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Building smarter, stronger communities with an AI-enhanced government workforce

American City & Country

A Gartner study predicts that by 2026, more than 70% of government agencies will employ AI to augment human decision-making, marking a significant turn towards automation from 35% in 2022 to more than 70% by 2026. Thankfully, the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) in the public sector is here to help.

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America is at a crossroads with its infrastructure future

American City & Country

In the past few years, there have been several bills, such as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the CHIPS and Science Act, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), that have significantly increased the federal share of infrastructure funding for the first time in decades.

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Getting started: What any municipality can do now about EPA’s PFAS ruling for water systems

American City & Country

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which includes $10 billion in grants that primarily flow through states, is just one of the funding sources. The first step involves getting help to secure a portion of the multi-billion-dollar funding available to address PFAS and other emerging contaminants in drinking and wastewater.

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Agencies Seek Gains Through Precision Modernization

GovLoop

The systems that once served us well have been adapted to respond to laws or business processes that they weren’t built to support,” the program description states. CASE IN POINT: As part of its 2023–2026 IT Strategic Plan, the U.S.

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Data Analysis: What 421-a Extension Requests Tell Us about the Future of Multifamily Housing Development in NYC

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

These 421-a-eligible projects capitalized on a 2024 amendment to New York State law, which extended the construction completion deadline to help them stay on schedule and remain financially feasible. In April 2024, the New York State Legislature amended the law to extend the construction completion date by five years, to June 15, 2031.

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Maine Legislature Adopts Paid Family and Medical Leave: Defining the Path to Success is the Next Step

Government Technology Insider

Looking Forward to 2025 Although tax collection for Maine’s PFML program will not begin until 2025 and benefits for Mainers will begin in 2026, now that the bill and a funding package have been passed into law, the Department of Labor faces some vital decisions.

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

AWS Public Sector Blog

The 2023-2026 data strategy of the Government of Canada (GC) The GC’s data strategy describes how the Federal Public Service intends to utilize data over the next three years to deliver enhanced services and value to Canadians. Read on to learn how AWS is empowering customers to achieve their open data objectives.