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ETIC 2023: Agencies Find That Generative AI Is Here, Ready or Not

FedTech Magazine

The Department of the Interior is beginning to look at AI because it will be part of the SAP S/4HANA financial management system it’s implementing by 2024. Some federal agencies are finding themselves dealing with generative artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, due to customer demand, whether they’re ready for it or not.

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?Bridging the Academic/Practitioner Gap: Public Finance Journal

Barrett & Greene

I attend most of the academic conferences geared toward public budgeting and finance (including , Association for Budgeting and Financial Management , and the budgeting and finance section of the , World Social Science Association ). I also frequently attend professional development conferences such as GFOA and ICMA.

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WHEN IT COMES TO DATA, CONTEXT IS KING

Barrett & Greene

“If you see a number that supports your argument it might be easier to just take it, without digging deeper,” according to Sam Gallaher, head of data science at Third Line an audit and financial management software company. It’s definitely a challenge in doing research and being open to numbers that challenge your hypothesis.