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How State and Local IT Agencies Can Best Prepare for Natural Disasters

State Tech Magazine

The National Centers for Environmental Information recently released the final update to its 2022 Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters report. Last year tied 2017 and 2011 for the third-highest number of billion-dollar disasters in the U.S., with the cost of 18 weather events totaling more than $175 billion.

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European Health Data Space will enable health innovation through secure data sharing

AWS Public Sector Blog

In May 2022, the European Commission (EC) proposed to set up a European Health Data Space (EHDS). Spain has prioritized advancing digital health services while ensuring data protection and, since 2011, has been part of the eHealth Network.

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Alzheimer’s disease research portal enables data sharing and scientific discovery at scale

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2011, PNGC Director Dr. Gerard Schellenberg met with Dr. Wang and his research team to begin exploring cloud technology for large-scale genomic computations. They began to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build a small scale proof-of-concept of 36 exomes, or 1.1 terabytes (TB).

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Streamlining naturalization applications with Amazon Bedrock

AWS Public Sector Blog

In the United States, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) received approximately 781,000 naturalization applications in fiscal year (FY) 2022 and completed nearly 1,076,000 applications—a 20 percent increase from FY 2021 and the highest in nearly 15 years.

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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. Fairlee (1) – I was in town for a conference and stopped by. Hartness/Randolph (1) – Stopped by when I was in a walki I miss this place.

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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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Flyer, Park City (Utah) Community Events for September 2022

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Community Notice Board, Merseytravel, Queens Square Bus Station, Liverpool I've argued there need to be bulletin boards/kiosks in commercial districts and at transit stations. -- " [link] ," 2018 I guess we need to go back to kiosks and telephone poles.