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Frugal architecture in action: The Urban Institute innovates with R and Serverless on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Cost, resilience, and performance are non-functional requirements that are often at tension with each other.” — Werner Vogels, The Frugal Architect, Law III Nonprofit organizations are typically frugal and responsible. Unchallenged Success Leads to Assumptions.” — The Frugal Architect, Law VII Frugality does not imply rigidity.

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Opioid and Fentanyl Legislation Under Consideration in Congress 

NLC (National League of Cities)

The SUPPORT Act, signed into law in 2018, aimed to tackle the opioid crisis by expanding on the previous work done through the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) and the 21st Century Cures Act.

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SEVEN REASONS FOR THANKS ON THURSDAY

Barrett & Greene

The new law increased the number of families that can receive financial assistance for childcare by increasing eligibility from 350% of the federal poverty level to 575%. That’s a big difference and it’s the result of some dramatic changes in both policy and process.

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How Virginia unleashed the power of data

AWS Public Sector Blog

In August 2018, Governor Northam appointed him the chief data officer for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Law enforcement personnel could identify spikes in overdoses and send their task force to area hospitals to interview individuals and determine where the drugs were sourced.

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What challenges do we face five years after the launch of General Data Protection Regulation?

Open Access Government - Technology News

On 25th May 2018, the EU implemented the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); Robin Campbell-Burt discusses what’s changed 5 years later On 25th May, the EU implemented the General Data Protection Regulation – shortened to GDPR – which ultimately changed the way we deal with data.

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

AWS Public Sector Blog

Germany has proposed its own national law, the Health Data Use Act (GDNG), to improve access to healthcare data. Ireland has taken a proactive approach to enabling better use of health data while protecting patient privacy through legislation like the Data Protection Act 2018 , which aligns with GDPR.

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What New Federal Digital Experience Guidance Means for Agencies

FedTech Magazine

The document is considered implementation guidance for the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (21st Century IDEA), the 2018 law that…

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