FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2025

Last year, the Office of Management and Budget released FedRAMP guidance intended to make it easier and faster for federal agencies to put cloud solutions to work. Since the establishment of FedRAMP in 2011, cloud solutions have exploded, and they continue to grow exponentially. In addition, cloud services open the door to emerging technologies for federal organizations, empowering them to quickly innovate and improve productivity.

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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2025

In a brief, West Virginia University notes, A 2022 mainframe failure disrupted West Virginians access to online government resources like health services and risked the states ability to perform basic functions like revenue collection. After the mainframe failure, West Virginia moved its workloads to a private cloud solution. Doing so sped the states IT modernization capabilities, the brief concludes.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 13, 2025

In a bold move to position the UK at the forefront of the AI revolution, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a comprehensive plan to unleash the transformative power of AI in the UK This ambitious blueprint aims to drive a decade of national renewal, boost economic growth, improve public services, and enhance living standards through the utilisation of AI.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JANUARY 13, 2025

Macroeconomic headwinds, shifting client preferences, and a deteriorating value proposition are weighing on the global luxury sector. The Business of Fashion and McKinsey outline five strategic imperatives for luxury executives.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

Amazon Bedrock is now generally available in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Top Secret cloud. With authority to operate in the AWS Top Secret cloud , Amazon Bedrock is providing U.S. Government customers with secure access to foundation models (FMs) and generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities within AWSs classified environment. Amazon Bedrock enables customers to leverage generative AI capabilities while maintaining the highest levels of security and data protection required for thei

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JANUARY 13, 2025

Toshiaki Higashihara, executive chairman of Hitachi, shares insights on reshaping corporate governance and preparing for the CEO role and discusses how these efforts support Hitachis long-term global vision.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JANUARY 13, 2025

Growth requires the right mix of outlook, strategy, and capabilities. Top leaders achieve their goals by turning five mindsets into action.

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Homeroom

JANUARY 13, 2025

By: Mekka A. Smith, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Education School leaders face challenges hiring qualified STEM teachers due to low compensation, limited career pathways, and difficulty tracking supply and demand. Recognizing the need for action at the federal, state, and local levels, the Department has made addressing eliminating Continue Reading The post Six Innovations to Strengthen the STEM Educator Workforce appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JANUARY 13, 2025

US consumers sentiment and their spending patterns have been out of sync. Heres how executives can make sense of the mixed signals.

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Homeroom

JANUARY 13, 2025

By: Emily Lamont, Chief of Staff; Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education; with special thanks to Dr. Carolyn S. Lee, Education Research Analyst; Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education Stronger connections between noncredit workforce education programs and credit-bearing degree programs can enable longer-term credentials and higher Continue Reading The post Aligning Noncredit Workforce with Credit Programs appeared fi

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JANUARY 13, 2025

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 13, 2025

Speechless. It's covered elsewhere far better than I could ever hope to do. Suzanne, from SoCal, knows people whose houses have been leveled, life's work lost. 2. The disinformation about why the wildfires started is similar to the disinformation the Murdoch media pushes in Australia to discredit climate change theories. 3. I didn't understand high winds til I came to Utah.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 13, 2025

Utah has the lowest incidence of smoking of any state, because of the dictum against tobacco use on the part of the LDS church, which dominates the state. Speedway, once owned by Marathon, now 7-11, promotes its cigarettes as the lowest price in town. The Mormons also have potentially the blandest palate in the U.S. I joke about "Utah hot" versus "hot" when it comes to spicy foods.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 13, 2025

I'd say yes. Moving agencies and firing employees reduces the demand for office space and housing in DC proper. The growth in the federal government after 9/11 definitely benefited the city in terms of residents, even though much of the business of cybersecurity is in the suburbs. -- " High anxiety: What losing 100,000 federal jobs could mean for the local economy ," Washington Business Journal Although in his first term he was successful in doing this with only a couple agencies, even though it

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