The need to be cybersecure isn't going away-in fact, it's an issue that grows more relevant each day. As more local governments in Washington are the unfortunate victims of cyberattacks, the reality of the situation cannot be ignored.
Cybersecurity is everyone's job in a local government.
The Center for Government Innovation has added two procurement-related resources to the Resources Database in recent months:
As it turns out, a lot.
Exciting news: The Performance Center is now the Center for Government Innovation.
The results from our recent cybersecurity survey are in, and they reveal governments of all sizes across Washington recognize the importance of cybersecurity. However, the majority of the governments we polled lack dedicated IT staff, let alone dedicated cybersecurity staff.
The Performance Center's years of working with local
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Recently, the Performance Center provided several resources on accounting for capital assets to help local governments with financial reporting. Another group of assets, which fall below a government's capitalization threshold, should also be considered when establishing and evaluating asset policies and other internal controls. In Washington, we frequently refer to these as “small and attractive assets,” but they these could be described using different terminology.
The Office of the Washington State Auditor is a national leader in developing and applying tools to assess and display information about local governments' financial condition. That's why the Pew Charitable Trust has invited the Office of the Washington State Auditor to speak at its State and Local Fiscal Health Workshop on February 27 in Boston, Massachusetts.