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MassHousing

MassHousing is a self-supporting not-for-profit public agency created in 1966 to support affordable homeownership and rental housing opportunities in Massachusetts. MassHousing does not use taxpayer dollars, but sells bonds to fund its programs. Since its inception, MassHousing has provided more than $18.5 billion in financing for homebuyers and homeowners, and for developers and owners of affordable rental housing. In recent years, MassHousing has also supported the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by contributing funds to offset budget cuts to state housing programs.

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Appian Government Cloud Security and Availability

whitePaper | March 14, 2022

Appian Government Cloud (AGC) is a cloud service offering with a DISA Provisional Authorization (PA) at Impact Level 5 (IL5). US Department of Defense Mission Owners can leverage the AGC PA to reduce their security responsibilities and accelerate their Authority to Operate (ATO) for cloud applications. Applications deployed on AGC are built using the Appian Low-Code Platform

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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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What System Integrators need to know to address U.S. Federal Government ICT requirements

whitePaper | November 21, 2022

The business of providing information and communications technology (ICT) integrations to the federal government has changed significantly over the past five years. Before the disruptions caused by the pandemic, federal government ICT requirements were well-understood. Most government departments were in the process of either starting or planning for a cloud-centric digital transformation that would enable more efficient operations and a more effective delivery of services to citizens. However, the onset of the pandemic derailed most of those plans when th

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Securing Defense-Critical Supply Chains

whitePaper | February 24, 2022

The Department of Defense (DoD) is aligning its priorities and capabilities to enhance our readiness. By modernizing our approach to supply chain resilience, DoD can deliver decisive advantages to our Warfighters in a dynamic threat landscape. In an effort to improve supply chain resilience and protect against material shortages, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. signed Executive Order (E.O.) 14017, America's Supply Chains. In response to the EO, this report provides DoD's assessment of defense critical supply chains in order to improve our capacity to defend the Nation.

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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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Whitepaper v1.0 - Neotech – Finance

whitePaper | April 30, 2022

NeoTech is creating smart city digital infrastructure that can lead to massive improvements in citizens quality of life and increase the protection of the environment while reducing the cost of doing so. NeoTech uses cutting edge technology in both hardware and software to recreate a 1:1 exact replica of the Earth in utterly digital form, enabling thousands of new applications to be spun off on top of our new Metaverse, enabling startups, enterprises, and people alike to take part in this new technological revolution.

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MassHousing

MassHousing is a self-supporting not-for-profit public agency created in 1966 to support affordable homeownership and rental housing opportunities in Massachusetts. MassHousing does not use taxpayer dollars, but sells bonds to fund its programs. Since its inception, MassHousing has provided more than $18.5 billion in financing for homebuyers and homeowners, and for developers and owners of affordable rental housing. In recent years, MassHousing has also supported the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by contributing funds to offset budget cuts to state housing programs.

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