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Policy responsiveness and its administrative organisation in China 

Policy & Politics Journal blog

Our recent article published in Policy & Politics demonstrates that Chinese governments effectively address public demands, especially on environmental issues, using online petition data… Continue reading → by Yao Liu, Eduardo Araral, Jiannan Wu Do policy makers in China care about public opinion?

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How Government of Canada customers can use AWS to securely migrate data

AWS Public Sector Blog

Government of Canada (GC) organizations handle sensitive data, such as citizens’ personal information and confidential documents, and take on the responsibility of appropriately securing and protecting this data from unauthorized access or disclosure. Lire cet article en français. Plus, the migration took only two weeks.

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Top 100 GovTech Influencers and Brands Creating the Operating System of Government!

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

“GovTech is the operating system of government!” GovTech is a rapidly expanding industry across the globe that has an engaging, collaborative, inspiring community of individuals within government, nonprofits and private industry who all share the commonality of employing new and existing technologies to improve the lives of citizens."

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Accelerating data processing for IRCC with Amazon EC2 instances

AWS Public Sector Blog

Au départ, le projet pouvait se faire sur site et les jeux de données à traiter étaient beaucoup plus petits. Un algorithme a été créé pour distiller des correspondances statistiquement valides, qui ont ensuite été transmises pour validation humaine.

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Announcing the Data.gov Help Desk

Data.gov

New tools are making it easier to submit complaints, comments, and petitions to your government online and through mobile applications. Data.gov launches a new data driven customer service platform to request data and report problems or improvements with existing data. … Continued.

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How public sector organizations use AWS to build sustainability solutions

AWS Public Sector Blog

Government agencies like Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) are committed to improving the quality of life of Canadians by making sure the country’s abundant natural resources, including energy, forests, minerals, and metals, are developed sustainably. Monitoring our Earth. Improving access to energy.

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County Legal Authority to Fund Non-Mandated Social Services Programs

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

In order to satisfy this requirement, the expenditure must (1) involve a reasonable connection with “the convenience and necessity” of the unit of government (e.g. serve a legitimate aim of government) and (2) must benefit the public generally, as opposed to primarily benefitting a particular individual or private entity. See State Ed.