Yes to Pension Reform

The Aegon Retirement Readiness Survey shows broad support for raising taxes and reducing benefits to help shore up deficits faced by government retirement benefit systems.Facing this difficult set of options, many (42%) prefer a balanced approach of some reductions in benefits and some increases in taxes, and others (27%) prefer just tax increases. This leads to the conclusion that over two-thirds (69%) favor some form of tax increase as a solution to finance government retirement benefits. See the infographic for a breakdown of the findings

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Region of Peel

The second largest municipality in Ontario, Peel Region is a vibrant, culturally diverse community of more than 1.4 million residents and approximately 143,000 businesses in Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga. Since 1974, the Regional Municipality of Peel has provided the programs and services to enhance the community's health and safety, social and cultural development, environment, infrastructure and transportation systems.

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HOW CAN GOVERNMENT GAIN THE TRUST OF ITS CITIZENS?

Infographic | January 7, 2020

Sarah needs a safe and affordable apartment closer to her new job. She used to dread going to the Housing Authority. She hated waiting in line and being treated like a number. But she knows that her government understands her needs. Sarah expects more from her government—and her government delivers.

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Why governments trust Microsoft with their digital transformation

Infographic | March 9, 2020

Public sector initiatives are more often than not highly complex and carefully planned endeavors. And, to be fair, they have every reason to be. Millions of people depend on public services to make their lives better, and even a brief interruption can affect thousands of citizens.

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AI use cases in Government

Infographic | January 23, 2020

AI technologies have the ability to transform and influence the lives of many people. Because of this, governments around the world are seeing AI as a strategic advantage. From AI enabled chatbots to help citizens with a variety of services, to helping automate repetitive tasks and processes, easing traffic, or helping manage exports AI is helping government and citizens in a variety of ways.

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Taming the IoT Frontier a Federal Framework for Securing the Internet of Things

Infographic | February 5, 2020

Is the rate at which agencies adopt the Internet of Things (IoT) outpacing their ability to secure their devices? Government Business Council (GBC) conducted an in-depth research study in January 2017, collecting the perspectives of government decision makers about the security of data at the edge.

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Cybersecurity and IoT: What Government Should Know

Infographic | March 25, 2020

There are 20.4 billion “things” – devices, sensors, buildings, vehicles and more – projected to be connected to the internet by 2020. At the same time, government agencies are a growing target for cyberattacks. This begs the question: Is government prepared to protect the deluge of data that comes with the Internet of Things (IoT)? Download this infographic to learn more about the impact of IoT and best practices to prepare for it.

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UC and Collaboration in the Cloud: 4 Benefits for Local Government

Infographic | March 2, 2020

Local governments face the challenge of improving citizen interactions, collaborating better with colleagues and achieving greater efficiency, all whilst meeting the demands of shrinking budgets. But how exactly do you transform yourselves for the digital age and respond to these pressures at the same time? Adopting a cloud-hosted Unified Communications (UC) solution can help local government organisations meet the increasing expectations of the community that it serves whilst managing costs.

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Region of Peel

The second largest municipality in Ontario, Peel Region is a vibrant, culturally diverse community of more than 1.4 million residents and approximately 143,000 businesses in Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga. Since 1974, the Regional Municipality of Peel has provided the programs and services to enhance the community's health and safety, social and cultural development, environment, infrastructure and transportation systems.

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