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House bill calls on EPA to update IT systems that store air quality data

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The Environmental Protection Agency would be required to update the legacy IT platform it uses to store air quality data systems under new legislation in the House. pushes the EPA to update the IT system for storing AirNow and the Air Quality System (AQS). The “ Clean Air in the Cloud Act ,” introduced Tuesday by Rep.

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What is Cooperative Purchasing & How Does it Benefit Public Sector Procurement?

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Cooperative purchasing , by combining the needs of many agencies, not only lowers costs but also improves access to quality products and services, simplifies procurement processes, and ensures compliance with regulations. OMNIA Partners checks suppliers to ensure high quality, providing organizations with many options in various categories.

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Alteia and the World Bank assess and enhance road infrastructure data quality at scale using AWS

AWS Public Sector

Photo credit: World Bank Transport Team 2) Road infrastructures connect households to higher quality opportunities for employment, healthcare and education. This enables Alteia to support use cases like extracting road networks, validating road network quality, and enriching network data with other types of information.

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Harnessing cloud solutions to tackle water challenges

AWS Public Sector

These extreme events, and water quantity and quality issues more broadly, are pressing concerns in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region, further aggravated by the uncertain impacts of climate change. Climate change is a global issue, but its localized impacts can vary significantly across different regions.

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Public Safety Starts with Smart Procurement

American City & Country

The Growing Need for Enhanced Event Safety With the increasing frequency of large-scale events, procurement teams are tasked with finding reliable, high-quality solutions for crowd control and event safety. With OMNIA Partners, procurement teams have access to a portfolio of suppliers who provide quality, compliance, and reliability.

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These states ranked the best for drinking water quality in 2024

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As localities continue to face the impacts of climate change and stricter regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding “forever chemicals,” drinking water quality is becoming an increasing concern for American cities and counties. of customers scoring the state’s drinking water quality positively.

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Higher education utilizes cloud and student engagement to drive sustainability improvements

AWS Public Sector

Amplifying innovation in the community and beyond Higher education institutions have utilized digital technology and cross-industry collaboration to accelerate and amplify their sustainable innovation. More than 500 Mason faculty from a wide range of academic disciplines have registered as Affiliate Faculty with ISE.