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Electronic Plan Review Can Help Cities Streamline Approval Operations

State Tech Magazine

As noted by Forbes, investment in smart cities is expected to double from roughly $410 billion in 2020 to more than $820 billion in 2025. The challenge? Making sure “smart” extends from start to finish.

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AWS re/Start MENA celebrates successful first year

AWS Public Sector Blog

in 2020 compared to the global average of 6.6% AWS re/Start now operates in more than 180 cities across more than 60 countries worldwide. It is part of AWS’s effort to train 29 million people in cloud computing skills by 2025. While unemployment rates remain high across the region—10.5%

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Why government must heed real-time data management trends

Open Access Government - Technology News

Real-time data is the lynchpin for any progressive government , enabling it to improve efficiency, enhance operations and communications, provide improved services for citizens, uncover fraud and lower the risk of cyberattacks. Dynamic data in the future.

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AWS skills training programs open doors to tech careers for Virginia workers

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2020 alone, AWS investment in the construction and operation of data centers contributed $1.3 These initiatives are part of a larger effort to expand and diversify the tech workforce and meet AWS’s commitment to train 29 million people with no-cost cloud computing and technical skills training by 2025.

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Powering the generative AI era: What you missed at the AWS Public Sector Symposium Brussels

AWS Public Sector Blog

The upcoming AWS European Sovereign Cloud will allow government agencies, regulated industries, and the independent software vendors (ISVs) that support them, to store sensitive data and run critical workloads on AWS infrastructure that is operated and supported by AWS employees located in and residents of the EU.

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Telephone fundraising in the digital age: Mapping charities’ future

Open Access Government - Technology News

With the rise of COVID-19 in 2020, telephone fundraising experienced a significant boost , with fundraising agencies reporting an increase in engagement from callers who suddenly had the time and willingness to talk on the phone during lockdown. Is telephone fundraising still relevant?

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AWS investment in South Africa results in economic ripple effect

AWS Public Sector Blog

Thousands of South African customers have used AWS technologies to transform their businesses and accelerate their innovation, agility, and cost savings since AWS launched the AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region in 2020. According to the EIS, AWS operations will add an estimated ZAR 68 billion more to South Africa’s GDP by 2029.

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