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GovTech Challenges in Urban Transit Systems: A Cybernetics Case Study w/ Noah McClain and Lloyd Levine (Technology vs. Government Ep. 3)

Policy Chats

In this episode, Noah McClain, Assistant Professor of Sociology talks with the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about security and technology vulnerabilities within New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Thank you so much to our generous sponsor for this episode, the Wall Street Journal.

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

AWS Public Sector Blog

Each year across the United States, new government policies take effect that impact the lives of millions of people, however, those policies are only as good as the data that informs them. Too often, policymakers lack access to relevant data that could better inform the development of these new policies.

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Addressing Vulnerabilities in Urban Transit Systems w/ Noah McClain and Lloyd Levine (Technology vs. Government Ep. 3)

Policy Chats

In this episode, Noah McClain, Associate Professor of Sociology talks with the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about security and technology vulnerabilities within New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Thank you so much to our generous sponsor for this episode, the Wall Street Journal.

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Frugal architecture in action: The Urban Institute innovates with R and Serverless on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Cost, resilience, and performance are non-functional requirements that are often at tension with each other.” — Werner Vogels, The Frugal Architect, Law III Nonprofit organizations are typically frugal and responsible. Unchallenged Success Leads to Assumptions.” — The Frugal Architect, Law VII Frugality does not imply rigidity.

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Driving people-centered digital transformation in public safety with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Colonel Lamar Davis of the Louisiana State Police (LSP), recently summed up the law enforcement landscape, saying, “When you look at crime today, it’s not just a public safety or law enforcement problem—it’s a social problem.” It’s our job to bring the needed resiliency through technology.”

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Building trust in government: A data-driven imperative

Partnership for Public Service

At a time when our democracy faces serious threats, partisanship is on the rise and public faith in federal institutions is low , the Partnership for Public Service and the Data Foundation share a mutual dedication to the important task of building trust in government.

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Sana Jaffery & Nathan Cieszynski: COVID-19 and Can College Students Terminate Apartment Leases?

Policy Chats

In this episode, public policy student Sana Jaffery, real estate lawyer Scott Talkov, and Fair Housing of Riverside County program manager Nathan Cieszynski talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about options and resources for students who wish to terminate their leases due to COVID-19.