Plus, L.A. County IT takes on its gender imbalance and more...

GovTech Today
GOVTECH TODAY
JANUARY 16, 2020

Texas School District Loses $2.3 Million in Phishing Incident
School district officials have not yet fully explained how the money was transferred to the hackers, but investigators say they have some "leads" as to who the cybercriminals might be. READ MORE

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Application Monitoring for On-premises, Hybrid, and Multi-cloud Environments
Applications live everywhere within government and education organizations—on-premises, in the cloud (AWS®/GovCloud, Azure®, Google®, Cloud.gov), or in some combination of these. Yet, no matter where your applications live, they still need to be monitored for performance and optimization.
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CES 2020: Smart City Solutions to Aging Infrastructure
Vendors at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show tackled an oft-discussed goal for municipal leaders, looking at how communities could use smart city technology to transform aging infrastructure. READ MORE

L.A. County Takes a Shot at Correcting IT’s Gender Imbalance
The L.A. County Board of Supervisors has passed a Women in Technology Hiring Initiative that will connect at-risk and disconnected youth ages 14-24 with IT mentors and training to bolster its entry-level IT personnel. READ MORE

Startup Coord Seeking Governments for Digital Curb Challenge
Three winners will get access to Coord’s software, apps and APIs, and collaboration from the company’s experts, to deliver a project by the end of the year to make local streets and sidewalks safer or more efficient. READ MORE

NYC Lab Calls on Startups to Help Reach Sustainability Goals
The Circular City program, a project by New Lab and the NYC Economic Development Corporation, has issued an open call for startups to use technology to address the city’s sustainability goals. READ MORE

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IT Consolidation - What's Next for Government and Education Modernization Initiatives?
IT consolidation has been a high-priority government and education initiative for many years. While many state and education organizations are already on board, or boarding quickly, the move may be born of a different catalyst than you may expect—certainly different than federal agencies.
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MORE HEADLINES

Costa Mesa, Calif., OKs 5G Ordinance Despite Public Protest

Google Announces End to Ad-Tracking Tools in Chrome

Town Manager Wants to Modernize Government in Thomaston, Maine

NSA Discovers, Shares Critical Microsoft OS Vulnerability

South Carolina School District Mostly Unscathed by Cyberattack

New York City Launches $40M Effort to Support U.S. Census

California Residents Can Demo New Election Technology

$20B in Federal Funds May Boost North Carolina Broadband

Pennsylvania Counties Eye Broadband Connectivity Study

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Colorado Taps Former Oregon CIO as Chief Technology Officer

Springbrook Acquires Small Government-Focused BIAS Software

How to Design Better Policies for Mobile Workers (Contributed)

INDUSTRY RESOURCES

Defending Against Today's Critical Threats: A 2019 Threat Report

Governing the Future: Strategies to Effectively Regulate Emerging Markets

Guide to Service Analytics

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