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Optimizing the US mortgage market with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

This included AWS Well-Architected Framework reviews, close engagement with enterprise support, run-book development, and technical account manager engagement to address any issues during the go-live process. CSS delivers an industry-critical function and is regulated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

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Summer Reading and Federal RFPs

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Which means that for a full week, you will find me parked in a chair at the water’s edge with a book in hand. I will tear through book after book while sneaking glances at the rest of my crew as they boogie board, build sandcastles, and collect seashells. If I could get paid to read books all day long, I would be a happy camper.

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POTHOLES ON THE AI ROAD

Barrett & Greene

But based on years of watching how government regulations work, we worry that there’ll be insufficient oversight to make sure that the policies actually have been implemented. Here are five of the things that are on our mind: Many governments are working on policies designed to restrain improper uses of AI, and that’s a good thing.

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The Power of Relationships for the Lonely Grant Writer

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Not so shocking note: though I haven’t worked there in over seven years, those two ladies are some of my favorite lunch dates and book club friends.) If you haven’t picked up what I’m saying here, you need people to do your job well. And it’s best to have cordial relationships when leaning on others for information and assistance.

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“We are as gods and might as well get used to it.”

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

.” This wonderful review essay, built around a review of three books each of which place the somewhat jaded optimism of the Internet’s early promise in a larger frame and, in the process, asks some unsettling questions power, politics and performance. You can click the link and get access for yourself.

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Lies, damn lies, and misleading data: bus service (DC Circulator)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

When I went to college there was a book "famous" in economics called Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics , about the manipulation of data. In reporting on transit ridership, I am bothered when they don't report ridership by bus line or day of the week, but "by the year." So they evade real scrutiny. That's crazy.

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Fatigue in the Public Sector Workplace: Risks and Solutions

Barrett & Greene

Though issues of fatigue are gaining increased and merited attention in recent years, as far back as 2000, Dr. Bryan Vila authored a book called Tired Cops, written under a grant from the U.S. One focused on their relationship with supervisors and the other was that they were not able to take enough days off. Department of Justice.