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Decision Intelligence: Data Ethics

GovLoop

There are three goals: protect civil liberties, minimize risks to individuals and society, and maximize the public good. But AI’s expansive use has made data ethics increasingly important.

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Student training program tackles Thailand’s air pollution with help from AirGradient, AWS

AWS Public Sector

Making air quality data more accessible to everyone The deployment of AirGradient monitors will provide important insights into the air quality across Thailand, most crucially for areas like Buriram province, where the Mechai Bamboo School is located, which have less publicly available data.

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Top DE&I Execs to Watch in 2024: MITRE’s Stephanie Turner

WashngtonExec

Stephanie Turner Vice President of Diversity & Chief Sustainability Officer, MITRE MITRE has always prioritized social stewardship for the public good, Stephanie Turner said.

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On some basic metadata practices, US government gets an ‘F,’ per new online tracker

FedScoop

The new government website evaluation tool , which is called “gov metadata,” was created by Luke Fretwell and his son, Elias, as part of the Civic Hacking Agency, a project focused on technology for the public good. Importantly, the project wasn’t able to grade websites that its systems couldn’t properly scan.

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Data, Talent and Tools Drive the Journey

GovLoop

As a starting point, he recommended becoming familiar with the Federal Data Strategy, which is intended to guide agencies in using data for mission, service and public good through ethical governance, conscious design and learning culture. It frees up your analysts to focus on more important things.”

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The Procurement Act 2023’s Kaleidoscopic View of the Public Interest

University of Bristol

It is thus interesting to see how the PA23 has articulated its view of the public interest. Of these, the most interesting deviation is the inclusion of the duty to have regard to the importance of maximising public benefit. The NPPS is not the ‘last word’ for two reasons.

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The Future of Government Awards 2023 are open for nominations

AWS Public Sector

That is why stories and case studies from those who have successfully reused and adapted a solution are so important to share. The awards program intends to identify solutions that will become Digital Public Goods , and that can be shared with governments around the world by being featured in the Open Government Solutions library on AWS.