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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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How the State and Local Government Marketplace for Drones Is Changing

State Tech Magazine

State and local governments face a complicated landscape for drones this year. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 banned the use of any Chinese drones, including the popular brand DJI, by the U.S. Department of Defense and its contractors. Department of Defense and its contractors.

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Changes in the Ransomware Threat to State and Local Governments

State Tech Magazine

While the report found that attacks were down in 2022, ransomware targets still reported very large number of attacks compared to levels in 2018, 2019 and 2020. And with local governments usually dealing with limited resources, they’re often considered low-hanging fruit when it comes to cyberattacks.

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Tech Trends: Microsoft to Introduce AI to Many Government Workers

State Tech Magazine

For state and local governments, Microsoft is poised to become one of the major suppliers of artificial intelligence solutions. Collins, who served as state CIO of Delaware from 2014 to 2020, shared AI insights specific to government agencies. STATETECH…

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Smarter Government: Santa Monica Eases Citizen Interactions with City Hall

State Tech Magazine

When the pandemic shut down many government offices in March 2020, residents could no longer physically interact with government employees in many cities, including Santa Monica, Calif. The Santa Monica city manager turned to the municipality’s CIO for a solution to boost citizen services online.

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Hybrid Work Solutions Modernize Both Government Services and Workplaces

State Tech Magazine

But what about our critical government agencies? in 2020 I helped successfully leverage new… Even manufacturers leveraged artificial intelligence and machine learning to limit the number of workers on the factory floor. As CIO of Elkhart County, Ind.,

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Public Health Initiative Strategy: 10 Local Health Initiatives For Local Governments

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2020 very quickly familiarized citizens with new everyday health expectations that they now often do try to live by. However, the general public still does not always know how to proceed with the best health and safety practices; this uncertainty leads people to look to government officials for answers.