Repurposing Government Spectrum for Licensed Commercial Use: A Win-Win for Wireless Providers and Federal Agencies

August 11, 2020

The federal government is the United States’ largest spectrum user. This is no surprise given the multitude of
federal missions, from defending the nation to air traffic control to everyday agency communications. Federal
communications systems, however, often rely on decades-old wireless technologies, have limited capabilities,
and are less spectrally efficient.

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"TRICARE is the health care program for uniformed service members (active, Guard/Reserve, retired) and their families around the world. As a major part of the Military Health System, TRICARE provides: An expansive provider network that combines the resources of military hospitals and clinics with civilian health care networks. Several health plan options that meet the requirements for minimum essential coverage under the Affordable Care Act, and comprehensive health coverage that includes emergency and urgent care, preventive services, hospitalization and pharmacy benefits. Dental options are also available."

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Beyond the VPN: Zero Trust Access for a Federal Hybrid Work Environment

whitePaper | February 27, 2023

The virtual private network (VPN) has been a powerful tool in the network security administrator’s toolbox for decades, because it has provided a means for remote computers to communicate securely across an untrusted network such as the internet. Whether for branch offices communicating with headquarters (siteto-site), or an employee working from home (remote access), the VPN provided a secure point-to-point tunnel back to resources on protected networks.

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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S FINANCIAL RISKS TO CLIMATE CHANGE

whitePaper | April 26, 2022

The climate crisis poses a serious threat to the United States economy and human welfare, with a narrowing timeframe to invest in opportunities to avoid the most catastrophic impacts. Extreme weather events can be exacerbated by climate change, disrupting supply chains, and flooding made worse by sea level rise can destroy critical infrastructure. As a smaller subset of these impacts, climate change threatens the Nation’s fiscal health.

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Accelerating Your Zero Trust Journey in Federal Government

whitePaper | April 19, 2022

Zero Trust is a strategic approach to cybersecurity that secures an organization by eliminating implicit trust and continuously validating every stage of digital interaction. It’s a way for government agencies and departments to build resilience into their IT environments.

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PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government, January 2020

whitePaper | January 16, 2020

Less than two months before California’s presidential primary, the Democratic primary remains a three-way race between Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, and Elizabeth Warren. Most Californians say President Trump should be removed from office and disapprove of his handling of the situation with Iran. These are among the key findings of a statewide survey released today by the Public Policy Institute of California.

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Veeam Backup and Restore to Azure Government

whitePaper | February 25, 2022

Microsoft Azure Government delivers a complete government cloud solution to the U.S. Public Sector. The Azure Government cloud provides physical isolation, screened personnel and commitments to the public sector compliance. Microsoft is committed to implementing world-class security solutions and state of the art technology to meet the applicable controls of NIST 800-53 publication, Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) and the CJIS Security Policy

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Sustaining and Scaling Civic and Government Technology: A White Paper on Challenges, Best Practices and Recommendations

whitePaper | March 17, 2023

The International Republican Institute (IRI) is one of the world’s leading international democracy development organizations. The nonpartisan, nongovernmental institute has supported civil society organizations, journalists, democratic governments and other democratic actors in more than 100 countries since 1983—in Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa—with a current presence in over 70 and working in over 100. Through its global support network to advance digital democracy initiatives, IRI provides capacity building trainings to strengthen grassroots actors’ ability to launch, sustain and scale digital democracy projects; and supports civictech and govtech projects around the world.

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TRICARE

"TRICARE is the health care program for uniformed service members (active, Guard/Reserve, retired) and their families around the world. As a major part of the Military Health System, TRICARE provides: An expansive provider network that combines the resources of military hospitals and clinics with civilian health care networks. Several health plan options that meet the requirements for minimum essential coverage under the Affordable Care Act, and comprehensive health coverage that includes emergency and urgent care, preventive services, hospitalization and pharmacy benefits. Dental options are also available."

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