A Library Writer's Blog

JANUARY 20, 2025

The strength of the column is its broad, international focus, and contributors are encouraged to explore issues and share news relevant to their geographical region, as well as the larger, global audience.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 21, 2022

A World Economic Forum report estimates that 50% of all employees will need reskilling by 2025 as adoption of technology increases. And the students keep those accounts so they can explore more and prepare themselves better for applying to university. Students and educators can request a SageMaker Studio Lab account here.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

Hilary Tam, AWS principal sustainability transformation lead, noted that IDC Europe, a leading research consultancy, identified that 62 percent of large EMEA organisations will spend at least 5 percent of their IT budgets on sustainability actions in 2025.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Responding to this challenge, city staff proposed low-cost, high-benefit investments in Bellevue’s most densely populated neighborhoods of Downtown, Wilburton, Bel-Red, and Crossroads – which collectively represent 12% of the city geography but accounts for 62% of transit usage , 58% of jobs, and 48% of the High Injury Network.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The UK government’s Roadmap for digital and data 2022-2025 acknowledges the challenge that legacy IT poses. Establish accountability mechanisms – Mechanisms designed to monitor modernization progress and associated expenditure can hold the organization accountable, even when leadership or policy changes are frequent.

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Microsoft Public Sector

AUGUST 20, 2024

Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 GCC High and DOD targeting Summer 2025 In addition to these exciting updates, we are thrilled to share that Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 GCC High and DOD environments have a target General Availability (GA) date of Summer 2025. This target date is contingent on US Government authorization.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Business email compromise: Impersonating executives or suppliers via email to trick companies into transferring money into the fraudsters accounts. From fake exchanges to fake investments and continuous developments in confidential and seemingly untraceable currencies, the opportunities are endless and under-regulated.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JANUARY 17, 2023

If you’re a Microsoft 365 Government customer and have questions about your licensing plans, please reach out to your Microsoft account team or partner for support. 1 Following the phased pricing update, Office 365 G1 will also increase in March 2024 by 10% and in March 2025 by 5%.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Customers can leverage the Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS for tax agencies , an automated solution to deploy an account structure commonly used with tax workloads, along with security controls and network configurations that secure FTI data. Moving workloads to the cloud can assist tax agencies in meeting their sustainability goals.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Careem uses Amazon Neptune , a fully managed graph database, to track, flag, and automatically block user accounts using historical user data, with a 90% accuracy rate in identifying fraudsters. The company is now on a path to achieve this milestone by 2025, five years ahead of the initial 2030 target.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 12, 2023

trillion for the global economy by 2025. In England and Wales, cyber-related fraud incidents accounted for 61% of all fraud cases last year. Imagine your accounts team gets hacked and, after scanning through their previously sent emails, the hackers know how to word an email to convince you it is really them.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 15, 2025

Adopting AI for border control raises questions about bias, transparency, and accountability issues that governments and technology providers must address collaboratively. This synergy between AI and human expertise ensures that decisions remain fair, accurate, and defensible.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 24, 2022

A report from IDC has found that data creation at the edge is set to expand by 33% by 2025, accounting for 22% of all digital data being created, captured, and replicated. It is not only the growth of data that is a challenge for the UK government but the fact that it is primarily unstructured.

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A Library Writer's Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Deadlines Submission deadline for chapter proposals: September 30, 2024 Notification of acceptance: October 31, 2024 Submission deadline for full chapters: January 31, 2025 Comments returned to authors: March 31, 2025 Submission deadline for chapter revisions: May 15, 2025

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Microsoft Public Sector

AUGUST 20, 2024

Wave 2 (March 2025): The second wave will introduce Copilot in additional services to further streamline workflows: Teams Meeting Copilot uses AI to enrich your meetings by generating real-time summaries, identifying action items, and tracking follow-ups.

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A Library Writer's Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

This will be the first volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization (ALAO) to publish in 2025. How to submit : We are currently seeking proposals for the 2025 volume, Trauma-Informed Leadership in Libraries. The series answers the questions, “How have libraries been managed, and how should they be managed?”

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A Library Writer's Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

This will be the first volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization (ALAO) to publish in 2025. How to submit : We are currently seeking proposals for the 2025 volume, Trauma-Informed Leadership in Libraries. The series answers the questions, “How have libraries been managed, and how should they be managed?”

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Partnership for Public Service

JUNE 18, 2024

More than 20 states have developed statutes or regulations that address public sector telework, and a March 2023 study also estimated that one in five Americans will work completely remote by 2025. There is plenty of evidence to suggest that offering telework flexibilities benefits both companies and employees.

