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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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Automation Is Helping Government Cut Costs

FedTech Magazine

Agencies want to know they’re getting maximum returns on their digital initiatives because IT spending represents a major portion of their budgets. The key here is value-based budgeting,” says James Watczak, a finance and technology business consultant with CDW. “The Transparency involving costs, business impacts and…

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Budgeting Is a Collaborative Effort

GovLoop

Local government services play a role in so much of our everyday lives that they become invisible. To achieve that, local governments must move away from budgeting for services in silos and come together to create a digital twin of the organization, Francis said. Rules-based software avoids these problems. “By

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How city governments can navigate the fiscal cliff

American City & Country

In my experience working with city governments, I’ve seen firsthand cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, Sacramento, and St. Louis struggle with resource constraints and grapple with the significant challenges cities face in balancing budgets, maintaining public services and managing infrastructure needs. What is a fiscal cliff?

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MITRE releases recommendations to incoming administration on AI governance

FedScoop

The diverse needs and requirements of agencies based on their size, organization, budget, mission and internal AI talent present an opportunity to promote flexibility and adaptability in AI governance,” the document states. “An

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The major challenges in government payment processes: Survey reveals critical inefficiencies

American City & Country

As six out of 10 government finance teams still rely on manual reconciliation , the survey findings echo this, in which 46.1% The most prominent issues include delinquent payments, lack of compliance and the complexities involved in collecting payments for various government services.

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LocalGov Drupal on AWS serves as a digital transformation resource for local governments

AWS Public Sector

Government organizations face challenges that include tight budgets and rapidly evolving citizen demands. In the UK, 44 local government bodies—called councils—use an open approach to share expertise and pool resources to transform their web publishing platforms using LocalGov Drupal. website, launched in 2012.