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Future of Government Awards 2023 celebrate use of technology to transform people’s lives

AWS Public Sector Blog

Entries more than doubled from the inaugural 2022 edition, with 334 nominations from 63 countries across six continents. The awards champion practitioners, teams, and leaders who transform people’s lives by applying digital solutions and leveraging technology to reform the public sector for those it serves.

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Digital health in the Asia-Pacific: Making services more sustainable

AWS Public Sector Blog

Take the Asia-Pacific region, where spending on healthcare per person is now 80 percent higher than it was in 2009. percent of total spending on cloud technology in the region in 2022. They need sustainable solutions to address affordability. The analysis identifies potential benefits, such as cost savings of USD 21.6

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2022 in Libraries

Librarian.net

Previous years: 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 and some reviews from 2003. Hartness/Randolph (1) – Stopped by when I was in a walki I miss this place.

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Will the GSEs Repeat 2007 - 2009’s Large Losses?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Then the pandemic led to a supercharged rate of increases: prices went up by an unprecedented 40 percent in just the 2-1/4 years through 2022 Q2 (the latest full quarter available 4. This rapid ascent was driven by multiple factors. I note that the stress test uses a much larger 28.5 percent decline. [20]

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2022 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

Previous librarian.net summaries: 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004. I’m also retiring my “people of color/non-Western” category only because it relies too much on surface impressions/names. average read per month: 12. number unfinished: 2.

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Smarter, safer streets: How data and technology can save lives on U.S. roads

American City & Country

This is welcome news, but deaths are still up 14% since 2019, and drivers in the United States killed 3,373 people in the first half of 2023, after the number of pedestrian deaths reached a four-decade high of more than 7,500 in 2022. But the fact remains that 18 people go for a walk every day and don’t return home due to preventable crashes.

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Intergenerational Service Learning

First State Insights

This May 6, 2022 interview addresses the history and mission of Lori’s Hands, the value and impacts of intergenerational service-learning programs, and approaches to evaluating program impacts.