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UK Biobank enables medical research worldwide through vast database powered by AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

From 2006–2010, UK Biobank recruited 500,000 UK citizens between the ages of 40 and 69 to supply biological samples (blood, urine, and saliva) and information about their lifestyle regularly on an ongoing basis. New findings continue to come thick and fast—there were more than 3,000 published reports in 2023.

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5 public sector technology predictions for 2023

AWS Public Sector Blog

As we begin 2023, the Amazon Web Services (AWS) worldwide public sector (WWPS) team wanted to share a few of our predictions for public sector technology this year. Our team stands ready to help you use the cloud to accomplish your mission objectives in 2023. Greater adoption of AI and ML to advance mission outcomes.

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How will the UK Cyber Essentials Scheme change in April 2023?

Open Access Government - Technology News

Take social media as an example – where we were referring to using such platforms in hours per month in 2010, the average user today now spends 2 hours and 27 minutes of their day on them. Ensuring that the organisation is properly supporting security by having security champions and making boards and leadership accountable.

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Learning what not to do from the New England Patriots football team

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From " Design Thinking ," American Libraries, 2008 I used action planning concepts when I did a pedestrian and bicycle plan for Baltimore County (" Best practice bicycle planning for suburban settings using the "action planning" method ," 2010). It was an important lesson to me about not learning the wrong lesson from success.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Like F&F, FHLB leadership teams are motivated to maximize profits. billion of losses by just four of the FHLBs in 2009 and 2010. 11] This effort may or may not have been particularly successful – there is little evidence one way or the other, but it is, at minimum, revealing of the mindset of FHLB leadership. [12]

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The leadership of the FHLBs, along with various beneficiaries of their subsidies, has also begun to aggressively lobby and advocate against virtually any proposed change that it views as detrimental to its bottom line. 4] See Bloomberg’s article from Dec 20, 2023, “A $1.3

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July 2022 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter

Microsoft Public Sector

We bring together thought leadership and research relating to digital transformation and innovation in the public sector. SharePoint 2010 Workflows was retired as of November 1st, 2020 with the notice that we would also retire SharePoint Workflow 2013 in the future. Mac support will be upcoming in first half of 2023.