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Charging Forward: Public sector EVs pose both challenges and opportunities for state agencies and their partners

American City & Country

For forward-thinking governments and government leaders, EV infrastructure is something of a no-brainer—it lays the groundwork for a fully electric future that matches contemporary sustainability goals and eventual cost savings. The role of public-private partnerships Procurement teams wear many hats.

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America is at a crossroads with its infrastructure future

American City & Country

In response to these consequences, the ASCE released the Sustainable Infrastructure Standard, ASCE 73-23, a tool that provides guidance for infrastructure owners to develop and implement sustainable solutions throughout a project’s entire life cycle. It does not matter if it is climate change-related or man-made.

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False Claims Act allegations leave two contractors with millions of dollars in fines

Federal News Network

More House appropriators target federal telework, office space - Fedeal News Network) Two Defense Department projects made the cut for the Presidential Federal Sustainability Awards the White House announced this week. The 4,000-acre project is also DoD’s biggest public-private partnership to date. (

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10 ways that governments incentivize cloud use to accelerate digital transformation

AWS Public Sector

Governments encourage public sector organizations, businesses, and citizens to embrace digital technologies and practices through a range of incentives. These incentives standardize processes and motivate behaviors that achieve the objectives of these initiatives in a way that can be sustained over time.

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LIDW 2024: International Arbitration Day – Keynote and Panel Discussion on the Role of Arbitration in Saudi Arabia’s Giga Growth

Kluwer Arbitration

The panellists discussed that Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 is a strategic initiative aimed at reducing the Kingdom’s reliance on oil, diversifying its economy, and enhancing public service sectors such as health, education, infrastructure, recreation, and tourism.

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

Inter-American Development Bank

To help government further leverage AI for macro-fiscal policymaking, the IDB launched in 2022 FISLAC(Fiscal Sustainability for Latin American and Caribbean Countries). Finally, fostering collaboration between governments, academic institutions, and the private sector holds the key to accelerated progress. Learn more about FISLAC.

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Oil, Gas and Renewables: Hot Topics in Investing and Arbitrating in LatAm

Kluwer Arbitration

Equally, companies are hungry for new technologies that can help them achieve sustainability. Igor Oliveira added how the digitisation of public administration in Brazil is a game-changer for the existing bureaucracy. This may act as an additional barrier to entry.