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I would be more impressed if government at every level were held to higher standards than they impose on businesses. the hoops we jump through for SOX compliance which includes cybersecurity since 2017 [1] why aren't local, city, and state, officials, if not Federal, held accountable for the same? Similar to the story we had recently where state colleges across New York and elsewhere were not complying with the ADA and costing the tax payers millions.

[1] https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5069...




The competing pressure is to drive down costs because no one wants to pay taxes.




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