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A majority of Americans feel there is not only a place for #AI in government, but an important one. I was happy to provide some perspective to this piece by StateScoop on the KPMG US American Perspectives Survey. One of the most interesting findings was that over half of respondents said they believe the use of #GenAI “is important” for improving the services delivered by #government agencies, such as healthcare benefits and motor vehicle services. While this optimism about #emergingtech shows promise for agency adoption, the survey revealed some interesting generational differences in enthusiasm around them – 46% of Gen Z and 37% of millennial respondents said government agencies were adequately using technology to improve their interactions with the public, whereas just 23% of Gen X and 25% of baby boomers felt similarly. Continue reading for more highlights from the survey: https://lnkd.in/ePxSAdTd To read more about government leveraging technology read Tomorrow’s Government Today: https://lnkd.in/eaCQfkkj #AIinGovernment #GovernmentServices #ModernGovernment #PublicServices #GenerationalDifferences #TechnologyAdoption #KPMGGovernment #AmericanPerspectivesSurvey #StateScoop

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Tips and tricks from me, Aroon Ramadoss, and David Holmes about our new Public Service journey facilitated by Reilly Martin!

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AI impacts and potential bad actors that would promote mis- and disinformation in elections is a remarkable concern for election integrity and security. Lawmakers are moving quickly to combat the threat and have proposed strategy and funding. I believe that the Federal Communications Commission consideration of implementing rules on the use of AI in elections for on-air and written disclosures in broadcasting where AI technology is used would aid in identifying AI better. Another solution is the use of watermarks on printed material containing AI-generated content in political advertisements. If approved, the multibillion dollar allocation will support AI readiness and cybersecurity through Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Election Security grants. Election Care Solutions, LLC. is ready to assist state and local election officials with grant application for this funding (once approved and published) and training on AI and Elections awareness/readiness (available now). We offer targeted tabletop exercises and risk mitigation strategies to help prepare for and manage AI threats . Book a consultation: https://lnkd.in/eyp9GTXS Email: Jesse@electioncaresolutions.com Read the Roadmap for AI policy: https://lnkd.in/eB3witzK Read more about the proposed legislation and addition to election infrastructure below:

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Start to understand the landscape and structure of US Government and State Digital transformation from Public Digital.

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Avoid 🛑complacency, hubris, and apathy, so you don't catch the dreaded "#incumbentitis" for your current #govcon work. For all your recompetes in the back half of📆 2024 and beyond, get some fresh perspective on how your competitors can beat you. Do yourself a favor, look in the mirror 🪞, have an honest assessment of your contract performance📊, dust off your old proposal, and the debrief... And throw🗑️ all that out! Or have #artificialintelligence write 📝your proposal for you. Think 💭about how your competitors can beat you on technical and price, based on the original criteria, and your knowledge of where the effort is going. Plant the seeds 🌱 NOW with your customer to influence the evaluation criteria to your favor to better protect your turf. Talk 🗣️to your staff and have a game plan on retaining your high performers, tap into their insights into challenges and opportunities with the customer, and figure out who else is #recruiting them. While it’s OK👍🏼 to make mistakes, it’s uber important to 💡LEARN from them. And GROW 📈with your customer as they pursue their mission and your #govcon company monetizes your government contact. Before it’s time ⌚to recompete for YOUR hard earned work, consider getting outside expertise and unbiased opinions to develop a gameplan BEFORE the new opportunity drops… Oh and #pricing. Figure out how to get lean and mean if LPTA or ensure that your technical proposal will be rated HIGHER 🔝than your competitors so you can get a price premium with your 🏆award. Companies looking for any unbiased #proposal or pricing help, please contact📨our experts at SGA Strategic Growth Advisors. Make it a great day and keep your head up, eh 👊🏼

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Government Contracting #govcon seems to be a labyrinth 😕to many outsiders and newer folks coming into the space. I once created an Access database🧮 at a previous employer many years ago to highlight the importance of good data management and common unique identifiers... As the company tended to have some byzantine processes and nomenclature that I was trying to flesh out and focus 🔍on measuring the things that matter. So I've seen quite a bit of diverse contracts from over $100M 💰annual jobs to ones under $100K. I believe the process is essentially the same to ensure a smooth transition from pre-award to 🥇post-award. It starts with being able to accurately code 🔣your contract into your system of record. Do your #proposal 📚and #pricing 💵documents match the contract award 📝documents? Check that before you 🖋sign! Had an experience recently where there was some ambiguity 😵with a contract modification document in what it was doing as it relates to the changes we proposed. Some contracts get complex when you get to a dozen mods or so with many CLINs, SLINs, and 🗜ARCNs... IYKYK We both had differing interpretations🗣 as we worked through the document. There was a 💪🏼challenge with all the moving parts and new CLINs added and old ones removed and it turns out that we both had the same initial confusion that it wasn't done correctly... However, when we dug ⛏deeper into the changes in Section B (contract values) and Section G (funding values) we determined that this customer was doing It's important to have a uniform 🥋methodology on how you read and review your contract documents before you sign it and book the funding and contract values in your accounting system. Set your books up right the first time, or you'll pay💸 for it over-and-over again each month. And get the right people 🤼 and departments involved! Make it a great week 👊🏼

