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Manage Teamwork Across a Distributed Workforce

GovLoop

Borrowing a page from the agile book can help improve collaboration across a distributed workforce. DIR has put interactive equipment for virtual meetings in their conference rooms, so that both remote and in-person attendees can participate equally. Get Faster Results That Work.

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Senate bill calls on NIST to boost work on emerging tech standards

FedScoop

participation in international standards-setting bodies for emerging technologies by creating a pilot program that would fund the hosting of standard-setting meetings in the United States. participation in the creation and implementation of standards for AI and other emerging tech. “In Amid growing concern that U.S. Mark Warner, D-Va.,

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15 startups selected for the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator

AWS Public Sector

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced 15 startup companies selected to participate in the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator. The participating EdTech startups are focused on a wide range of solutions for PK-12, higher education, and workforce education customers.

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Applying Zero Trust Architecture in State & Local Government

FedInsider

Rather than using a “hub-and-spoke” method of connecting employees to servers, data, applications, and each other – where cybersecurity focused on firewalls around the perimeter – suddenly the systems had to become decentralized, distributed and open to remote workers. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants.

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FBI, DHS lack information-sharing strategies for domestic extremist threats online, GAO says

FedScoop

Discord, Reddit and Roblox agreed to participate, as did a social media company and a game publisher, both of which asked to remain anonymous. The FBI, for example, is a participant in the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, and in the United Nations’ Tech Against Terrorism initiative.

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AWS commits additional $20M to tackle health equity disparities through cloud technology

AWS Public Sector

Having distributed more than $30 million of the original funds, we see even greater potential to support more organizations using the cloud to make a difference in the health and lives of underserved populations. Eighty percent of health and quality-of-life outcomes as well as health risks are driven by these factors.

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Job Opening: Purchasing Specialist for Kitsap Transit

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

This position participates in the Washington State Public Employees’ Retirement Plan with the option of participating in a state administered deferred compensation plan. Kitsap Transit Position: Purchasing Specialist Location: Bremerton, Washington Closing Date: Friday, June 30, 2017 at 4:00 pm Salary: $22.29 - $29.98