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Better bike lanes in the Philippines: Civic groups won a budget for bike lanes, then followed the money

Open Contracting Partnership

When the pandemic began, the Philippines government suspended all public transport. During that period of emergency mobilization, Abante was focused on tracking the country’s COVID-19 response budget , alongside friends and former colleagues from his experience working in the government, academia, and civil society.

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GAO budget request puts premium on modernization efforts

FedScoop

The Government Accountability Office has modernization on its mind for fiscal 2025, with a report on its budget request released this week aimed in part at fueling the congressional watchdog’s embrace of cloud technology. The post GAO budget request puts premium on modernization efforts appeared first on FedScoop.

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VA struggles to bring on AI talent without a long-term budget from Congress

FedScoop

Obviously, the applied for budget in [2024] is larger than our existing budget and that’s what’s necessary to add more headcount. We’re OK for now, but for long-term needs, we just need to get a budget.” The post VA struggles to bring on AI talent without a long-term budget from Congress appeared first on FedScoop.

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Budgeting Ideas to Reach a Zero Trust Future

FedInsider

In the face of new and growing threats many federal, state and local IT budgets stay the same, however. The challenge becomes how to plan and implement a zero trust environment within budgets that are slow to increase. He has twice been awarded Jessie H.

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Budgeting Priorities for Federal Deployment of Zero Trust (E130)

FedInsider

No longer trying to define what it is, focus is now on the affordability within already challenged budgets. He is the CEO of the Tech Writers Bureau, a group of professional journalists who craft thought leadership projects for government and private organizations. Agencies have matured in their understanding of zero trust.

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VA needs bigger budget to draw better cyber talent, CIO says

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The Department of Veterans Affairs’ top IT official told House lawmakers on Wednesday that a larger budget and the ability to pay certain government workers more would improve the agency’s cybersecurity posture. The post VA needs bigger budget to draw better cyber talent, CIO says appeared first on FedScoop.

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Employers of the disabled worry about the uncertain federal budget

Federal News Network

Government shutdown threats and scrimping on contractor employee wages, those conflicts affect one group of working people perhaps more than any other. And you have been speaking about the issue of the threatened government shutdown. People with disabilities. Tom Temin Sure. We keep kicking that can a few weeks at a time down the road.

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