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Alteia and the World Bank assess and enhance road infrastructure data quality at scale using AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Since 2002, the World Bank has constructed or rehabilitated more than 260,000 kilometers of roads, lending more for roads than for education, health, and social services combined. This helps local governments rehabilitate road infrastructures and connect underserved communities in countries like Mexico, Peru, and Tunisia.

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Imagine Nation ELC 2022: Former CIOs Reflect on Their IT Modernization Journeys

FedTech Magazine

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the pivotal E-Government Act of 2002, which provides guidelines on how government agencies use IT to handle personal information.

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Announcing customer and guest speakers for Max Peterson’s Leadership Session at re:Invent 2022

AWS Public Sector Blog

Dr. Whitson, former chief astronaut at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), completed her first mission to space in 2002—with an extended stay aboard the International Space Station. Fraser is a native New Yorker with over 17 years of experience across government and the private sector.

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Re: Understanding Compliance Between Commercial, Government and DoD Offerings - September 2023 Updat

Microsoft Public Sector

As an example, I could develop weapon designs on my own (not under government contract) and seek to sell them outside the US. CUI is defined in 32 CFR Part 2002 "Controlled Unclassified Information"; see paragraph 2002.4 Those designs would be subject to ITAR, but would not be CUI. Definitions”, sub-paragraph (h).

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Salt Lake City Weekly Gift Guide 2023 includes "community/government wishes"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

With regard to the last point, it's something I will be writing about. 11 years is enough time to be able to construct significant infrastructure.

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Decrease geospatial query latency from minutes to seconds using Zarr on Amazon S3

AWS Public Sector Blog

Geospatial data, including many climate and weather datasets, are often released by government and nonprofit organizations in compressed file formats such as the Network Common Data Form (NetCDF) or GRIdded Binary (GRIB). NetCDF data can be stored as chunks within a file, enabling parallel reads and writes on different chunks.

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Dean Mark Long: Affirmative Action in College Admissions-Does it Matter?

Policy Chats

From 2004-2022, Long was a Professor of Public Policy and Governance and Adjunct Professor of Economics at the University of Washington. He served as the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance's Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs (2018-19) and Associate Dean for Research (2016-18).