Federal Initiative: Tick-Borne Disease Integrated Pest Management White Paper

Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) affect tens of thousands of Americans each year, afflicting them with serious illness that causes significant morbidity and sometimes mortality. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of ticks that bite humans is an important part of preventing TBDs. Although better tools for vector surveillance and control would make IPM programs stronger, more effective, and less expensive, the technology already exists to start preventing TBDs. Programs exist locally for IPM of ticks, but those programs are very limited and have not prevented what appears to be the expanding importance of tickborne diseases in the United States. Communicating the need and capability for community-wide tick IPM is a priority, as well as organizing the information and IPM techniques already available.

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Core Security Principles for Edge Computing in Government

whitePaper | June 27, 2022

As government agencies become digitally transformed, they are incorporating more edge technology into their operations to help improve application performance and meet mission outcomes. An IDC survey indicates that 37% of U.S. federal agency decision makers have workloads deployed at the edge and 50% have firm plans to deploy workloads at the edge within this year. Edge is fast becoming the new frontier of innovation and responsiveness, making edge data management, processing, and protection central to any agency's digital processes and customer engagements.

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Guide to Empowering a Mobile Workforce for State & Local Government

whitePaper | April 16, 2020

For government employees, work isn’t a place anymore. It’s something they do, wherever and whenever the need arises. To reach decisions, build relationships, manage finances, and drive strategic value—even with today’s tight resources—mobile workers need the freedom to move beyond agency walls without leaving behind the resources they need to be effective. They need to be able to do anything, anywhere, and on whatever device is most convenient—including their own personal devices—from laptops to the latest tablets and smartphones.

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A guide to Zero Trust for government

whitePaper | November 21, 2022

Cyber attacks and data breaches are at the forefront of the national agenda - and the issue isn’t going away. These types of attacks aren’t necessarily new, however the exponential increase in data combined with data ubiquity, the massive increase in Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, and the shift to remote work have expanded our attack surface, while also shifting the network load to the perimeterless internet.

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2020 Global & Regional Corporate Governance Trends

whitePaper | January 11, 2020

For the first time, in 2020, we see the focus on the “E” and the “S” of environment, social and governance (ESG) as the leading trend globally, including in the United States, where it traditionally has not received as much attention by boards. Indeed, many of the key global trends for 2020, such as board oversight of human capital management (HCM), can be seen as subsets of ESG.

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Zoom and Zoom for Government

whitePaper | September 15, 2022

Entities around the globe are using collaboration solutions to evolve the way they do business. From schools to financial institutions to government agencies, organizations everywhere rely on solutions like the Zoom platform for collaboration and communication.

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The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States

whitePaper | February 21, 2020

Protecting our Nation’s security and continuing to enhance the prosperity of our citizens are my top priorities. Ensuring that the United States is protected against espionage and other damaging intelligence activities conducted by our foreign adversaries is essential to meeting those goals. The Nation faces an expanding array of foreign intelligence threats by adversaries who are using increasingly sophisticated methods to harm the United States.

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Johnson County, KS Government

Located southwest of the Kansas City Metro, Johnson County offers our 575,000+ residents a vibrant quality of life. Our more than 3,800 employees work diligently to offer residents more than 450 services from renewing car tags to providing emergency medical services, always ensuring we are good stewards of County resources.

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