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Budgeting Is a Collaborative Effort

GovLoop

“What people are expecting is personalized, online, digital services for those things that can be digitized,” said Charlie Francis, Senior Consultant at Questica, which provides multi-user budgeting, performance measures, transparency and data visualization software for governments. It’s a level of service guide.

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Citizen Engagement Tools: Online Budget Simulations

Death and Taxes

Blog post by Whitney Afonso, Zach Mohr, and Scott Powell Questions for Practitioners: When (as in time of year) should you engage citizens in budget simulations? Can I expect trust in our government to increase if we engage citizens in budget simulations? At any rate, a choice on how to start the simulation must be made.

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The Future of Data-Based Decision-Making

GovLoop

The further behind your technology is, the more financially difficult modernization becomes because agencies must anticipate their budgets years in advance — often before the tools they need fully exist, Kowalski said. This article appeared in our guide, “ Tools and Tactics for Employee Engagement.” she explained.

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How One Library Marketer Transformed a Library Website: See the Stunning Before and After!

Super Library Marketing

Because I was able to tackle about 75 percent of the pages (using templates, structures, and design influence from the agency-built pages) myself, it cut the cost in half, which is how we ended up with such a professional-looking website on a public library budget.” The next article will be published on Monday, August 19.

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Enhancing Federal AI Safety: Responsible and Secure AI Sandbox

Microsoft Public Sector

A subsequent article will follow, providing an in-depth examination of the technical aspects of the Federal Responsible and Secure AI Sandbox. For instance, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ensures the protection of personal health information in AI applications within healthcare.

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5 Ways That Agencies Are Ailing From Legacy Systems

GovLoop

“Agencies have had difficulty finding employees with such knowledge and may have to pay a premium for specialized staff or contractors,” according to a recent report on modernization from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). This article appears in our guide, “ How to Kickstart Modernization.”

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Government grants are complicated and often beyond the capacity of small organizations to manage

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

This article, " ‘The EPA needs to humble itself’: why some US non-profits are turning down agency funds ," in the Guardian makes a good point that government grants come with a variety of requirements that often exceed the capacity of nonprofits to manage and comply with. That's the kind of assistance that often needs to be provided.