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Alteia and the World Bank assess and enhance road infrastructure data quality at scale using AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Rural roads are critical for connectivity, transportation, and development. Since 2002, the World Bank has constructed or rehabilitated more than 260,000 kilometers of roads, lending more for roads than for education, health, and social services combined.

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Building Homes on Faith-Based Owned Land: State-led Approaches to Increasing Housing Supply

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) have long provided essential social services, and their role has become even more important in recent years as homelessness, food insecurity, and other needs have grown. Cities like Atlanta and San Antonio are providing technical assistance to FBOs interested in developing housing.

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Using Disaggregated Data to Improve Delivery of Homelessness Services and Housing

NLC (National League of Cities)

Co-authored by Lina Choe, Housing and Community Development Intern at the National League of Cities By harnessing improved data collection, cities can more effectively reach homeless residents and deliver essential social services and housing.

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Reimagining government social services in the COVID-19 era

Google Public Sector

States have seen a rising volume of new unemployment requests, and other social services systems are being stressed like never before. At the same time, more state employees have transitioned to working from home and providing their services remotely. It’s no secret that state governments in the U.S.

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Creating composable applications for seamless government services

AWS Public Sector Blog

Many of the hardest-to-solve societal challenges, such as climate mitigation and social service delivery, require cross-agency, composable solutions to have their intended impact. New public sector obstacles develop and old ones can evolve over time without regard to agency missions.

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How AI Can Unlock Insights From Documents, Video and Other Content

GovLoop

Topics addressed include: Extracting structured data out of unstructured content, regardless of the format Bringing better governance to unstructured data, including security and compliance Developing automated processes and workflows for sharing and collaborating on that content Favorite

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Unleashing the Power of AI for Government and Education: Join Public Sector GenAI Live & Labs in NYC!

Google Public Sector

Event information: Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024 Time : 11:30am - 4:00pm ET Location: Google NYC Pier 57 Register now This event offers a unique opportunity for leaders, practitioners, and developers alike to experience firsthand the transformative power of Generative AI (GenAI) for public good.