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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. Amazon Web Services (AWS) public sector government transformation specialists researched what technology leaders in government and in the highly regulated private sector believe their main IT challenges are.

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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 GSEs were authorized by congressional legislation to perform a very specific set of activities, primarily focused on providing loans to consumers or businesses for a designated purpose, and mostly related to real estate and housing. the legislation establishing them). mortgage originations.

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Attack on Auditor Independence in Iowa

Barrett & Greene

Office of Management and Budget require that auditors adhere to Government Auditing Standards, including those standards pertaining to independence. This means that these limitations are so severe that the auditor is unable to issue an opinion. Wood, North Carolina State Auditor Kip Memmott, Oregon Director of Audits Yesmin M.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In response to that growing criticism plus how much has changed in markets, legislation, and regulation during the 90-plus years of the FHLBanks’ existence, its regulator – the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) – announced in 2022 that it would undertake a review of the entire System.

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Implications and Geography of Office to Housing Conversions

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

With a budget due shortly, the Governor’s Office and State Legislature are likely debating the best approach for spurring office-to-residential conversions while ensuring the inclusion of affordable housing. Depending on legislation, they also include those built before a certain year.

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Embedding Zero Trust in the DNA of public sector security

Open Access Government - Technology News

In addition, budget constraints make cybersecurity even more of a challenge. However, these remain just guidelines, unsupported by legislation or mandatory regulations. New demands on public sector IT environments require increased cybersecurity maturity.

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

AWS Public Sector Blog

Organizing unstructured data using generative AI from AWS Before policymakers can write a new regulation, they need to understand what other policies and documentation exist that relate to the same topic. For a nonprofit with a limited budget, the Mercatus Center discovered another huge advantage in AWS: cost savings.

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