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National framework for AI assurance in Australian government: Guidance when building with AWS AI/ML solutions

AWS Public Sector Blog

As Australia moves forward with its National framework for the assurance of artificial intelligence in government , Amazon Web Services (AWS) is committed to helping our customers implement AI solutions that align with Australia’s AI Ethics Principles. Each dimension is explored in depth in our responsible use of machine learning guide.

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Spotlighting true public servants during Public Service Recognition Week: Part 2

Partnership for Public Service

Before starting at NOAA in 2017, Hassett was a Peace Corps volunteer in Tonga and AmeriCorps volunteer in Pittsburgh. Sheikh currently serves as a health policy analyst for the Congressional Research Service, which provides nonpartisan research and analysis to members of Congress and their staff to inform the legislative process.

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How the Tri-COG Land Bank is Transforming Vacant Properties in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Center for Community Progress

They are created pursuant to state-enabling legislation which gives them unique powers like the ability to cost-effectively acquire tax-foreclosed properties, clear title, hold property tax-exempt, sell properties flexibly, and generate revenue.

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How AWS can enable the Government of Canada’s 2023-2026 Data Strategy

AWS Public Sector Blog

Implemented judiciously, such strategy empowers evidence-based governance through democratized data. Public sector customers are able to take advantage of the 3,000-kilometre distance between the Canadian regions to implement highly resilient solutions for Canadians. We know that customers care deeply about privacy and data security.

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Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

State and local policymakers around the country are working to address America’s severe housing shortage, by considering, and implementing, a wide range of policies in the hopes of increasing housing supply. These policies range from substantive revisions to zoning codes to procedural reforms to the land use approval process.

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A brief critique of UK emergency arrangements in the light of the Covid-19 crisis

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In 2017, the responses to the Manchester Arena bombings and the Grenfell Tower fire were substantially criticised. Most striking is the abyss between plans and the ability to implement them with emergency response measures. We should accept that we have disasters in the UK. Let us replace doctrine by 'plans' and 'procedures'.

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The White House’s Focus on Closing Costs: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Rather, the root cause has been the long-running blocking of reforms to reinstate price competition in housing and mortgage markets, which contrasts with other industries where such reforms have instead been successfully implemented in past decades. Brokerage commissions. 1 See White House Fact Sheet 3/7/24: [link].

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