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Innovations in Data: Give People Time to Figure Things Out

GovLoop

That’s why Scott Beliveau, Principal Innovation Architect at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, recommends that data experts give novices an opportunity to work through problems on their own. One way to do that is to hold off on responding to calls for help, at least for a while. Do they have adequate training?

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The Future of Data-Based Decision-Making

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Goal: Ensure that agencies are staying, if not current with technology, no more than one or two cycles behind. One improvement needs to solidify, she said, before others can follow, advancing a little further each time. Not only are you not benefiting from what these tools can provide, … you also can’t contribute anything,” she added.

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New Mexico delivers customer-obsessed human services programs powered by AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

One out of every two people living in New Mexico is enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Medicaid , or both. That’s one of the highest rates in the US. Shanita Harrison is HSD’s customer innovation director, a role created in 2020. Once they were confident in their approach, the team scaled fast.

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6 foundational capabilities you need for generative AI

AWS Public Sector Blog

To achieve this reliability and traceability in any organization, it helps to focus on AI’s potential one use case at a time but also to plan for the bigger picture. As AI strategists for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Generative AI Innovation Center , we wrote this post to provide a tried-and-tested AI framework you could consider.

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How to Implement Innovations

GovLoop

If you’re going to innovate, you need to have a place to do it and the people to do it with. The city of Philadelphia has a robust Public Technology and Innovation team within its Office of Innovation and Technology. It was one of the first cities in the nation to form such a unit.

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How to Accelerate Government Modernization

GovLoop

Agencies struggle with budget constraints, and it can be difficult to demonstrate a practical return on investment for IT infrastructure upgrades. How can you advance in this modernization journey, without affecting the services you’re delivering?” Government is under pressure to update its legacy technology systems.

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Using Data to Inform Policy

GovLoop

Everyone Is a Data Person One way to facilitate that exchange is by shifting mindsets about who is a “data person.” Meanwhile, “audiences typically do one of three things: They glom on to the first thing they see and [focus on] that one point. Or they read everything, but they feel confused. Leventhal-Weiner said.