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The Mercatus Center solves unstructured data challenges using generative AI from AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

For a nonprofit with a limited budget, the Mercatus Center discovered another huge advantage in AWS: cost savings. One example is legislative bill tracking, which is a basic and important Mercatus Center function. The partnership between AWS and Anthropic made that possible.

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Boosting Agility for State and Local Government Finance & Budget Offices

Government Technology Insider

Digital transformation and modernization activities were fast-tracked across the public sector to allow government agencies to operate at full capacity under unusual circumstances. Both benefits feed into agencies’ larger goals of boosting agility throughout the organization. Ready to transform your financial planning?

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Modernizing government IT: 4 approaches to overcome legacy exit challenges

AWS Public Sector Blog

Governments worldwide dedicate a significant portion of their IT budget to maintaining legacy technology systems. This can pose security and operational continuity challenges and governments seek to address this challenge. billion) of its current IT spending. This impacts the priority status of legacy IT remediation efforts.

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Don’t Wait to Modernize: A Q&A on Preparing for The MGT Reform Act

Government Technology Insider

As federal agencies grapple with aging IT infrastructure and mounting cybersecurity challenges, the Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Reform Act represents a critical lifeline for technological advancement in the government sector. Q: Are there any particular areas government agencies should focus on this year?

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5 Ways That Agencies Are Ailing From Legacy Systems

GovLoop

Cobol is Still in Play Some government agencies still run programs based on COBOL, a programming language dating to the 1950s. It is more important than ever that the SSI program is modernized and accessible to all Americans,” the legislators wrote. This is called technical debt.

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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)

The GSE Background Over a century ago, Congress began creating public-private hybrid corporations known as government-sponsored enterprises. One of the main reasons for this approach is that GSE borrowings to fund loans don’t directly show up as federal government indebtedness. the legislation establishing them).

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That’s so major! The Partnership’s work supporting leaders of major federal investments programs

Partnership for Public Service

When Congress passes and the President signs major legislation, federal agencies must translate it into practical action to ensure its goals are realized. Case studies We have published seven micro case studies that examine how federal, state and local government agencies work to implement these laws.

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