-to-cloud migration

GCN

Dual Run for Google Cloud reduces the risk of transferring mainframe data and applications to the cloud.

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Proactive vs Reactive Maintenance: Making the Case for Preparedness

Discover comprehensive strategies for optimizing operations and achieving cost efficiency! This document offers insights into efficient inspections, data-driven decision-making, goal alignment, and resource optimization. It empowers local governments and maintenance departments to streamline operations and ensure significant cost savings. From aligning maintenance goals with community needs to leveraging data for strategic planning, this guide provides a roadmap for smoother, more reliable opera

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Emergency Managers: When Your Government Gets Hacked

Disaster Zone blog

One tip you can use.

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Why community health centers are betting on data collection to advance health equity

GCN

By collecting accurate data, local health centers can identify the needs in their communities, deploy resources where most needed and analyze the results to better inform care.

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Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DC received a scathing report from HUD about the failures in managing the city's public housing stock of 8,000 units, 25%--2,000-are vacant because most are uninhabitable (" D.C. Housing Authority’s leadership is failing, HUD report says ," Washington Post ). From the article: A damning, 72-page report the agency authored portrays a housing authority in disarray and at risk of defaulting on its agreement with the federal government.

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5 No-Brainer, Security-Enhancing Purchases for the New Fiscal Year

GovLoop

By Hayden Smith. With the new fiscal year upon us, you might be looking at some big goals for the year ahead. Fresh budgets make the best time to give your purchases a security refresh. Use your funds to make an impact that returns results all year long. What’s the spending strategy here? Simply this: A culture that values innovation seeks solutions for smarter ways to work, and along with that are tools that can accelerate collaboration, communication and transparency.

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Facility Maintenance Trends for 2024: What's Changing in the Industry?

This comprehensive article delves into the transformative trends reshaping local government facility maintenance in anticipation of 2024. From embracing smart technology for efficient management, sustainability's pivotal role to data-driven decision-making, workforce upskilling, and predictive maintenance strategies, each aspect is explored. Insights into outsourcing collaborations, digital twins, safety enhancements, and the broader industry evolution highlight the critical adaptation needed.

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Rampant management failure #2: DC area Metrorail (Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Nothing new here: -- " What to do about DC area Metrorail? ," 2022 -- " Sometimes you have to wonder if transit/transit projects are being deliberately screwed up to make transit expansion almost impossible ," 2022 -- " A tenure of failure doesn't deserve encomiums: Paul Wiedefeld, WMATA CEO ," 2022 -- " WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the public" ," 2022 -- " DC area transit commission board member thinks he has a brilliant idea on how to fund Metrorail: sales taxes ," 2022 But rece

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5 things to consider while applying to the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP)

AWS Public Sector Blog

State and local government (SLG) organizations are experiencing an increase in cyber incidents that impact and disrupt citizen services. In 2021, US President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). This act provides funding that state, local, and academic institutions can access to make strategic decisions that can build resilience, modernize systems, and enhance and strengthen the overall security posture of critical infrastructure services.

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Arts as production: The rock music ecosystem in West Seattle

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I've written a bunch of articles on music as an element of the local arts ecosystem: -- " Ground up (guerrilla) art #2: community halls and music (among other things) ," 2011 -- " Under threat: Austin's music industry as an element of the city's cultural ecosystem and economy ," 2016 -- " Leveraging music for cultural and economic development: part one, opera ," 2017 -- " Leveraging music as cultural heritage for economic development: part two, popular music ," 2017 -- " NBC4 asks if DC can beco

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Transitioning from law enforcement to cybersecurity: A U.S. Digital Corps Fellow’s journey

The CIO Council

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. In May 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14028, “ Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity ,” making cybersecurity a government-wide priority. Launched last year, the U.S. Digital Corps is a two-year, full-time opportunity housed at the General Services Administration (GSA) for early-career technologists to start their careers working on high-impact projects across the federal government — including in cybersecurity.

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Efficiency and Sustainability: Leveraging Digital Solutions in Facility Operations

Speaker: Alan Kavanaugh, BA, CRM, CCPI ​​​​​​​Director of Loss Control & Risk Management

This session is designed to unveil the transformative potential of digital solutions in reshaping conventional practices, offering a roadmap towards greener and more efficient facilities regardless of municipality size. Attendees will learn: Insights into cutting-edge trends and strategies in sustainable facility management. Practical knowledge to effectively incorporate digital solutions for operational efficiency.