Government Technology Insider

MAY 21, 2024

Add in policy changes mid-sprint that occur from legislative sessions, and it becomes an unruly, unmanageable task with deadlines that continue to push out.” Modernization is a big initiative, but manual app testing is always the bottleneck,” Wiri said.

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GovLoop

MARCH 21, 2023

But while the problems might be similar, the solution depends on the specific priorities of a given agency, factoring in both their requirements and their budgets, said Arno Bergstrom, Vice President of CounterTrade Products, a technology solutions provider and certified woman-owned small business.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Streamlined digital workflows allow agencies to respond better — and faster — to constituents. “If Imagine a budgeting request. Contracts may also need to be updated to conform with new legislation or policy. Paper-based services can bring an otherwise digital process to a grinding halt. Now they can’t sign it and send it back.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 2, 2023

laughs) I don’t think I’ve fully arrived, yet, but one challenge is the translation jump across state policy, legislation, and even philosophy of approach. When I started out, there was no line-item in the budget for acquiring properties. What have been some of your biggest challenges in running a land bank so far?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Unlike DC's "constituency service" programs by Councilmembers and the Mayor's Office, these initiatives are designed to support DIY self-help efforts driven independently of elected officials. Participatory Budgeting initiatives. They also have a small grant program for friends of parks groups. I think that's reasonable.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 31, 2023

These states addressed concerns using best practices and by thinking strategically about short and long-term outcomes to support secure digital transformations and protect constituent data and services. This blog post outlines some of these best practices that organizations can consider in their WOS cybersecurity approach.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

budget calculations but intentionally set things up so that the broader financial marketplace believed the government had an obligation to never let the two companies default on their debt; 15 this allowed the marketplace to largely ignore measures of GSE financial strength, in particular their capital ratios.

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Barrett & Greene

JULY 11, 2023

In fact, many of us who study state budgeting annually observe budget processes that lead to (largely) fiscally responsible decision-making and do not require high stakes hostage taking to get there. ​ The most obvious place to begin is that almost all states have some sort of statutory or constitutional balanced budget requirement.

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Social Pinpoint

JANUARY 8, 2023

Town hall meetings are a great way for local and national politicians to meet with constituents to hear their opinions on topics they are interested in or to discuss upcoming legislation. There are also a variety of online participatory tools which are used to reach broad groups of people.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Key topics covered include addressing concerns around data sovereignty, security, lock-in risks and budget control while highlighting AWS capabilities and commitments in these areas. 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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