Fri.Sep 13, 2024

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Application Modernization Is Key to Augmenting Citizen Services for State Government

State Tech Magazine

State governments too often are stymied by the limitations of their legacy technology, and no where is that more true than with old applications. Application modernization can revolutionize citizen services, and governments can capitalize on the doors opened by application modernization to create a more efficient and effective citizen experience. In 2022, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers released a report, “Application Modernization Is an Imperative for State Governme

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Happy Sad app leverages AWS generative AI to improve student well-being

AWS Public Sector Blog

The COVID-19 pandemic took a heavy toll on students’ mental health and well-being. In fact, a staggering 87 percent of public schools reported that the pandemic had negatively impacted their students’ social-emotional development during the 2021–2022 school year. These effects have lingered long past the pandemic, and students’ social-emotional well-being remains a primary concern of administrators, teachers, and parents.

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The bumpy road to zero-emission trucks

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

The shift to zero-emission trucks brings opportunities and challenges for the industry in core areas such as powertrain, service, and vehicle digitization. Making it happen will require greater cooperation.

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Hydrating the Natural History Museum’s Planetary Knowledge Base with Amazon Neptune and Open Data on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

The Natural History Museum (NHM) in London is a world-class visitor attraction and a leading science research center. NHM and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have partnered up to transform and accelerate scientific research by bringing together a broad range of biodiversity and environmental data types in one place for the first time. The goal is to enable and accelerate much-needed research in the area of biodiversity that can help society address and combat the loss of global ecosystems.

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A Look Inside the Minds of Government’s Most Innovative Leaders

Successful partnerships start with knowing what public sector leaders care about. This report spotlights global innovators shaping the future of public service by tackling real-world challenges across AI, digital identity, citizen experience, and data strategy. Their work reveals the priorities, pain points, and investment areas that are driving transformation.

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Revitalizing organizational health in the care delivery sector

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

The care delivery sector continues to navigate challenges following the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Meaningfully improving organizational health will be crucial to optimizing performance.

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TribalNet 2024: AI and Health IT Innovation Require Cybersecurity and Modernization

FedTech Magazine

Native American tribes and tribal agencies looking to benefit from artificial intelligence and advancements in healthcare IT must prioritize cybersecurity and IT modernization, according to CDW technology experts, citing a recent Indian Health Service implementation as an example. “IHS is planning for a new electronic health record, and as a part of this implementation, there will be some transition to the cloud.

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Technology alone is never enough for true productivity

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Technology continues to change how we work, and gen AI is the latest, greatest disruptor. But real productivity happens only when companies holistically rethink how they do business.

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How Cities Can Support Family Economic Security

NLC (National League of Cities)

The research is clear: economic security is one of the strongest predictors of long-term well-being for families. And yet, too many families with young children lack economic security and experience high poverty levels. This puts babies and toddlers at a greater risk of chronic stress, adverse experiences and poor health.

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Truck as a service: The next step en route to zero-emission fleets

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Commercial vehicle decarbonization requires changes to the ways fleet trucks are financed and serviced. The truck-as-a-service model is the next logical step toward zero-emission trucking.

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Capital-intensive projects: Approaches to prevent fraud, error, waste, and abuse

Open Access Government - Technology News

Leaders managing capital-intensive projects face the constant and serious challenge of controlling fraud, error, waste, and abuse (FEWA) Neglecting robust anti-fraud measures can result in the erosion of up to 5% of company spending with annual losses in the UK from procurement fraud alone amounting to £133.6 billion. Capital-intensive projects are inherently susceptible to FEWA due to their scale, complexity, and the significant sums of money involved.

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Local Government Tax Guide: 6 Benefits Businesses Will Buy Into for Compliance

In a survey of U.S. business owners, more than 64% indicated their local government’s online tax portal needs improvement. It’s clear that while business owners want to work with their local government to stay in compliance, many online tax systems do not enable them to do so effectively.

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Demand for efficient airplanes persists: An interview with Darren Hulst

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

McKinsey speaks to Darren Hulst, vice president of Boeing’s Commercial Marketing division, to discuss the latest industry trends and the outlook of aerospace 20 years into the future.

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AWS helps Genomics England’s Multimodal programme accelerate research with whole slide images

AWS Public Sector Blog

This is a guest post from Genomics England. Pathologists have been looking at morphological patterns in patients’ tissue sections highlighted by hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining for more than a century. However, as the pathology transformation from glass slides to digital imaging gains momentum, it opens the door to artificial intelligence (AI) tools to complement expert assessment with quantitative measurements to enable data-driven medicine.