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AWS investment in South Africa results in economic ripple effect

AWS Public Sector Blog

billion more in its South African cloud infrastructure by 2029. According to the EIS, AWS operations will add an estimated ZAR 68 billion more to South Africa’s GDP by 2029. An overview of AWS’s planned investment and its estimated economic impact in South Africa from 2018-2029. View a larger version of the image here.

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Streamlining naturalization applications with Amazon Bedrock

AWS Public Sector Blog

By using LLMs through Amazon Bedrock, government agencies can significantly reduce processing times, improve accuracy in application assessment, and allocate human resources more effectively, transforming their document processing workflows. .

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U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) Reauthorized

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

The Economic Development Reauthorization Act of 2024 updates and modernizes the federal governments approach to economic development in light of the major changes in industry sectors, technology, labor markets, and global commerce that have occurred over the last two decades. The EDA reauthorization (S.

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Girls in data: Inspiring the future of female data science

Open Access Government - Technology News

The post Girls in data: Inspiring the future of female data science appeared first on Open Access Government.

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Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In response, Democrats in California and Massachusetts, Republicans in Utah and Montana, and city governments across the country have enacted legislation designed to address the barriers that restrict new housing development. The increased targets led to changes in behavior from local governments, too. Kim, UC Irvine.

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