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Bahrain’s cloud-first success story

AWS Public Sector Blog

Moving government workloads to the cloud has enhanced service delivery, increased agility, and reduced operational costs. Instead of capital expenditures on physical data centers, it has moved to an operational model that optimizes cloud spending. The government also revamped its procurement strategy.

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Don’t Wait to Modernize: A Q&A on Preparing for The MGT Reform Act

Government Technology Insider

It features changes to the repayment/reimbursement requirements and new criteria for evaluating project proposals with a stronger focus on bolstering security, privacy and protecting against operational risks. Instead, they can spend more time leveraging digital resources to operate more effectively.

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The New Modernization Mindset: Focus on Innovation

GovLoop

Additionally, in July 2019, it established the National Center for Collaborative Healthcare Innovation in Californias Silicon Valley, a strategic choice to ease collaboration between VA and innovating companies. It brings together VHAs offices of connected care, population health and health informatics in addition to AI programs and staff.

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Testimony of NYU Furman Center Senior Fellow Mark Willis Before the Rent Guidelines Board

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Willis, Senior Policy Fellow at the NYU Furman Center presented research findings at a hearing of the NYC Rent Guidelines Board , highlighting complicated trends in the city’s affordable housing stock since the passage of the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA) in 2019.

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The town (or place) that art saved(?): arts as revitalization versus arts as community building

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

My entry on arts districts and arts as consumption versus arts as production is about this kind of approach (" Reprinting with a slight update, "Arts, culture districts and revitalization" ," originally 2009, revised 2019). Arts Initiative. Tin Man" by Bill Secunda, is on display at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids.

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Enhancing Federal AI Safety: Responsible and Secure AI Sandbox

Microsoft Public Sector

AI is transforming federal government operations by enhancing efficiency, fostering innovation, allowing the workforce to do more with less, and empowering employees to focus on creative tasks while reducing repetitive work. Notably, the US needs to maintain its competitive advantage by leveraging AI.

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Streamlining naturalization applications with Amazon Bedrock

AWS Public Sector Blog

Explore Amazon Bedrock and see how it can bring efficiency and intelligence to your public sector operations. Are you ready to transform your document processing workflows with AI? Contact your AWS account team to discuss how this solution can be tailored to your specific needs.