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DARPA kicks off its 10-year plan to create a ‘thriving lunar economy’

Federal News Network

CISA releases new tools to help agencies secure Gmail, other Google applications - Federal News Network) Federal agencies saw real progress in fiscal 2023 in their goal to achieve zero emissions by 2030. SBA said these changes will refine and improve its analysis of federal contracting data used in the evaluation of industry size standards.

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Saving the planet through procurement: Governments are identifying ways to use purchasing to achieve and support sustainability goals

American City & Country

Fast forward to 2015, where during the United Nations Summit, all UN member states adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets with a plan to achieve them in 15 years. This factor might be included as an important score in the overall evaluation rating scale.

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10 ways that governments incentivize cloud use to accelerate digital transformation

AWS Public Sector

Monitor and evaluate against objectives Governments set clear objectives and create mechanisms for continual introspection, improvement, and accountability. The DGA goal and measurement support the Saudi 2030 Vision. This helps leaders to make adjustments to keep activity on track.

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Estimating physical climate heat risk with NASA Global Daily Downscaled Projections on ASDI

AWS Public Sector

billion in lost revenue by 2030. Locations to evaluate for heat risk: Sample health facilities In this example, we use an example data sample of health facilities as the location portfolio to evaluate physical climate heat risk. Temperature-related risk presents as both acute and chronic physical climate peril.

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Higher education institutions broaden learning opportunities with AWS Professional Services

AWS Public Sector

These efforts are part of an ambitious statewide goal to close the educational attainment gap in North Carolina, ensuring that 2 million North Carolinians have a high-quality credential or postsecondary degree by 2030.

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Leveraging AI to Transform Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policymaking in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

trillion) by 2030 [2]. Machine learning techniques can strengthen macro-fiscal policy design by providing data-driven insights, accurate forecasting of economic indicators, evaluating impacts of proposed measures, identifying structural vulnerabilities, and enabling timely policy responses through continuous monitoring of real-time data.

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SeloVerde uses geospatial big data and AI/ML to monitor deforestation in supply chains, powered by AWS

AWS Public Sector

Photo credit: SECOM/Agência Pará) Introduction Public sector organizations across the globe are seeking to develop solutions to evaluate, monitor, or predict land use and land cover change to identify deforestation trends, future wildfire-risk areas, and potential carbon credit projects. billion people. Screenshot of SeloVerde 2.1,