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⚠ 15 day countdown to the inaugural AWS Innovate Day: Federal Civilian Government with Scoop News Group, a full-scale experience convening federal civilian leadership and big thinkers, forward leaning industry partners, and AWS executives and SMEs to explore the AI imperative in government. From using AI-based applications responsibly to new levels of human-machine partnerships, dynamic programming will shed light on government's technology priorities, how far the federal government still has to go, and bold examples of what it can look like to get there. Not to late to sign up - see link and agenda below, followed by reception and performance by the band Pool Boys! This is an opportunity for government leaders to hear what GSA, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Amtrak, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and others are using the cloud to support their mission and improve customer experience. Special thanks to our Partners: Intel Corporation, Datadog, Changeis, Inc., stackArmor, ICF, Qualtrics, Booz Allen Hamilton David Levy David Appel Goldy Kamali Jamie Baker Mike Lentine Sunny Kapoor Katie Koehler, PMP, CDFM Victoria Calvert Guy Davis Alla Goldman Seiffert Michael B. Greenwald Ken Zipin Jeff Wright Cameron Chehreh Deep Grewal Mark Valcich Joe Bleich Rebecca Allegar Josh Strosnider Beau Oliver Varun Malhotra Gaurav Pal David Yang

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Last week I asked what was the top factor, in your opinion, that will impact AI adoption in the DoD and IC. The options were quality data, lack of skilled talent, senior leader buy-in and middle management buy-in. No surprise to me that of 18 poll responses, 50% picked lack pf skilled talent as the main challenge to AI adoption. What was a surprise is that senior leader buy-in and middle manager buy-in tied for the second biggest challenge. Both received 22% of the votes. Lack of data quality was a distant fourth with 6% of the vote. Lack of data quality coming in fourth is of interest because most of the CDAO speakers talk a lot about data quality as an important effort and goal of the DoD. However, the responses to this question (while limited) tell us that AI adoption is a PEOPLE issue. Thanks for your participation. FedLearn

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Love this recent blog post covering artificial intelligence and state and local government operations. Goes beyond the hype and provides real examples of AI use cases in gov setting. Great resource / thought starter for organizations trying to understand how AI can help. #AI #GovernmentTech

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The USPTO team integrated Sonatype solutions and revolutionized their approach to software development. By automating the critical aspects of the #softwaredevelopmentlifecycle, they’re not just keeping pace with technology—but leading the charge in IT innovation. Curious about their journey and how we're tackling challenges with #opensource dependencies head-on? Dive into our story 👉 https://bit.ly/4aSrCz2

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How do you get ahead of an acquisition process without an RFI? Recompetes and forecasts are the answer to this. Government contracting is tough one of the reasons is that data isn't in one location. If we want to grow we need to use all the resources available to us. Agencies publish forecasts for opportunities that exist and will be competed again and also opportunities that are materializing in the coming months. Today we dive into how you actually go about finding them and getting buyer contact details for them. #forecasts #capturemanagement #governmentcontracting

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Love this leaderboard - https://lnkd.in/gwAER9-U because it has cost information as well. Interesting to see that GPT-4 costs $5.25 where as Claude-3 costs $10.84 and Google Gemini-1.5-Pro only costs $0.86. Amazing difference in cost for the same task with very small change in accuracy. #llms #genai #generatieveai #capgemini #llm #opensourceai #capgeminiindia #ai #artificialintelligence #software  #leaderboard #benchmark #benchmarking

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➡ The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) is drafting new rules on use of artificial intelligence (#AI) and automated decision-making technology (#ADMT). Why is this important? 1️⃣ California is home to many of the largest tech companies and each will set the course for many others 2️⃣ California has been an early adopter of technology and governance. The CPPA can immediately enforce rules as soon as they are finalized. 3️⃣ With the pace and use of #GenAI, regulation is only apt to pick up, as well. IBM also has a legacy of #techforgood! Read more here: #futureofwork #workplacematters https://lnkd.in/e7tYT_PG

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We cover a lot of government contracting & funding ground in this episode, so check it out!

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