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Future of Government Awards 2023 celebrate use of technology to transform people’s lives

AWS Public Sector Blog

A core focus of the Future of Government Awards is the importance of open source,” said Joe Hooper, director of the UNDP Global Centre for Technology, Innovation, and Sustainable Development. Making solutions available for other governments to adapt and adopt can accelerate digital transformation.

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Shutdowns and continuing resolutions aren’t the answer of effective government

Partnership for Public Service

Now that Congress is back from August recess, it is racing around the clock to fund the federal government for the next fiscal year, which starts on Oct. When annual funding bills aren’t passed through the appropriations process, the government shuts down. 30 to keep the government funded and fully open for business.

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Interactive digital media platforms impact on Canadians lives

Open Access Government - Technology News

Research on Canadians’ social media activity during the pandemic revealed that many expressed concern over both the government’s reaction and their safety. (1) in 2013 to 16.8% Increases in serious psychological distress among Ontario students between 2013 and 2017: assessing the impact of time spent on social media.

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Get your Local Government on Data.gov

Data.gov

Data.gov is the central clearinghouse for federal open data, including hosting the Public Data Listings required under the 2013 Federal Open Data Policy, but Data.gov also hosts state, local, and tribal government sources voluntarily. The post Get your Local Government on Data.gov appeared first on Data.gov.

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In extremis: what Ukraine 2.0 tells us about reforming government and the public sector

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

By one account at least, Ukraine is in the midst of harnessing exactly that method to turn the energy of Russian aggression into potent fuel for an impressive program of root and branch reform of government and the public sector. The emergence of Ukraine 2.0 is not only an object lesson in silver linings in the darkest of clouds.

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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

Google Public Sector

federal, state, and local governments, and education institutions. Governor Steve Bullock An accomplished lawyer, Steve Bullock served the State of Montana as Attorney General from 2009 to 2013, and as Governor from 2013 to 2021. public sector customers. We recently announced that 250,000 active-duty enlisted members of the U.S.

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Post columnist Colbert King says the DC Council needs to do more oversight

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

One of the comments on the article made a point about a local "Government Accountability Office" function. I've written about this over the years, " Continued musing on restructuring DC's City Council (mostly) " (2013), is probably the most complete summation of recommended changes. More of that, please."

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