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City of San Jose ensures critical services reach community using AI translation

Google Public Sector

In order to truly serve our diverse communities, we recognized language translation services would be required to offer truly equitable services to everyone. After looking at many other options, we decided to partner with SpringML and Google Cloud to leverage the AutoML Translation with other technologies such as our virtual agent.

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How the Census Undercounts Will Impact CED Work

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Census Bureau recently released its coverage estimates for the 2020 Census. This translates into less census-based funding provided for Medicaid, Free and Reduced Price Lunch, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and many other CED programs than service levels will likely be.

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Ticker: The Academic Business Librarianship Review - Call for Submissions

A Library Writer's Blog

We are an open access journal committed to promoting the widest possible discussion of original and translational research, evidence-based pieces, case studies, and more. This is a great opportunity for librarians interested in doing research in any and all areas related to business librarianship. doi: [link].2931 2931 Hosoi, M., doi: [link].2931

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Ticker: The Academic Business Librarianship Review - Call for Submissions

A Library Writer's Blog

We are an open access journal committed to promoting the widest possible discussion of original and translational research, evidence-based pieces, case studies, and more. This is a great opportunity for librarians interested in doing research in any and all areas related to business librarianship. doi: [link].2931 2931 Hosoi, M., doi: [link].2931

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How to Increase Accessible and Equitable Public Engagement

Social Pinpoint

Fast forward to the fall of 2020, in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Pittsburgh hosted a two-month, virtual open house for the Oakland Plan. Each session lasted three hours (10-1 pm and 5-8 pm), requiring a great deal of staff time in preparing and facilitating the open house events.

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Your cloud, your way: Google Distributed Cloud Hosted is generally available

Google Public Sector

In 2020, Google Cloud introduced a digital sovereignty vision that included three distinct pillars: data sovereignty, operational sovereignty, and software sovereignty. Customers can use built-in AI solutions , such as Translation API, Speech-to-Text, or optical character recognition (OCR)—all features of our Vertex AI managed ML platform.

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Using real-time data platforms to plug cybersecurity skills gap

Open Access Government - Technology News

More data can translate into more threat insights The proliferation of data is at the heart of both the problem and the solution when it comes to cybersecurity. The hand of malicious insiders seems to have been at work in at least two of these incidents, which reflects the dangers that lurk internally for many government departments.