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Using AI for intelligent document processing to support benefit applications and more

AWS Public Sector Blog

In these applications, documents—in various sources, formats, and layouts—are the primary tools for application assessment. Processing these documents manually or by using legacy optical character recognition (OCR) systems is time-consuming and prone to error. Tens of millions of residents apply for these benefits every year.

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Streamlining with DocAI can yield cost savings and help accelerate missions

Google Public Sector

In 2021, Americans spent 10.5 Government workers and constituents alike are spending exorbitant amounts of time completing and processing documents by hand, which can drive exhaustion and frustration. With tools such as Document AI, the processing time can be reduced by 90% to one minute per form and the rework can be cut in half.

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Emerging Government Use Cases Spotlight Advantages of 5G and Wi-Fi 6

State Tech Magazine

These outdoor stations often relied on 5G wireless networks to handle the high concentration of smartphones, wireless scanners, tablets, notebooks and sensors involved in administering the tests and documenting patients’ information.

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Dynamic Language Infrastructure ? Documenting Endangered Languages Fellowships

iGrantWriters

Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) Fellowships program, offered in partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF). This program supports individual scholars for six to twelve months to pursue research on documentation and analysis of one or more endangered languages. Deadline to Apply September 15, 2021 Â

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The United Kingdom's National Risk Register - 2023 Edition

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

This document was first published in 2008 and has been updated (somewhat irregularly) at roughly two-year intervals. Over the years this document has acquired momentum based on a solid commitment to persist with it and create periodic revisions. The UK National Risk Register is allied to a number of other documents. HL Paper no.

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Bay-Delta Restoration Program: CALFED Water Use Efficiency Grants for Fiscal Years 2021 and 2022

iGrantWriters

As described in these documents, the Bay-Delta Restoration Program includes strategies to address ecosystem health, water supply reliability, and water quality. This NOFO covers two application submittal periods FY 2021 closes January 18, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. PST FY 2022 is open from January 18, 2021, after 1:00 p.m.

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AI: Deepfake threats in the U.S.

Open Access Government - Technology News

Safeguarding against evolving deepfake threats In 2021, the NSA’s The Next Wave journal noted that numerous deep learning algorithms are accessible through open-source platforms such as GitHub. Synthetic media can lead to public unrest by spreading disinformation about politics, society, the military, or the economy.