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Government Technology Insider

OCTOBER 17, 2023

However, the myriad considerations that need to be accounted for can make the decision seem far more complex than it ought to be. When building a successful PFML program, states must consider both the technological requirements for the program, as well as the unique requirements of their state and legislation.

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A Library Writer's Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Submission Guidelines Research articles and narrative accounts should be between 6,000 to 9,000 words. Call for Contributions We invite submissions from professionals associated with GLAMs in faith-based higher education contexts. Case studies, reflective essays, and creative contributions may be shorter.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JUNE 15, 2023

In June of last year, the UK government laid out its 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data, emphasising ‘transforming for a digital future’ How will this impact the public sector? The same should be true of government services.”

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Phase 2 (March 2025): The second wave will introduce Copilot in additional services to further streamline workflows: Teams Meeting Copilot uses AI to enrich your meetings by generating real-time summaries, identifying action items, and tracking follow-ups.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Additionally, this software offers call recording, instant transcripts, detailed analytics, and the ability to integrate with other systems such as Hubspot, Pipedrive for CRM, Office 365, internet browsers, and accounting software. Information from those vital calls can now be weaved into everything you do as a charity in one central place.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JUNE 8, 2023

Gartner predicts that by 2025, generative AI will account for an estimated 10% of all data generated and 30% of all marketing messaging from major brands. Marketers are already seeing early results from creative use of AI.

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Microsoft Public Sector

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Only Calling and Walkie Talkie apps are supported when the Android mobile application is signed into an account with Teams Shared Device license. To access other apps on Teams Android mobile including chats and channels, please assign eligible licenses to the account and remove the Teams Shared Device License.

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 19, 2022

MC362284 — (Updated) OneDrive sync app will automatically configure accounts. This release will enable the OneDrive sync app to sign into an account even quicker. will see their OneDrive folder start syncing without entering their account credentials. . · . · Office Scripts File Storage and Ownership. Office, Teams, Edge, etc.)

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Azure OpenAI Service is FedRAMP High and Copilot for Microsoft 365 GCC High and DOD GA update Azure OpenAI Service is FedRAMP High and Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 GCC High and DOD targeting Summer 2025. Beginning January 15th, 2025. Beginning August 15th, 2025.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

This targeted approach offers clearer accountability, enhanced transparency, simplified risk assessment, and focused testing procedures. Accountability Successful AI adoption requires significant cultural and organisational changes, including defining the roles and responsibilities required for accountability.

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 GCC High and DOD environments have a target General Availability (GA) date of Summer 2025. The only setting specific to the legacy Invitation Manager (that retired late February 2024) is the setting for Guests must sign in using the same account to which sharing invitations are sent.

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Microsoft Public Sector

AUGUST 19, 2024

MC823306 — VDI: Classic Teams for end of support and end of availability timelines and warning dialogues Classic Teams in VDI will reach end of support on October 1st, 2024, and end of availability on July 1, 2025. Full support for Purview eDiscovery legal holds is anticipated by early 2025.

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Microsoft Public Sector

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

MC683926 — Priority Account Chat Controls General Availability 30-60 Days Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 144367 As part of the Teams Premium package, we are introducing a new management capability: Priority Account Chat Controls that empower users with decision making controls for unwanted internal communications via policies setting.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Global leaders will tackle crucial ethical questions surrounding AI at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit on February 10-11, 2025 The AI Action Summit will bring together leaders and stakeholders from across the globe to grapple with the complex ethical questions that arise as AI technology rapidly advances offering solutions.

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Current users have access to their accounts via Power BI for the Web and can switch to this option any time prior to retirement. To change your location from Teams, simply click on your profile on the top right corner of the Teams window, view your account settings menu and change your work location for that day.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

Under these new requirements, agencies must update their public access policies as soon as possible—no later than the end of 2025—and must achieve full implementation of the public access requirements by 2027. Data users can access the data in place via AWS native APIs, often without needing an AWS account.

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Super Library Marketing

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library This is part of the 2025 series of social media guides for libraries. However smaller accounts still perform better, and most library accounts are small. Engagement rates remain higher for Instagram accounts with fewer than 10,000 followers, averaging 0.98

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Super Library Marketing

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library This is part of the 2025 series of social media guides for libraries. YouTube accounts for nearly 9 percent of total television usage, more than other streaming platforms like Netflix and Hulu. Most library accounts on YouTube have less than 10,000 followers.

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Barrett & Greene

JULY 25, 2023

The 11 billion in the title referred to the total dollars spent on economic development in New York’s state and local governments – a number that the report indicates “likely will increase more in the coming years, potentially exceeding $13 billion in 2025.”

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