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Boosting Agility for State and Local Government Finance & Budget Offices

Government Technology Insider

Our colleagues at Financial Technology Today published this article exploring the benefits of enterprise resource planning solutions, or ERPs, for enabling speed, transparency, and flexibility. The post Boosting Agility for State and Local Government Finance & Budget Offices appeared first on Government Technology Insider.

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HOW TO IMPROVE GOVERNMENT COVERAGE

Barrett & Greene

Articles that take governments to task for the absence of results shortly after a new policy is put into place can miss the fact that it takes time to implement almost any new policy — and if the results aren’t immediate, it doesn’t mean that it’s a failure. 6. Most ideas in government have been tried before.

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

AWS Public Sector Blog

Lire cet article en Français The potential of open data to transform governance and public services is immense, but realizing this potential requires overcoming common obstacles. Cost and budget control concerns The AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program covers the cost of storage for publicly available cloud-optimized datasets.

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Deficit Picture Likely Worse Than It Seems

The Lowe Down

Article by Armine Kardashyan and Weston Crewe Days before the US was expected to have its first ever default, Congressional Republicans and the White House negotiated a deal that lifted the debt ceiling and cut government spending. Every year, the CBO publishes a forecast of the expected path of the budget deficit over the next ten years.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

3 The release of the FHFA report has also sparked a flurry of articles, op-eds, and think tank reports either supporting or countering some or all the recommendations. This two-part article argues that the root cause of their need for reform is a fundamental flaw in Congress’ design of GSEs. the legislation establishing them).

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Knowing When, Where and How to Modernize

GovLoop

For example, a system upgrade can slow employees’ computers if they’re dated and need reconfiguring and budget constraints have prevented an agency from replacing older equipment. This article appears in our guide, “ How to Kickstart Modernization.” What is Change Management? Government employees are people, too,” she said.

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5 Ways That Agencies Are Ailing From Legacy Systems

GovLoop

GAO, in a 2023 report about the Internal Revenue Service’s modernization efforts, describes it this way: “In an era of constrained budgets, the high costs of maintaining legacy systems could limit an agency’s ability to modernize and develop new or replacement systems.” This is called technical debt.